Revelation Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO REVELATIONS : M.M.NINAN
Tradition holds that he outlived the remaining apostles and all others suffered martyrdom.
John alone died of natural causes "in great old age in Ephesus " around 100 AD thus
closing the Apostolic Age. This closed the Canon of Bible as with the death of John no
other apostles could vouch for the authenticity of later writings.
The Church Fathers consider him the same person as
John the Evangelist,
John of Patmos , and
the Beloved Disciple.
The Church Fathers generally identify him as the author of five books in the New
Testament:
the Gospel of John,
three Epistles of John I, II and III, and
the Book of Revelation.
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