However, other ancient witnesses ( such as the Old Syriac Version, 2nd century ) put John's time on Patmos during the reign of Nero.

During John's reign, England lost the duchy of Normandy to King Philip II of France, which resulted in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and contributed to the subsequent growth in power of the Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.

The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the signing of the Magna Carta, a document often considered to be an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.

Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical of John's performance as king, and his reign has since been the subject of significant debate and periodic revision by historians from the 16th century onwards.

At the start of John's reign there was a sudden change in prices, as bad harvests and high demand for food resulted in much higher prices for grain and animals.

John's personal life impacted heavily on his reign.

Rochester Castle, one of the many properties owned by the disputed archbishop of Canterbury | archbishopric of Canterbury, and an important fortification in the final years of John's reign

Matthew Paris, one of the first historians of John's reign

Medieval chroniclers provided the first contemporary, or near contemporary, histories of John's reign.

These historians were generally unsympathetic to John's behaviour under Richard's rule, but slightly more positive towards the very earliest years of John's reign.

Reliable accounts of the middle and later parts of John's reign are more limited, with Gervase of Canterbury and Ralph of Coggeshall writing the main accounts ; neither of them were positive about John's performance as king.

John Foxe's Foxe's Book of Martyrs | Book of Martyrs, officially titled Acts and Monuments, which took a positive view of John's reign

These historians were often inclined to see John's reign, and his signing of Magna Carta in particular, as a positive step in the constitutional development of England, despite the flaws of the king himself.

In the 1940s, new interpretations of John's reign began to emerge, based on research into the record evidence of his reign, such as pipe rolls, charters, court documents and similar primary records.

The use of recorded evidence was combined with an increased scepticism about two of the most colourful chroniclers of John's reign, Roger of Wendover and Matthew Paris.

Interpretations of Magna Carta and the role of the rebel barons in 1215 have been significantly revised: although the charter's symbolic, constitutional value for later generations is unquestionable, in the context of John's reign most historians now consider it a failed peace agreement between " partisan " factions.

Charles John's reign witnessed the completion of the southern Göta Canal, begun 22 years earlier, to link Lake Vänern to the sea at Söderköping 180 miles to the east.

Unfortunately, John's reign is less well covered by contemporary sources than those of either his father, Alexios I, or his son, Manuel I.

It has been suggested that references to Axouch's possession of the imperial seal early in the reign of John's successor Manuel I meant that he was, in addition to his military duties, the head of the civil administration of the Empire.

John's unwillingness to allow his family to interfere too much in his government was to remain constant for the rest of his reign.

These were men who had been politically eclipsed during the ascendancy exercised by John's mother in the later years of the reign of Alexios I.

Early in John's reign the Turks were pressing forward against the Byzantine frontier in western Asia Minor, and he was determined to drive them back.

The list was headed by ( Henry ) Hutton of St. John's who was matriculated from St. John's at Easter, 1625.

John's first impulse was to denounce their blasphemy.

John's reply was like a declaration of war.

And John's reply was always the same: `` Anything that affects souls is the concern of the Church!!

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..

It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.

John's mother died not long after his marriage, and there was even less Cooper money left.

After the surprise was over, Linda was almost as pleased as anyone with John's good luck, though she agreed with Bobbie's decision some months later to move to Funk Furnaces.

The St. Olaf College Choir was established as an outgrowth of the local St. John's Lutheran Church, where Christiansen was organist and the choir was composed at least partially of students from the nearby St. Olaf campus.

In Hot Springs, Bill attended St. John's Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and Hot Springs High School – where he was an active student leader, avid reader, and musician.

On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua during India's tour of West Indies, 2006, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's flick off Dave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught by Daren Ganga.

The English Biblical scholar Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ) reasoned on internal textual grounds that the book was edited by someone who spoke no Hebrew and who wished to promote a different theology from John's.

Furthermore, the following was said about John's location after talking about Birka:

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

John's part in the general strategy was carried out at first, but the allies in the north moved slowly.

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.

Charlottetown, the capital of the new colony of St. John's Island, was ransacked in 1775 with the provincial secretary kidnapped and the Great Seal stolen.

The Colony of St. John's Island was renamed to Prince Edward Island on November 29, 1798.

* 1527 – The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

* 1511 – St John's College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.

John's theology of chastity has been replaced by the editor's theology of outright celibacy, which makes little sense when John's true church is symbolised as a bride of the Lamb.

( Only two stadiums owned by U. S. colleges or universities — Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at the University of Louisville and FAU Stadium at Florida Atlantic University — consist entirely of chairback seating.

Both the colonies of Nova Scotia ( present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ) and St. John's Island ( Prince Edward Island ) were affected by the American Revolutionary War, largely by privateering against American shipping, but several coastal communities were also the targets of American raiders.

Smith was not among those granted annuities by the 16th Earl, but Edward's tutor, Thomas Fowle, a former fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, was rewarded with one in 1558.

In March the Orwells moved to St John's Wood in a 7th floor flat at Langford Court, while at Wallington Orwell was " digging for victory " by planting potatoes.

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.

He argues that would be relatively easy to have created the Synoptic chronology by selecting and editing from John's chronology ; whereas expanding the Synoptic chronology to produce that found in John, would have required a wholescale rewriting of the sources.

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.

Soon after their arrival, John's younger brother James died from a blow to the head by a servant who was supposed to look after the boys.

St Jerome, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1607, at St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta

The Gospel of John does not record the baptism directly, but only by John's description afterward ( John 1: 32-33 ).

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.

In the Gospel accounts of John's death, Herod has John imprisoned for denouncing his incestuous marriage, and later executes John by beheading.