#st. john the evangelist

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Circle of Joachim Patinir - St. John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos

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Title: Saint John the Evangelist (panel from a double-sided polyptych) Artist: Master of Saint Francis (Italian, fl. ca. 1260-1280) Date: 1270s (?) Genre: religious art Period: Middle Ages Movement: Italo-Byzantine Medium: tempera on panel Dimensions: 48.3 cm (19 in) high x 22.5 cm (8.8 in) wide Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the very beginning. Through him all things came into existence, and without him there was nothing.

St. John 1:1-3

Artwork: Jacopo Pontormo, Evangelist John

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Hodie VI maji... Sancti Joannis, Apostoli et Evangelistae, ante Portam Latinam.

#SanJuanAntePuertaLatina

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*kicks down door* Catholics of Tumblr, I have a new tag challenge for you!

Choose four individuals from the Bible for your....BIBLICAL A-TEAM!!!!!

Worry not, this is not blasphemous. It is merely a game where we Catholics decide which figures from biblical times would best be suited to dealing with the world's problems today. Tagging @catie-does-things @vitamaeternum @irishironclad, I will show you how to arrange it via my biblical A-Team:

St. Peter the Apostle - Hannibal (he was the first Pope, so it feels right)

St. Paul - B.A. Baracus (let's be honest, Peter was the sword, Paul was the hammer)

St. John the Evangelist - Face (um...I know St. John was the youngest Apostle, but I can't remember if Face was, too)

The prophet Elijah - Howling Mad Murdock (yes, you read that correctly; check under the cut for details pertaining to this choice)

So, that's how we play this game, fellow Catholics! Remember, this is all in good fun, and seeing as some compatriots and I quite enjoyed ourselves with this game, I feel fairly confident in saying this will be a hit. As an additional note, any figure from the Bible can be chosen - man or woman, prophet or king, judge or priest. Heck, I wouldn't fault you if you chose Cyrus the Great of Persia; he was literally the only non-Israelite in history to be named "God's Anointed One", so there's definitely basis if you wanted to choose him as well.

Now, go and have some fun! I leave you with this:

Bonus for those who were patient, to the best of my recollection:

Friend #2: Elijah can be Howling Mad Murdock.

Me, nearly choking on/spitting out my Coke: WHAT?!?! *proceeds to dissolve into peals of laughter*

Friend #2, beginning to laugh: Well Murdock flies, and Elijah went up in a flaming chariot -

Me: *doubles over and braces arm on hard surface to prevent falling as laughter increases tenfold*

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Méditation

Pieter Pourbus - Triptych of Saints John. Detail. 1549

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St. John the Evangelist

Saint of the Day

St. John the Evangelist (1st c.) was one of the Twelve Apostles, and one of the three in Jesus' inner circle, along with his brother, James, and Simon Peter. St. John was the disciple who reclined on the breast of Jesus at the Last Supper, and the only one of the twelve to not forsake Christ during His crucifixion and death. John stood faithfully at the foot of the Cross alongside the other holy women, and therefore he was the disciple to whom Jesus entrusted the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addition to being called "The Evangelist" he is also known as the "Beloved Disciple." After the death and resurrection of Jesus, St. John was an important leader of the Church in Jerusalem. He lived to a very old age and composed the fourth Gospel that bears his name, three epistles, and the book of Revelation. He is the only one of the Twelve Apostles who was not martyred, instead being exiled to the island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea under the persecution of Roman Emperor Domitian. St. John the Evangelist's feast day is December 27th

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St. John the Evangelist Anglican Once Stood on Rideau and Sussex

Lost Ottawa   ·  Before there was the present staircase from Sussex to Mackenzie at the end of George street in downtown Ottawa, and before there was a Daly Building to the left, and a Connaught (CRA) building to the right, and before there was the Daly Annex, as seen in our last post … There was St. John’s Anglican Church, favoured as a place of worship by various Governors General. I…

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There’s something so holy and intimate about the way St. John refers to himself (not sure if exclusively or just pretty often) as “the apostle whom Jesus loved” in his gospel. Not only is his sense of self centered on Jesus in a loving act of surrender to God, but also it manages to tie God as his as well. It’s saying, yes, I’m nothing without God. It’s also saying God wouldn’t want to be anything without me, either. Where do you find this kind of trust. Where do you get this kind of Love

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The Epitaph of Jan Michielsen and his Wife Maria Maes with the Lamentation of Christ (1618), Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Source

Peter Paul Rubens

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Miguel González and Juan González (Spanish/New Spain, S.XVII - c.XVIII) Saint John the Evangelist, ca.1650-1750 Soumaya Museum

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The Crucifixion, Stefano da Verona, ca. 1400

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Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, c. 1403–1482) Saint John the Evangelist Raises Drusiana (ca. 1460)

From Wikipedia:

“…..  Andronicus is married to Drusiana. Both are followers of John's god and exercise continence even in marriage out of piety. However, Drusiana's continence does not prevent the advances of Callimachus, a prominent member of the Ephesian community and "a servant of Satan." Learning of Callimachus' lust, Drusiana falls sick and dies because she believes she has contributed to Callimachus's sin. …. John and Andronicus enter the tomb of Drusiana and are greeted by the beautiful youth, which the narrative later identifies with Christ, who tells John he is supposed to raise Drusiana back to life before ascending into Heaven. John does so ….. “

The Acts of John refers to a collection of stories about John the Apostle that began circulating in written form as early as the 2nd-century AD. 

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Eirin has become Catholic

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Sorry for obsessing over the greatest disciple (John). It will happen again.