#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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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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Happy feast day of St. John the Evangelist! (Dec 27) ✨✝️✨

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Méditation

Pieter Pourbus - Triptych of Saints John. Detail. 1549

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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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when i'm struggling with my 200 wips i gotta call on the Dream Team:

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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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The Crucifixion, Stefano da Verona, ca. 1400

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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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Eirin has become Catholic

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