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	Apocalypse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Apocalypse (Greek: αποκαλυψις, disclosure), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the mass of men.
		An Apocalypse in the terminology of early Jewish and Christian literature, is a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet; this term is more often used to describe the written account of such a revelation.
		Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned; see, for example, the six titles of this kind in the "List of the 60 Canonical Books".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apocalypse (2311 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apocalypse
		But from tradition we know that the Seer the Apocalypse was John the Apostle the son of Zebedee, the Beloved Disciple of Jesus.
		In Asia, Melito, Bishop of Sardis, one of the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse, acknowledged the Revelation of John and wrote a commentary on it (Eusebius, Hist.
		Throughout the Apocalypse the portraiture of Jesus is that of the lamb.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01594b.htm (5550 words)

	Towards an Ethical Reading of The Apocalypse:
		The Apocalypse is cathartic on many levels, but in terms of an ideology of gender, both women characters in the narrative and women readers are victimized.
		In the vision of the Seven Seals, for example, John is clear on the cause of war, famine, and death (seals two, three and four); it is the human conqueror of the first seal (6:1-8).
		In John’s Apocalypse, those powers are incarnate as the beast of Roman rule (13:1-18) and a central part of John’s purpose in writing is to persuade the audience to resist those powers.
	www.wright.edu /~dbarr/moral.htm (6782 words)

	The Lamb in the Rhetorical Program of the Apocalypse of John
		This observation suggests that the theme of vulnerability be investigated in the Apocalypse to determine the appropriateness of this symbolic association.
		The message of the Apocalypse was that whether or not they recognized it,<<71>> the Asian believers were facing a life-and-death struggle—a struggle they were being invited to embrace and join.
		The persuasion of the Apocalypse is primarily a persuasion to see the universe through different lenses, to effect a world view that fits with the understanding of Jesus’ slaughter as the key to victory over evil.
	www.ambs.edu /ljohns/LambRPAJ.htm (7393 words)

	Interview With Dr. James H. Charlesworth
		It is by looking at the apocalypse of John that most scholars have a definition of what is an apocalypse, and then we turn to other writings and say is this an apocalypse, which means is it like the writing we call the apocalypse of John -- do they have the same genre.
		So in the apocalypse of John, you have the invitation, "Come up hither," and then you have the explanation of how the individual goes to the various heavens and sees things that are about to happen on Earth.
		Maybe we're not so apocalypsically oriented, some of us, that it will have to be exactly as the apocalyptist said, but that God has not given up with us and with his creation, and that God is ahead of us is a very powerful message that I think we all inherited from the great apocalypses.
	www.theology.edu /revappen.htm (2223 words)

	JFB Commentary on Revelation - Introduction
		The sources of doubt seem to have been, (1) the antagonism of many to the millennium, which is set forth in it; (2) its obscurity and symbolism having caused it not to be read in the churches, or to be taught to the young.
		If the Apocalypse were not the inspired work of John, purporting as it does to be an address from their superior to the seven churches of Proconsular Asia, it would have assuredly been rejected in that region; whereas the earliest testimonies in those churches are all in its favor.
		One person alone was entitled to use language of authority such as is addressed to the seven angels of the churches--namely, John, as the last surviving apostle and superintendent of all the churches.
	bible.christiansunite.com /jfb.cgi?b=66&c=0&print=1 (4185 words)

	Biblica 84 (2003) Thomas B. SLATER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Irenaeus also argued that the Apocalypse to John and the Gospel of John were written by one and the same John the Apostle.
		A brief examination of the genres (apocalypse versus gospel), the writing style (capable versus solecistic Greek) and theology (eschatological apocalypticism versus realized eschatology) indicate that it is highly unlikely that both were written or authorized by the same person.
		The Apocalypse is not an apocryphon because John believed that the prophecies would come true soon: "And he said to me, ‘Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near’" (22,10; cf.
	www.bsw.org /project/biblica/bibl84/Ani04m.html (3645 words)

	Revelations of the Revelation or Apocalypse of John
		It is almost inexplicable, given what I have uncovered, that the tradition that the apocalypse is of John the apostle is held as virtually unanimous, beginning in the second century, with only a few dissensions, but even Eusebius was unwilling to commit to its authorship, leaving it, rather, to the personal preference of his readers.
		John prefers the masculine very strongly to the feminine; in Apocalypse there is little difference between the frequencies of the two.
		In light of all of the foregoing, the Apocalypse of John should therefore be disregarded as an element in the determination of eschatological events, since its validity for canonicity has been shown to be questionable at best, and its traditional authorship has been successfully refuted.
	www.orin.net /revelation.html (5691 words)

	Denver Journal - 7:0205 - The Lamb Christology of the Apocalypse of John
		Johns, Loren L. The Lamb Christology of the Apocalypse of John.
		Johns rightly distances himself from previous conceptions of an emperor-sanctioned, empire-wide persecution of Christians, and instead opts for a more balanced approach that sees persecution and pressure to conform as more sporadic and local.
		Second, Johns is probably incorrect to downplay the sacrificial and atonement nuances of the lamb imagery.
	www.denverseminary.edu /dj/articles2004/0200/0205.php (1093 words)

	Enigma Journal: Book Review - Crop Circle Apocalypse, by John Macnish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		John has obviously had some problems with his DTP and spell-checker as sections of text seem to change style rather erratically.
		The whole style of the book is a chatty, personal account of how John became engrossed in the mystery of the circles, met with the various circles 'experts', followed the hoaxers and ended up believing that the subject had been one big prank.
		John Macnish unfortunately can't, thus the mystery of the circles remains, despite the clutching at straws that seems to have gone on throughout the pages of this book.
	www.cropcircleresearch.com /enigma/issue4/apocalypse.html (1205 words)

	Eureka -- Vol 1 -- Chap 1-- Sec 1: 4. When The Apocalypse was written
		John being the only apostle living at the time Irenaeus supposes it to have been written, of course makes the Apocalypse the last of the sacred writings.
		There would have been something incongruous in the view of John's contemporaries who received the Apocalypse, to have read in 18:20, 24, a charge of murdering apostles, if all the apostles slain had been put to death by the Jewish Power, which the Romans were employed to destroy.
		It also seems probable to me that the Apocalypse was there composed, and that soon after the Epistle to the Hebrews, and those of Peter, were written to these churches, with reference to this prophecy as what they were particularly concerned in.
	www.antipas.org /eureka/eureka_1/eu_chapter1/c1_s1_4.html (1726 words)

	Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VII
		For John was of the circumcision, and all that people which had heard the announcement of the Old Testament was edified with his word.
		It is plain, therefore, that to John, armed as he was with superior virtue, this was not necessary, although the body of Christ, which is the Church, adorned with His members, ought to respond to its position.
		This itself is the Apocalypse which he subsequently exhibited to the churches; for the Gospel of the complete faith he subsequently wrote for the sake of our salvation.
	www.ccel.org /fathers2/ANF-07/anf07-30.htm (10993 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: Revelation of St. John
		The prophet David speaks, saying, I remembered that we are dust: as for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he shall flourish: for a wind hath passed over it, and it shall be no more, and it shall not any longer know its place.
		As thou seest, John, the stars of heaven, that they were all made together, but differ in light, so shall it be with the righteous and the sinners; for the righteous shall shine as lights and as the sun, but the sinners shall stand in darkness.
		As I said before, And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, that is, men who have been made like the angels through their excellent course of life; them also must I bring, and they will hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, one shepherd.
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/0831.htm (2439 words)

	Integration and separation in the Apocalypse of John
		But it seems to be evident, that the writer of the Apocalypse especially tries to admonish his addresses, the Christian communities and in the same way the Christian individuals, to remain faithfully and steadfastly in their faith in Christ.
		John demands that the Pergamon Christians turn back, meaning to give up the at this time evident toleration of the Nicolites in the community and to fiercely fight the äéäá÷x Íéêïëáúô§í and their representatives.
		The term óáôáíOò in the Apc indicates that John, contrary to the general assumption, by using the term (ïšê) hãíùóáí ôN âáèÝá ôï™ óáôáíO ©ò ëÝãïõóéí Apc 2,24, wishes to turn the positive statement of EéåæÜâåë and her followers, that they have seen the depths of God, into a negative one.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /AnS/religious_studies/SNTS/WitulskiEnglish.htm (2190 words)

	Apocalypse - end time prophecy America. Antichrist and the Book of Revelation. Free pictures, posters, history, jokes, ...
		Although later Christian tradition holds that the Book of Revelation was written by St. John the Apostle, author of the Fourth Gospel, most modern-day historians and New Testament scholars believe that the author was not the apostle John but another man of the same name.
		John portrays the Roman Empire as demonic, the agent of Satan on earth, the antithesis of all that is Godly, and he predicted that Rome itself would soon fall.
		What John seems to be suggesting in the original meaning of this work is that when the triumph of God comes over the dragon, over the forces of the devil, and the Roman Empire is toppled, a new heaven and earth will be created...
	ring.mithec.com /side/apocalypse.html (864 words)

	The Dating of the Book of Revelation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Was it John the beloved disciple and apostle, or some other man? Papias speaks of a presbyter of the name of John, who lived in Asia Minor in the latter part of the first century; and by some critics, the Apocalypse has been ascribed to him.
		But of this John we know little or nothing except the name; and the supposition that he wrote the Apocalypse is a mere conjecture, got up two hundred years after his death, by those who wished to destroy the canonical authority of the book.
		On the whole, we find nothing, in the Apocalypse or out of it, which should lead us to think that it was written during the persecution under Nero, and that the most of it relates to his death and to the destruction of Jerusalem, or to the fall of pagan Rome.
	www.covenanter.org /Postmil/AntiPreterist/ponddate.htm (2795 words)

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		Reformer John Calvin and the Canon At the time of the Reformation, the Canon of the Bible, Old and New Testaments, was even called into question.
		The two minor epistles could be excused on the basis of size; however, the Apocalypse of John could not be ignored on that account.
		The Apocalypse had been used by the Anabaptists in their views of the imminent end of the world.
	www.infidels.org /~ltaylor/bible-notes/calvin.text (1043 words)

	Transforming the Imagination: John’s Apocalypse as Story
		In the Apocalypse, the author, the implied author, and the narrator are all named John, but we must be clear that it is not the same John. For example, John the narrator professes not to know certain things about the story (5:4; 7:13f), but clearly the implied author and the author have no such limitation.
		I, John, your brother and partner in the oppression, the reign, and the consistent resistance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
		At the same time John offers the church comfort and hope. It should know that the powers opposing God will soon have exhausted themselves and that the ultimate victory of God, which is already reality in heaven, will also soon be made manifest on earth.
	www.wright.edu /~david.barr/Imagination.htm (2201 words)

	bible.org: The Apocalypse Of John And The Rapture Of The Church: A Reevaluation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Apocalypse Of John And The Rapture Of The Church: A Reevaluation
		The Apocalypse Of John And The Rapture Of The Church
		John, like Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:1-4, was actually transported into Paradise where he witnessed, as in Isaiah 6:1-13, a theophanes as well as other elements of the heavenly scene previously not reported.
	www.bible.org /page.asp?page_id=413 (17194 words)

	The Apocalypse of John
		In the letters included in Rev, persecutions by the officials are expected (2:10), the blood of the martyrs has already flowed (2:13; 6:9), the whole of Christianity is threatened with a fearful danger (3:10): the immediate prospect is for the outbreak of a general persecution of Christians throughout the Roman Empire.
		In 17:6 John sees the harlot who is Babylon-Rome drunk on the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus (cf.
		However, that he is able to identify himself, and as a prophet (in sharp contrast to the pseudonymity and practice of apocalyptic writers in general), speaks volumes for the vitality, power, and self-confidence of New Testament Christianity.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /revelation.html (1237 words)

	JFB Commentary (xi.xxvii.i) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The personal notices of John in the Apocalypse occur Re 1:1, 4, 9; Re 22:8.
		One person alone was entitled to use language of authority such as is addressed to the seven angels of the churches—namely, John, as the last surviving apostle and superintendent of all the churches.
		Also, it accords with John's manner to assert the accuracy of his testimony both at the beginning and end of his book (compare Re 1:2, 3, and 22:8, with Joh 1:14; 21:24; 1Jo 1:1, 2).
	www.ccel.org /ccel/jamieson/jfb.xi.xxvii.i.html (4261 words)

	COMMENTARY, OBSERVATIONS ON DANIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE OF ST.JOHN by Sir Isaac Newton - Historicist.com The Protestant ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Of the relation which the Apocalypse of John hath to the Book of the Law of Moses, and to the worship of God in the Temple.
		Of the relation which the Prophecy of John hath to those of Daniel; and of the Subject of the Prophecy.
		John Knox fanned them to an open flame which was brought to brilliant radiance during the enlightenment.
	www.historicist.com /newton/title.htm (1929 words)

	Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The: Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		It is commonplace in the handbooks and commentaries to read that the Apocalypse of John was written at a time when John and other Christians suffered for refusing to worship the Roman emperor.
		The Apocalypse is then dated in the reign of either Nero or Domitian, who, according to Eusebius, showed himself the successor of Nero in enmity and hostility to God (Hist.
		Friesen's work completes the task of revising our understanding of the Apocalypse and imperial cults, and it is past time for the handbooks and general references to catch up with the careful revision that has been done.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3679/is_200210/ai_n9144101 (841 words)

	THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		At the beginning of chapter 4 he (John) was taken up to Heaven and shown some of the future events that will come to pass.
		We must first understand that John was shown things that he did not understand but had to write them down in terms that he did know.
		After a description of what John saw in Heaven he tells us about a book that has seven seals on it and that in short only Jesus was found worthy to open it, by breaking those seals.
	home.att.net /~pastorhayes (14769 words)

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