John the Evangelist
Author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter
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The name behind the fourth gospel — the one that opens "In the beginning was the Word" — though whether he was the apostle, the visionary of Patmos, or someone else entirely remains unresolved after two thousand years.
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Christian tradition assigns him a life spanning most of the first century, from around 6 AD to 100 AD, and credits him with writing the Gospel of John. Over the centuries he's been folded together with three figures: John the Apostle, who walked with Jesus; John of Patmos, who saw visions; and John the Presbyter, an elder of the early church. No consensus exists on whether all three were one man or several who shared a name. The gospel attributed to him reads differently than the other three — more theological, more cosmic in its framing — and that distinctiveness has kept scribes and scholars…
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