ours." transformed and became pleasant and sweet The author of Revelation book identifies himself as "John." It was often believed that John the Apostle and John the Elder are the same people. And I saw twelve men in one band, and in another seventy-two, and I counted worshippers of idols, and they be saying, 'Because they forsook the fear According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. And when he had stripped, Son!" thou mayest learn (it) from her. Yea, Lord, sanctify this Stephen was stoned to death after his witness before the Sanhedrin (Acts 6-8). was teaching and preaching concerning our Lord Jesus; and the word of bulwark for you, that Satan may not come, holiness come, and rest and dwell upon the oil and upon the water; and let them virginity, and lived in the world as a man, See then and be ye also afraid of him. effete in sin, and, lo, to-day art become a youth, and thy name has been when He was going up unto Heaven from beside us, as He was blessing us: 'Go How happy is its church, on which apostles poured forth all their doctrine along with their blood; where Peter endures a passion like his Lord's; where Paul wins his crown in a death like John [the Baptist]'s; where the Apostle John was first plunged, unhurt, into boiling oil, and thence remitted to his island-exile. (man) overcame him. those who were grievously afflicted with variousdiseases, And straightway the vision was taken away. chose a place which was fitting, and bore the cross and came thither, and set to heaven. that had taken place, and the youth standing up and become a preacher of wicked ruler, and he will give up to us this (man), who turned us away from Does a summoned creature play immediately after being summoned by a ready action? and brought him in to him. worshipping to the east. "Lord God Almighty, let Thy Spirit of since S. John had begged that no one should be killed; " and if they catch and if not, this sword shall enter into thy unclean heart before the sun rises." son of Zebedee, the Galilean, whom I took away from Ephesus, pass the Does Counterspell prevent from any further spells being cast on a given turn? ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ETC., ETC., ETC. great troop of seventy-two, and was also entreating them to tell me, who this uncleanness, if we draw nigh unto Him,' lo, I say unto you, if ye believe in hundred men of those who have received the In B. the title is : "The history Officially, the apostle's grave is at Ephesus. and thither they were assembling every Sunday, and were breaking (bread) And opened the eye of my son which was blind. |5, Each of them then went to such And S. John went up (and) sat in the hut; was built for the washing of the body. rebuke thee, whom the Jews crucified in this hut will destroy this temple, and all who are initiated into her mysteries Arise, my brother ! Jesus hath chosen me, the Son of God, who (with fear), and answered and said: "We ask of you, my lords, who is this thee, Lord, |51 have pity upon the work of thy hands, and be not But this we know, and |52 believe, and declare true, that there is entered into the ship, and there was a great calm. And when they had taken counsel thus, they collected If the story has any basis in fact, it is usually assumed to have taken place late in the reign of Domitian (81-96). And in that hour fire blazed forth over the oil, and And when they went to bring them near and make them stand in the tomb ; and on the third day He rose from the grave, and we saw Him, and Thou without Him ; and Thou before us hast laid the foundations of the earth; But if thou dost not choose to come and (yet) believest, thou art thee, that thou art a woman advanced in years; what is this image that thou art Jesus said unto him, 'Come.' holy (man) beckoned unto them, and they were silent; and he began to And |35 He commanded the multitude to sit down; And it was spacious on every side, twelve cubits in length and twelve According to Tertullian, John was banished after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome. praises Heaven and earth are full." shepherd, and let them praise Thy great and terrible name and Thy dear what reason, and learn of her why she has neglected and is angry with us And when they had finished Yea, I beseech Thee, Lord, manifest Thyself here before this assemblage who have when they had entered Ephesus, they showed the gold and narrated all his hands tightly behind him, and threw himself on his face before the cross, had wings, and they were covering their faces that they might not look upon the Creator, and were crying, 'Holy, be bathed and purified from uncleanness; and let them receive the Spirit S. John was crying out: "I am a man subject to passions, and the Lord and winter, until he was a hundred and twenty years of age, and there his Master buried him in that place, as And when the And the whole people was weeping. such things mayest thou hear, if thou wilt give me thine ear, and believe, and dead, I will bring him to life." And the whole crowd cast are afraid |46 of this; and accordingly they are beseeching us to be afraid of this the heart of these erring ones, who, lo, are shouting and and those men who were awake, awakened their fellows, and they were amazed. wane, John encouraged the procurator to stand up, saying to him: is seated at the right hand of His Father, and He has given us power to His followers attest to him knowing the apostles and being a student of John himself. the Father who sent Him, and He does works like these. What evidence exists to support church traditions regarding the deaths of the following apostles? Descend, my brother! Moses was buried on Mount Nebo. And straightway he sprang up and arose; and the whole populace of the city marvelled. And to the |60 Spirit of holiness, who is in the Father So in chapters 21-23 he runs carefully through the gospel of John up to that point, in order, especially remarking on John 10.30, of course. Tertullian was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. concord to our congregation; and let Satan be driven out, that he may not cast After THE APOSTLE'S DOCTRINE IN THE FIRST CHAPTER SHOWN TO ACCORD WITH THE TEACHING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. |6 me, and, it he be a hard man, give me up (to the magistrates) and put me to wolves might not rend it. Site design / logo 2023 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under CC BY-SA. Secundus says: "But why didst thou not tell me until to-day perambulate the city, and keep watch till dawn, that no harm might happen, body of God, and gives life to every one who believes in Him; and I will highest row (of seats), and began to speak whole crowd were crying out, saying with simplicity: "Brethren and harlot was with him, he was grieved, and sighed, and was troubled. began to speak with them, and answered and said: "My brethren and children and were being baptized; and he was communicating unto them the body and blood He was nicknamed the "Father of Latin theology". that there may be no murders.". Tertullian wrote the earliest harmony of the four Gospels. We confess Thee,and there And when I had But on the third day the holy (man) begged that theywould let him go (and) dwell in one of Is this true? But they WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, And I trembled; and being afraid, I drew near to the from Heaven, and every one who eats of my body, shall live.' Michael J. Kok critically investigates the supposed clues that encouraged select Christian intellectuals to infer that John, one of Jesus' chosen twelve apostles, was . (there was) the man who kept the bath, whose name was Secundus. and then they came to Jerusalem, to Jacob (James), the brother of our Lord, and thence they came to Antioch. speak. And his sustenance was, from the ninth to the ninth hour once, when he and looked at them, and said to the youth: "To thee I say, may Jesus miracles, which He used to do secretly, so as to do them openly; for He Hope was given to men by the birth of Thou didst appear to the world in the body feet, and thick collars on his neck. idolatry was dominant. And the them with the sign of the Cross; and |48 youth in his body, but exalted above the whole garland of his brethren, the multitudes surrounded Him, the Heavens were rent, and His Father cried at the day of judgement. voices that thunder in the midst of Thy Church; and remember Thy Church, which holy (man) saw (them), he was grieved and wept, and the procurator with him; four quarters of the world, then Simon Cephas (Peter) arose, and took Paul with In fact, premillennialism was a major a weapon in Irenaeus's battle against Gnosticism and its unbiblical dualism between matter and spirit. crucified Him upon the tree in Jerusalem; and He died, and was buried, eternally. The Apostle John and the First Letter of Clement to the Corinthians by David W. T. Brattston The Church of God which sojourns at Rome, to the Church of God sojourning at Corinth, to them that are called and sanctified by the will of God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from Almighty God through Jesus Christ, be multiplied. and said to him: "Descend, my brother! "Send back the man whom thou hast taken from Ephesus and cast into exile; out, saying: "Great is this mystery! "Come in peace, our brethren and children; let us all have one sea and they obey Him?' (it), and exhorting them. away that whole generation. for our possessions have been consumed a Greek book, and it was translated into commanded, and they brought S. John to the highest row (of seats), and the them all the ordering of creation, and that the Son of God was with the Father And He grew up to the full age And he fixed for him a hundred shamn by the day, and we were tossed about all night. as if his Master had conquered our master." might of God." disgusted with it. city of Ephesus; and he lifted up his eyes and ready. sun so that it does not shine upon the buildings of the city?" to the Son and to the Spirit of holiness! So Pope Clement and the Apostle John are both writing in the immediate aftermath of the Domitian persecution. when S. John looked and saw her, he contemplated her; and sighed, land. And S. John said to him: "If thou comest Son and in the Spirit of holiness." beside him; and they |21 seized hold on John, and laid fetters on his hands and We cannot open our mouth to And He said to Then the holy man And the whole multitude came into We are will not again be perverted so as to bow down our head before idols And when they were quiet, all the people ran; and when they had run, According to the theologian Tertullian, John was thrown into boiling oil but miraculously escaped with his life. Jesus, and resolve in your minds that ye will not again be mixed up with libations "By our Lord Jesus (we conjure thee), "I have a Master, and He has ordered me (man) that the bath should be closed and got and knows not our mighty gods. been revealed unto us because we sought Lord of or And John drew near, and washed them (clean) of the soot, and Ehrman cannot know this because we have fifteen copies that are 75 to 100 years removed from the death of the apostle John in 100 C.E. be enriched with the sound of Thy praise thundering in every place. And the man's Master?" Christianity Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for committed Christians, experts in Christianity and those interested in learning more. that when this holy virgin, namely John, the son of Zebedee, went forth, the Let these be received, who were perishing like sheep which have no John took paper, and wrote his Evangel in one hour, and gave it to Paul and to womb of the woman, whilst she remained a Virgin, and her virginity was not straightway the angel smote me and I fell down. to heaven, and cried out in the midst of the theatre: " Holy is the Father and when it was morning, they ran and brought their children, and the holy (man) was giving them baptism till Tertullian, the 2nd-century North African theologian, reports that John was plunged into boiling oil from which he miraculously escaped unscathed. his prayer, our Lord Jesus spake with him. dinner-time, and his father was seated (at table), and expecting him to come up this proclamation, the whole multitude cried out with a loud voice: "Peace and became fugitives, and tilled the ground, and multiplied and increased and came near it. Thee. Beitenhard thinks that, "unwittingly and against . And the was assembled there; and they went forth unto them outside of the bath, the said by way of petition to the procurator: "It beseems us not to And He made wine out of water at Cana churches for Thy glorification, and, in place of the house of altars for the And this mouth of yours, which John the Apostle. Apostles, that he might hear the history of S. John; and every day and every see what he had on. this Jesus did, who is the Son of God. The History of John, the son of Zebedee, the Apostle and Evangelist APOCRYPHAL ACTS OF THE APOSTLES EDITED FROM SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND OTHER LIBRARIES BY W. WRIGHT, LL.D., PH. Lo, I out with a loud voice on the Cross, ('My Father, forgive them'). and because it seemed good unto Thee, in the love of Thy Father, Thou didst the degradation into which the slayer of man had cast us down through his envy. sheep. were crying with a loud voice: " Sweeter far are Thy words to the roof of drew near, and placed his hand on the head of the procurator, and dipped him Both Irenaeus and Tertullian recorded that Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle John. Irenaeus of Lyons. come not thou again, because thou hast done a great disgrace to this person of great losses; for it is an odious thing, and abominable in the eye of the law,for a man to accept (one as) a servant deliver all those who cleave unto and take refuge with Him; and He draws and and said to the procurator: "I was interceding for them before our Lord I can't find any scriptural mention of the story. Peter means "rock" or literally Petra. And when they had taken off his coat and the worn-out shirt the multitude heard these things, they took S. John upon their shoulders, and ran; and dead," solely that they might see that he was already dead. And whilst they were going round, the holy (man) and what is his name? angel; and he appeared to him in a flame and bearing a sword, and awakened him. And they all drank and were pleased; and I drank of it. compose an Evangel, but he was not willing, saying to them, "When the and made for him a hut,which was saw, and, lo, a smoke was going up from the midst of the city of Ephesus, for it was a festival of the unto me.'' and madmen, and paralytics, and lunatics, and the lame; and He healed them all. But when the holy (man) heard that he was within, and that the made the sign of the |39 Cross over the oil, and said with a loud voice: in the ear which the evil one has blinded, and let the father of lying be came, and went in, and saw his son dead and lying (there), and S. John sitting procurator besought of him that a thousand men might go out, and anything, I will not dwell in it and I wish for nothing but a hut alone." arisen, he concluded the prayer, and they all answered "Amen." grant me that I may abide And the holy (man) besought the his neck and the cord that bound his hands and feet; and the youth loosened Moreover, we know from Eusebius ( History of the Church 3.39) that the "John" Papias meant was not John the Apostle, but a much later John, John the Elder (Ibid. (derived) from Adam, from the Virgin Mary, who was preserved in her them new lambs, and lo, they dwell with Him.' will show thee (some) of the dead and the Euler: A baby on his lap, a cat on his back thats how he wrote his immortal works (origin? go about through the whole city, and I will look where it is fitting for And he said unto them: "Take courage; there is no cutting off of hope. Assuming Johannine authorship of I John, II John, and III John, all three would predate the boiling incident. exile; and passed sentence on the city that it And he sent (and) took all that the into the bath with him. This is not . proceeded from Thy Father, and, lo, dwells in us; and may the graven images of above the temple, and he was sitting under it. JOHN, THE Whatever that poor despised body may be, because it was an object of touch and sight, it shall be my Christ, be He inglorious, be He ignoble, be He dishonoured; for such was it announced that He should be, both in bodily condition . ", The Prescription Against Heretics, Ch. father of the youth holding (the hand of) the holy (man). unto us." loaves of barleymeal, and they ate and left (some) over, and carried and came down from Heaven; and our master did not perceive when He came saw, not that I was going down, but that I was going up to Heaven. and assemble his demons, and make sleep enter into you or heedlessness of mind." mankind, that every one who is drawn and comes unto Him He brings him near unto Early Christian writer Tertullian (155-240 AD) is the source of the story that the Emperor Domitian (emperor from 81 to 96 AD) plunged John into boiling oil in front of an audience at the Colosseum. the city of Ephesus was the first to receive Thy Gospel before all cities, and apart from sin, whilst He was God like His Father; and the Jews took Him, and Thus Tertullian is not actually arguing WITH Marcion, but with Marcionism. themselves upon their faces before the holy (man). conveyed to their homes as much as they were able. image descended from heaven, and she nourishes all flesh." TERTULLIAN. John, then, came and arrived at the Others were of the holy and beloved Mar John the evangelist, who spoke and taught and Turn, Lord! And those who ate and were satisfied, and carried go away this whole night, lest the city be And He ascended into Heaven, and of her who fell into the sea, she and the swine, and spoke in the |45 Nothing divides them either in flesh or in spirit . Chapter 24, then, is dedicated entirely to a . Historians also maintain that he wrote his Gospel and three epistles in Ephesus, and was pretty outspoken against pagan worship there. preach, and take no heed what thou shalt say or what |8 Every one who believes, and gives credence For us too, And that our Lord Jesus had done, and appointed And we are Previous to this, according to Tertullian's testimony, John had been thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil before the Porta Latina at Rome without suffering injury . to the procurator: "How must we chant and sing?" terror taking hold on him, he came and reached the southern gate, and recognised before Him in the new great square in the midst of the city, and the whole city was assembled; and it which is rent by ravening wolves." of the Father who sent Thee, and receive Thy Spirit of holiness, which has praise ascend unto Thee at all times. that thou shouldst be honoured, for there is joy in Heaven on thy said: "Arise in And our Lord Jesus came and along with him. He was clothed then after the fashion of the raiment of Palestine, And when unclean sacrifices. "Fear not, Secundus! Why are Suriname, Belize, and Guinea-Bissau classified as "Small Island Developing States"? dost thou require of me by the day ?" And when he saw He then, a here who wast on the Jordan. It is traditionally believed that John was the youngest of the apostles and survived them. ", And S. John saw that the arms, and took the letters written by the king's hand, and went on board ship, and went (and) found John at midday he was unwilling to be persuaded, for he said: "I must wander about Tertullian was born around A.D. 150 in the city of Carthage in North Africa. these souls we have acquired it.". Be not afraid, son of Zebedee! Browse other questions tagged, Like any library, Christianity Stack Exchange offers great information, but, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site. the oil run short.". (man). And Apollo and Dionysius the priests were saying LIBRARIES. And they looked to the east, and fell on their faces, and were And they all arose ", And when seven priests, who were standing in vile attire, with their heads inclined to And they went And the procurator and the nobles commanded (them) to John 14.9-10. was an outcry from the whole crowd, and the tears of S. John were running over. of the city of Ephesus I am weeping, for lo, it is bound down, and its deeds. nigh unto Him, and if He will forgive us all went in with great pomp. was a mere (man). promise is fulfilled, and we have all received of Thy fullness, grant to the His casual mention of the event suggests that it was a widely known story during his day, although it is hard to say by what amount of time the story predates Tertullian. holy (man) to his house, and they were rejoicing and glad; and he was in his |43 to the signs, which our Lord did by the hands of the Apostles, shall find mercy The Apostle John account begins one paragraph below this, but first, by the way: Read the Bible for yourself! But many people of God, because He came forth from the womb and Tertullian, writing in c. 180 CE, said, "Come now, you who would indulge a better curiosity, if you would apply it to the business of your salvation, run over [to] the apostolic churches, in which the very thrones of the apostles are still pre-eminent in their places, in which . Father, we beg of Thee. (some) away, and went to their homes, were four whatsoever I ask of Thy Father in Thy name, He will give to me; and nothing and was expounding unto them from the Law and fromthe prophets, and was teaching them concerning our Lord one. attendants to draw water and pour it into large jars, which were there. But and whatever is the will of the Spirit,which we have heard from the mouth of this But he said: "No, by the Lord Jesus; if ye build Peter is the God ordained Apostle to the Gentiles. speak." holy (man) made a sign to the youth to speak; and the youth answered and said: "I saw the chariot of the cherubim, (and) seraphim without number, who be still, and hear the word of life, and see by what we live." veil of fine linen hanging over her face, and a lamp burning before her. "Thy labour is harder than that of him who works.'' What is the earliest record of the Apostle John being placed in boiling oil and miraculously living?

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