Names of John

Names of John

::"John the Baptist, simply called "John" in the New Testament, is a distinct person, thus his identity will not be discussed in this article."

Christians have given John the Apostle many "names" and attributed many books of the Bible to him. The different names refers to different aspects of his personality and different books attributed to him. The names emphasize those aspects in the mind of the listener. The names are often used in icons. Some historians consider the books attributed to John to have been written by more than one person, none of them John the Apostle (see John the Presbyter, John of Patmos, authorship of Johannine literature).

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