John

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John is traditionally regarded as the author of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, a prophetic and apocalyptic text in Christian scripture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
John canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
New Testament person
biblical figure
associatedEmpire Roman Empire
associatedPlace Patmos
linked to: island of Patmos
associatedRegion Asia Minor
associatedRuler Domitian
associatedSymbol apocalyptic imagery
book or scroll
eagle
associatedWithConcept Seven Churches of Asia
associatedWithNumber seven
associatedWithTextGenre apocalyptic literature
prophetic literature
attributedWork Apocalypse of John
linked to: Book of Revelation

Book of Revelation
disputedIdentificationWith John the Apostle
linked to: Apostle John

John the Evangelist
linked to: Apostle John
feastDay May 4
May 8
September 26
fieldOfWork Christian prophecy
Christian theology
honorificTitle John the Divine
John the Revelator
John the Theologian
linked to: Apostle John

Saint John
influenced Christian art
Christian eschatology
Christian liturgy
languageOfWriting Koine Greek
name John
religion Christianity
scripturalCanon Christian Bible
linked to: Bible
scripturalCorpus New Testament
theologicalTheme apocalyptic prophecy
eschatology
final judgment
heavenly visions
second coming of Christ
traditionalRole author of the Book of Revelation
traditionalTimeOfActivity late 1st century
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran Churches
linked to: Lutheranism

Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

other Protestant Churches
visionLocation island of Patmos

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John of Patmos name John
subject linked to: John
Mark 13 audience John