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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 13:36:03 EST
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- Subject: John, Apostle and Evangelist (27 Dec)
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- JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (27 DEC) (transferred to Mon 28 Dec)
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- John, son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve apostles of Our Lord.
- Together with his brother James and with Simon Peter, he formed a
- kind of inner circle of Three among the Twelve, in that those three
- were privileged to behold the miracle of the Great Catch of Fish (L
- 5:10), the healing of Peter's mother-in-law (P 1:29), the raising of
- the daughter of Jairus (P 5:37 = L 8:51), the Transfiguration (M
- 17:1 = P 9:2 = L 9:28), and the Agony in Gethsemane (M 26:37 = P
- 14:33). He expressed a willingness to undergo martyrdom (M 20:22 = P
- 10:39) -- as did the other apostles (M 26:35 = P 14:31) -- and is
- accordingly called a martyr in intention. However, we have ancient
- testimony that, although imprisoned and exiled for his testimony to
- the Gospel, he was eventually released and died a natural death in
- Ephesus: "a martyr in will but not in deed."
-
- John is credited with the authorship of three epistles and one
- Gospel, although many scholars believe that the final editing of the
- Gospel was done by others shortly after his death. He is also
- supposed by many to be the author of the book of Revelation, also
- called the Apocalypse, although this identification is less certain.
- For a discussion of the authorship of the Gospel of John, send the
- messages GET JOHN PART1 and GET JOHN PART2 to
- LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET or LISTSERV@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU.
-
- PRAYER (traditional language)
- Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of
- light upon thy Church, that we, being illumined by the teaching
- of thine apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light
- of thy truth, that we may at length attain to the fullness of
- life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and
- reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
- ever.
-
- PRAYER (contemporary language)
- Shed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness
- of your light; that we, being illumined by the teaching of
- your apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light of
- your truth, that at length we may attain to the fullness of
- eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and
- reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
- ever.
-