From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
      
   > December 27 honors Saint John the Apostle   
   > (also called Saint John the Evangelist).   
   > He is traditionally identified as:   
   >   
   > One of the Twelve Apostles   
   >   
   > The author of the Gospel of John, three epistles, and Revelation   
   > (traditionally)   
   >   
   > “The disciple whom Jesus loved”   
   >   
   > In the Western Christian calendar, his feast day is December 27,   
   > fittingly placed right after Christmas, since John’s writings strongly   
   > emphasize the Incarnation (“the Word made flesh”).   
      
   This is very nice of you to post this and thereby   
   honor a man who was a close associate of Jesus.   
   Thank you for this, Mike.   
      
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