Definition of St. John the Apostle

1. Noun. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation.


Lexicographical Neighbors of St. John The Apostle

St. George
St. George's
St. George's Cross
St. George's Day
St. Gregory I
St. Gregory of Nazianzen
St. Ignatius
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. James
St. James the Apostle
St. Jerome
St. John
St. John's
St. John Chrysostom
St. John River
St. John the Apostle (current term)
St. John the Baptist
St. Johns
St. Johns River
St. Joseph
St. Jude
St. Kitts
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Leo I
St. Louis
St. Lucia
St. Luke

Literary usage of St. John the Apostle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO St. John the Apostle. Ignatius, and the brethren who are with him, to John the holy presbyter. WE are deeply grieved at thy delay ..."

2. History of the Church by Johannes Baptist Alzog, Francis Joseph Pabisch, Thomas Sebastian Byrne (1912)
"... conducted her into their midst and offered her to any one of them who wished to marry her.1 § 60. St. John the Apostle. His Conflicts with the Heretics. ..."

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