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John the Evangelist - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Barnabas, Basil, Gabriel, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Jerome, John, Luke, Mark, Origen, Papias, Paul, Peter, Polycarp, Tertullian |
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St John the Evangelist, imagined by Jacopo Pontormo, ca 1525 (Santa Felicità, Florence)
John the Evangelist (? - c. 110; יוחנן "The LORD is merciful", Standard Hebrew Yoḥanan, Tiberian Hebrew Yôḥānān) is presumed to be the author of the Gospel of John. Tradition has identified him with John the Apostle, although modern scholars dispute that they are the same person (see Authorship of the Johannine works). Either way, the author of this Gospel is also presumed to be the author of other books in the New Testament: 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and the Book of Revelation. Collectively, these books are known as Johannine literature, and there is internal textual evidence that they were authored by the same person (see textual criticism).
See also
John the Baptist
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Example Usage of Evangelist |
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samuelsatan1: Former Evangelist: Religious right 'trawling for assassin' http://bit.ly/4dIxoL |
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mikepascucci: RT @ektrondave: Excited to have new Ektron title, "Web Solutions Evangelist", reporting to the one and only @twentworth12 .... |
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ektrondave: Excited to have new Ektron title, "Web Solutions Evangelist", reporting to the one and only @twentworth12 How do you take your coffee, Tom? |
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