John the Apostle

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Saint John the Apostle [1]

Apostle
Born c. AD 6
Bethsaida, Galilee, Roman
Empire
Died c. AD 100 (aged 93 or 94)
Patmos, Greece, Roman Empire
Venerated Christianity
in
Canonize Pre-congregation
d
Feast 27 December (Roman Catholic,
Anglican)
26 September (Orthodox)
Attributes Book, a serpent in a chalice,
cauldron, eagle
Patronage Love, loyalty, friendships,
authors, booksellers, burn-
victims, poison-victims, art-
dealers, editors, publishers,
scribes, examinations, scholars,
theologians
John the Apostle (Aramaic: Yohanān Shliḥā; ‫ܝܝܝܝܝ ܝܝܝܝܝ‬
Hebrew: Yohanan ben Zavdi; Koine Greek: Ἰωάννης; ‫יוחנן בן זבדי‬
Latin: Ioannes; c. AD 6-100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
according to the New Testament, which refers to him as Ἰωάννης.
Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee
and Salome. His brother was James, who was another of the Twelve
Apostles. Although Christian tradition holds that he outlived the
remaining apostles and that he was the only one to die of natural
causes, some Religions, such as the Latter-Day Saints, hold that John
was translated: that is, that he would “live forever,” or until God saw fit
to resurrect him (see John 21:20-23, NIV).[2] The Church Fathers
considered him the same person as John the Evangelist, John of
Patmos, John the Elder and the Beloved Disciple, although modern
theologians and scholars have not formed a consensus on the relative
identities of these men. The traditions of most Christian denominations
have held that John the Apostle is the author of several books of the
.New Testament

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New Testament author[edit]
Part of a series of articles on
John in the Bible

Johannine literature
Gospel Epistles First Second Third
Revelation Events
Authorship
Apostle Beloved disciple Evangelist Patmos Presbyter
Related literature
Apocryphon Acts Signs Gospel
See also
Johannine Christianity Logos Holy Spirit in Johannine literature
John's vision of the Son of Man New Testament people named John
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St. John at the Crucifixion of Jesus in a Stabat Mater by Pietro PeruginoRome, c.
1482
 Lamentation of the Virgin. John the Apostle trying to console Mary
Church tradition has held that John is the author of the Gospel of John
and four other books of the New Testament — the three Epistles of
John and the Book of Revelation. In the Gospel, authorship is internally
credited to the "disciple whom Jesus loved" (ὁ μαθητὴς ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ
Ἰησοῦς, o mathētēs on ēgapa o Iēsous) in John 20:2. John 21:24
claims that the Gospel of John is based on the written testimony of the
"Beloved Disciple". The authorship of some Johannine literature has
been debated since about the year 200.[3][4] Some[by whom?] doubt that the
"Gospel of John" was even written by an individual named "John"
(Ἰωάννης or ‫)יוחנן‬. Nevertheless, the notion of “John the Evangelist”
exists, and is still considered by some the same as the Apostle John.
In his Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius says that the First Epistle of
John and the Gospel of John are widely agreed upon as his. However,
Eusebius mentions that the consensus is that the second and third
epistles of John are not his but were written by some other John.
Eusebius also goes to some length to establish with the reader that
there is no general consensus regarding the revelation of John. The
revelation of John could only be what is now called the book of
Revelation.[5] The Gospel according to John differs considerably from
the Synoptic Gospels, which were likely written decades earlier. The
bishops of Asia Minor supposedly requested him to write his gospel to
deal with the heresy of the Ebionites, who asserted that Christ did not
exist before Mary. John probably knew and undoubtedly approved of
the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but these gospels spoke of
Jesus primarily in the year following the imprisonment and death of
John the Baptist.[6] Around 600, however, Sophronius of Jerusalem
noted that “two epistles bearing his name ... are considered by some to
be the work of a certain John the Elder” and, while stating that
Revelation was written by John of Patmos, it was “later translated by
Justin Martyr and Irenaeus,”[7] presumably in an attempt to reconcile
tradition with the obvious differences in Greek style.