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John of Ephesus (or of Asia) (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Έφέσιος, Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ, c. 507 – c. 588 AD) was a leader of the early Syriac Orthodox Church in the sixth century and one of the earliest and the most important historians to write in Syriac.
Print of John the Apostle made at ca. the end of the 16th c. – the beginning of the 17th c. [86] Byzantine illumination depicting John dictating to his disciple, Prochorus (c. 1100) Tomb of Saint John the Apostle, Saint John's Basilica, Ephesus, Turkey
The Basilica of St. John (Greek: Βασιλική του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Θεολόγου) was a basilica in Ephesus. It was constructed by Justinian I in the 6th century at a site where John the Apostle was said to have been buried.
The Church of Saint John the Evangelist, was probably erected during the 2nd or 3rd century and was the most important pilgrim place in Ephesus. It was built on his tomb, on the site of an earlier shrine.
For example, John of Antioch wrote to Nestorius urging him to submit to the Pope's judgment and cease stirring up controversy over a word that he disliked (Theotokos) but which could be interpreted as having an orthodox meaning especially in light of the fact that many saints and doctors of the church had sanctioned the word by using it themselves.
The Acts of John in Rome is a 4th-century Christian apocryphal text that presents stories about the Apostle John.The text, written in Greek, [1] is believed to be based on orally handed down stories [1] [2] (and in particular collected stories recounted in the writings of Eusebius of Caesarea) [2] about the works of John in Rome.
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The Preaching of Saint Paul at Ephesus, Eustache Le Sueur, 1649. Ephesus was an important centre for Early Christianity from the AD 50s. From AD 52–54, the apostle Paul lived for three years in Ephesus, [54] working with the congregation and organizing missionary activity into the hinterlands. [55]