Category:John the Evangelist

John the Evangelist is the author of the Gospel of John. He is also considered the author of the Revelation of John and the Epistles of John. According to the traditional theological view, he is identical with John the Apostle and with Jesus' favourite disciple, who is not mentioned by name in the Gospel of John, and who, moreover, according to Rudolf Steiner, was none other than Lazarus, who was raised from the dead by the Christ (see Lazarus-John below). According to Rudolf Steiner, contrary to traditional opinion, he is also not identical with John, the son of Zebedee, who was only temporarily his deputy and not an apostle in the proper sense.