A Translator
A life and time of Chrysostom by Chrysostomus Baur was translated by Sr. M. Gonzaga so the English might learn that he spent the first three months of 401 in Ephesus replacing seven corrupt bishops. Jerome was in Bethlehem completing the Vulgate which included the Apocalypse that was written on Patmos not far from Ephesus.
A Beginning Of The Fifth Century
A connection of dots: in chapter seven of Book Twenty in “City of God” by Augustine is his first commentary on the Apocalypse of John which came after Jerome put it in his Vulgate and that came after Chrysostom replaced seven corrupt bishops in Ephesus not far from Patmos.
A Revelation In Storm And Thunder
A Russian astronomer named Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov found it in the stars. A date for the Apocalypse and the name of the writer. John Chrysostom in 395. He was in Ephesus in 401 replacing seven corrupt bishops. This could be the third John, a brother, on the Isle of Patmos.
A Place Called Patmos
A man named John. Just one of His servants. There are two more also named John. The first bare record. The second wrote to the seven churches. The third was on the isle of Patmos. Three different Johns. A reasonable explanation for some of the questions surrounding the Apocalypse.
A Third John
A place called Patmos. This is all we know. Everything else is speculation or interpretation. Is yours better than the others? Is your bible better than the others? Do they have anything in common? Numbers. Somehow they get the numbers right. We also have logic and reason to make sense of them.
A Time
A writer. It was written by John on Patmos. Don’t know when or which John. Are there three of them? Why does John introduce himself three or four times? These questions have not been answered so we are forced to speculate based on what was written by those who read what no longer exists. What were they looking at?
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A New Latin Translation
A validation of the Apocalypse. Jerome put it in his Vulgate. He believed it was written by John the Apostle. Many didn’t think this. Chrysostom was in Ephesus when Jerome was finalizing his bible and could have confirmed who wrote it. Patmos is not that far from Ephesus.
A Time
A writer. It was written by John on Patmos. Don’t know when or which John. Are there three of them? Why does John introduce himself three or four times? These questions have not been answered so we are forced to speculate based on what was written by those who read what no longer exists. What were they looking at?
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A Third John
A writer on the isle called Patmos. Many said it wasn’t written by John the Apostle. Others said it didn’t belong in the bible. Someone had to convince Jerome it was written by the Apostle because he included it in the Vulgate. John Chrysostom was the right person, at the right place, and at the right time. Really.
A Purpose
A reason for the Apocalypse. We know where for sure. Patmos. We know John wrote it three times. We don’t know when or why. Wondering why might be more telling. The oldest existing commentary on the Apocalypse is by Victorinus. What can he tell us? He can’t tell us about the seven churches. Why?
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