In one thing the higher critics, like the modernists, however, overreached themselves, in claiming that the Gospel of John was not written in John's time but well after the first century, perhaps as late as 150 A.D..

Now, if any part of the Bible is assuredly the very Word of God speaking through His servant, it is John's Gospel.

All of Origen's works written after 218 are dedicated to Ambrose, including his On Martyrdom, Contra Celsum, Commentary on St. John's Gospel, and On Prayer.

John Robinson in " Redating the New Testament " ( 1976 ) has heavily criticised Charles ' position and accepted apostolic authorship, dating John's Gospel before the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD.

John's Gospel was written in Greek, and the Greek word translated as again is ανωΘεν ( anothen ), which could mean again, or from above.

This group includes the Rylands Library Papyrus P52, containing part of St John's Gospel, and perhaps dating from between 125 and 160.

Among the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, the message to his followers that one should " Turn the other cheek " and his example in the story Pericope Adulterae, in which Jesus intervenes in the stoning of an adulteress, are generally accepted as his condemnation of physical retaliation ( though most scholars agree that the latter passage was " certainly not part of the original text of St John's Gospel ") More militant Christians consider Romans 13: 3 – 4 to support the death penalty.

Among these were: Commentaries on the Old Testament, Thesaurus, Discourse Against Arians Commentary on St. John's Gospel, and Dialogues on the Trinity.

Besides the New Testament, it has been alleged that Cathar sacred texts include The Gospel of the Secret Supper, or John's Interrogation and The Book of the Two Principles.

Though the three Synoptic Gospels share a considerable amount of text, over 90 % of John's Gospel is unique to him.

" It has been suggested that similarities between John's Gospel and Gnosticism may spring from common roots in Jewish Apocalyptic literature.

Recent discoveries and trends have cast doubt on the certainty that many mid-20th century biblical scholars had about the historical inferiority of John's Gospel.

Robinson wrote that, where the Gospel narrative accounts can be checked for consistency with surviving material evidence, the account in the Gospel of John is commonly the more plausible ; that it is generally easier to reconcile the various synoptic accounts within John's narrative framework, than it is to explain John's narrative within the framework of any of the synoptics ; and that, where in the Gospel Jesus and his disciples are described as travelling around identifiable locations, the trips in question can always be plausibly followed on the ground, which he says is not the case for any synoptic Gospel.

Robinson offers three arguments for preferring the chronology of John's Gospel to that of the synoptics.

In John's Gospel, the public ministry of Jesus extends over rather more than two years.

Recent studies in ancient narrative historiography argue that it is possible for John's Gospel to record multiple Passovers — as historical testimony not theological literary-devices — and yet not represent three years as it was not uncommon for ancient historians to organize their histories without an absolute timeline.

There were four from St. John's and four from Christ's, three from Pembroke, and two from each of the colleges, Jesus, Peterhouse, Queens', and Trinity, with Caius, Clare, King's, Magdalene, and Sidney supplying one each in the ordo senioritatis.

Emperor John II Komnenos | John II ( 1118 – 1143 ) is shown on the left, with the Mary, Mother of Jesus | Virgin Mary and infant Jesus in the centre, and John's consort Piroska of Hungary | Empress Irene on the right.

John's revelation of divinity is Jesus ' triumph over death, the eighth and greatest sign.

The explicit statement that Jesus was himself the Arche does not come from John's gospel but from the Letter to the Colossians.

" John's ministry overlaps with Jesus ', his baptism of Jesus is not explicitly mentioned, but his witness to Jesus is unambiguous.

The evangelist almost certainly knew the story of John's baptism of Jesus and he makes a vital theological use of it.

In his Jerusalem speeches, John's Jesus makes unfavorable references to the Jews.

It has become generally accepted that certain sayings in John are as old or older than their synoptic counterparts, that John's knowledge of things around Jerusalem is often superior to the synoptics, and that his presentation of Jesus ' agony in the garden and the prior meeting held by the Jewish authorities are possibly more historically accurate than their synoptic parallels.

Recent evidences such as the pool and a turn away from the vestiges of positivism as evidenced by the growing number of books addressing the historicity of John reveal that the final word has not been said on how much of the historical Jesus inhabits John's gospel.

First, he argues that John's account of Jesus ' ministry is always consistent, in that seasonal references always follow in the correct sequence, geographical distances are always consistent with indications of journey times, and references to external events always cohere with the internal chronology of Jesus ' ministry.

* The Pharisees, portrayed as more uniformly legalistic and opposed to Jesus in the synoptic gospels, are instead portrayed as sharply divided ; they debate frequently in the Gospel of John's accounts.

Considered by Christians to be without sin, Jesus nevertheless received John's baptism, which was for the repentance of sins ( Mark 1: 4 ).

This is addressed in the Gospel of Matthew's account, which portrays John's refusal to baptize Jesus, saying, " I need to be baptized by you.

However, Harold W. Attridge contends that John's status as a " self-conscious and deliberate forerunner of Jesus " is likely to be an invention by early Christians, arguing that " for the early church it would have been something of an embarrassment to say that Jesus, who was in their minds superior to John the Baptist, had been baptized by him.

This is perhaps the basis for Internet reports in the late 1990s about the supposed discovery of Pope John's diary in which he allegedly wrote about receiving prophetic insight into the future, including the return of Jesus in New York in 2000.

He promised the rebels that all was well, that Tyler had been knighted, and that their demands would be met — they were to march to St John's Fields, where Wat Tyler would meet them.

John received the promised subsidy ( March 1339 ) and agreed in June to betroth John's second daughter, Margaret, to Edward, the Black Prince, heir to the English throne.

Orosius succeeded only in obtaining John's consent to send letters and deputies to Pope Innocent I of Rome ; and, after having waited long enough to learn the unfavourable decision of the Synod of Diospolis ( Lydda ) in December of the same year, he returned to North Africa,

John's father was a successful lawyer and investment banker, and was able to send his son to the Buckley School, St. Paul's School and Yale, where he was admitted to the class of 1944 and joined Scroll and Key.

In addition to the colonies which had sent delegates to the First Continental Congress, the Congress resolved on October 21, 1774 to send letters of invitation to Quebec, Saint John's Island ( now Prince Edward Island ), Nova Scotia, Georgia, East Florida, and West Florida.

In an additional aftermath of the Battle of Bouvines, John's ally Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV was overthrown by Frederick II, member of the House of Hohenstaufen and ally of Philip.

By 1212 John had successfully concluded alliances with Renault of Dammartin, who controlled Boulogne, and Count Ferdinand of Flanders, as well as Otto IV, a contender for the crown of Holy Roman Emperor in Germany ; Otto was also John's nephew.

Al-Kamil retreated to the nearby fortress of al-Mansurah, but the crusaders remained in Damietta throughout 1219 and 1220, awaiting the arrival of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, while King John returned to Acre briefly to defend against al-Mu ' azzam, who was raiding the kingdom from Damascus in John's absence.

The Holy City ( 1905 ) – John of Patmos | St. John's vision on the isle of Patmos, one of eleven Tiffany windows at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

The support of France strengthened John's hand with his feudal suzerein, the Holy Roman Emperor.

Barry designed three churches for the Commissioners in Islington, all were built during ( 1826 – 1828 ), these were, Holy Trinity, St. John's and St. Paul's, and all are Gothic in style.

The marriage of John's sister, Infanta Isabella of Portugal, to Emperor Charles V enabled the Portuguese king to forge a stronger alliance with Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

The Holy Lance ( also known as the Spear of Destiny, Holy Spear, Lance of Longinus, Spear of Longinus or Spear of Christ ) is the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus's side as he hung on the cross in John's account of the Crucifixion.

In 1223 he met Pope Honorius III and the emperor Frederick II at Ferentino, where, in order that he might be connected more closely with the Holy Land, Frederick was betrothed to John's daughter Isabella, now heiress of the kingdom.

The three churches were: St Peter's Church, Walworth ( 1823 – 24 ) for £ 18, 348 ; Holy Trinity Church Marylebone ( 1826 – 27 ) for £ 24, 708 ; St. John's Bethnal Green ( 1826 – 28 ) for £ 15, 999.

For churches, Hardwick used both the classical style, as at Christ Church, Cosway Street, Marylebone ( 1824-5 ), and the Gothic, as at Holy Trinity, Bolton ( 1823-5 ), St John's, Catford ( 1854 ) and the Royal Garrison church, Aldershot ( 1863 ).

When children reach secondary education, they normally attend high school in Lesmahagow, or Holy Cross Hamilton in the case of Catholic pupils from St. John's.

Christian Churches and Chapels in Hanley include: Bethesda Town Mission ( Jasper Street ), Congregational Independent Tabernacle Church ( High Street ), Elim Church ( Bucknall Old Road corner of Mynors Street, Northwood ), Etruria Wesleyan Chapel ( Etruria Old Road, Etruria ), Holy Trinity C of E ( Lower Mayer Street, Northwood ), Providence Methodist Church ( Junction of Town Road, and Hulton Street ), St. John's C of E ( Town Road, Hanley ), St. Luke's C of E ( Wellington Terrace ), St. Mark's C of E ( Broad Street, Shelton ), St. Matthew's C of E ( Birches Head ), Sacred Heart RC ( Jasper Street ), Trinity Methodist ( Keelings Road, Northwood ), and St Simon and St Jude ( Seaford Street, College ( was Victoria ) Road, Shelton ).

Wahroonga contains a number of churches including Holy Name Catholic Church, St John's Uniting Church, St Andrew's Anglican Church, Wahroonga Presbyterian Church and the Wahroonga Seventh Day Adventist Church.

A 1996 Buffalo News article named Memorial Auditorium's all-time all-visitors team: Ed Macauley ( Saint Louis University ), Tom Gola ( La Salle University ), Tom Heinsohn ( College of the Holy Cross ), Jerry West ( West Virginia University ), Willie Somerset ( Duquesne University ), Dave Bing ( Syracuse University ), Sonny Dove ( St. John's University ) and Bob Lanier ( St. Bonaventure University ).

Mooney was initially buried in the crypt of St. John's Seminary in Detroit, but his remains were later transferred in 1988 to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield.

Other examples of his work include the convent of the Sacred Heart at Hammersmith, St John's Beaumont, the Church of the Holy Rood at Watford, and St Luke's Church, Chiddingstone ( 1897 ).

Green was an assistant curate of Holy Trinity, Eastbourne ( 1957-60 ), a tutor at the London College of Divinity ( 1960-69 ), Principal of St John's College, Nottingham ( 1969-75 ) and Rector of St Aldate's Church, Oxford and chaplain of the Oxford Pastorate ( 1975-86 ).

The Holy Mass was led by Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski in the Saint John's Cathedral.

Most of John's other allies were either in the Holy Land or had deserted him.

Dominic College is the result of the amalgamation of Savio College, Holy Name Secondary School for girls, Savio Primary and St. John's Primary Schools.

* Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church, Philadelphia, also known as the former St. John's Episcopal Church ( 1815 – 16 ).

Sir William Orpen painted some paintings in the area-" Old John's Cottage " was painted in the nearby house of John ( Seán ) & Mary Geoghegan in Doire Bhainbh in 1908 and he also painted " The Holy Well " with scenes from the Aran Islands and nearby An Teach Dóite ( Maam Cross ).