John the Apostle

Also known as: John the Evangelist, Ioannes
Dates: 1st century
Role: Apostle, Evangelist, author of the Apocalypse

Apostle, Evangelist, and author of the Apocalypse. His Gospel is listed fourth in the Tridentine canon.

Preliminaries

DECREES OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT (SESSION IV). — His Gospel listed fourth; three epistles attributed to him; the Apocalypse attributed to him
"three of John the Apostle... and the Apocalypse of John the Apostle"
THE LIFE OF CORNELIUS A LAPIDE. — Lapide's published works include commentaries on the Apocalypse of the Apostle Saint John
"on the Apocalypse of the Apostle Saint John"

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE. — The Apocalypse of John introduces twenty-four elders worshipping the Lamb
"which, under the number of twenty-four elders, the Apocalypse of John introduces worshipping the Lamb"
II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Jerome marvels that "John a rustic, a fisherman, unlearned" could write the prologue of his Gospel
"John a rustic, a fisherman, unlearned? And whence, I ask, that utterance: 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God'?"
II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Named among the authors of the Catholic Epistles
"James, Peter, John, and Jude published seven Epistles"
II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — The Apocalypse of John has as many mysteries as words
"The Apocalypse of John has as many mysteries as it has words."
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Called "the most intimate of the disciples of Christ, the sacred guest of His breast"; stands on Patmos as the last of the prophets
"John, the most intimate of the disciples of Christ, the sacred guest of His breast, stands upon the shores of Patmos"
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Lacordaire cites the discourse in chapters 13–17 of John's Gospel
"the discourse recorded in chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 of the Gospel of Saint John"
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Named among those who remain with Christ at the end
"it will be in the hands of John, of Mary, and of Magdalene that he will find the last farewell of earth"
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Called "the eagle of God"; contrasted with Paul and David
"not even Saint John, the eagle of God; if he has neither the lyre of the first nor the wing-beat of the second"
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — In the Apocalypse, he saw idolatrous Rome fall, Christian monarchies form, persecutions, and the second coming of Christ
"Saint John, in that famous vision, saw idolatrous Rome fall, the Christian monarchies form from the debris of the Roman Empire"

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study — In a dream, at the Virgin's command, gave Gregory Thaumaturgus explanation of beginning of his Gospel
"received from St. John an explanation of the beginning of his Gospel"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — St. John narrates the words of Caiaphas, signifying the sense of both Caiaphas and the Holy Spirit
"St. John narrates and signifies by these words the sense and intention of both, namely of Caiaphas as well as of the Holy Spirit"