Meaning of Beloved Disciple | Babel Free

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A figure in the Gospel of John whose identity is left implicit within the text; traditionally, John the Evangelist himself.

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“And the beloved''' Disciple fell down as dead at the appearance of Christ in his Glory.”

“The idea of the almost immediate return⟳ of Christ to judgment still so far retains its force⟳ that the Beloved Disciple is represented as probably living to see⟳ it […]”

“The question⟳ of the identification of the Beloved Disciple and that of the discovery of the author of the Gospel are not necessarily identical, for it is quite possible to argue⟳, as we found Schmiedel doing just now, that the two were separate⟳ and distinct persons.”

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