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John the Evangelist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (447 words) |
 | Tradition has identified him with John the Apostle (an apostle mentioned in the Gospels), John the Presbyter (the author of the second and third epistles of John), and with John of Patmos (the author of the Book of Revelation). |
| John is associated with Ephesus (where his reputed grave is), and in Ephesus John lived with and cared for Mary, the mother of Jesus. |
| The author of this Gospel is also sometimes presumed to be the author of 1 John, and rarely also 2 John and 3 John, though the fourth century Council of Rome decreed that the author of 1 John and that of 2and3 John should be regarded as distinct individuals, and modern textual criticism agrees. |
| CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John the Evangelist (1802 words) |
| John was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the Greater. |
| John alone remained near his beloved Master at the foot of the Cross on Calvary with the Mother of Jesus and the pious women, and took the desolate Mother into his care as the last legacy of Christ (John 19:25-27). |
| After the Resurrection John with Peter was the first of the disciples to hasten to the grave and he was the first to believe that Christ had truly risen (John 20:2-10). |
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