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SBC - The Beloved Disciple - English
URL: http://www.catholicism.org/pages/beloved.htm

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By Howard Cannon.

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St. John [the Evangelist] by Alfred Noyes - English
URL: http://www.cin.org/saints/johnnoyes.html

St. Augustine reminds us that the son of the fisherman Zebedee had rested his head upon the breast of his Master and had “heard the beating of his heart”. He goes on to say: “In this same Gospel we find what sort and how great a man was John, that from the dignity of the dispenser it may be understood of how great a price is the Word which could be announced by such a man.

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII - English
URL: http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-08/anf08-104.htm

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Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian About His Exile and Departure.

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Biography: John, Apostle and Evangelist (27 Dec NT) - English
URL: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/12/27.html

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."

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Catholic Online - Saints - St. John the Apostle - English
URL: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=228

St. John, the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great, was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He became the "beloved disciple" and the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion. He stood faithfully at the cross when the Savior made him the guardian of His Mother.

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CIN - JOHN THE EVANGELIST - English
URL: http://www.cin.org/saints/johnevan.html

Catholic Information Network (CIN). St John the Evangelist, like Shakespeare, has something about him which irresistibly attracts the crank, and probably more books have been written and more wildly fantastic theories advanced about his writings and their authorship than about any other writer who ever lived. The reason may perhaps lie in the strange twosidedness of his character.

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Patron Saints Index: John the Apostle - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj13.htm

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Also known as Apostle of Charity; Beloved Apostle; Beloved Disciple; Giovanni Evangelista; John the Divine; John the Evangelist Memorial 27 December (Roman Catholic); 8 May (Greek Orthodox) Profile Son of Zebedee and Salome. Fisherman. Brother of Saint James the Great, and called one of the Sons of Thunder. Disciple of Saint John the Baptist. Friend of Saint Peter the Apostle. Called by Jesus during the first year of His ministry, and traveled everywhere with Him, becoming so close as to be known as the beloved disciple. Took part in the Last Supper.

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