A Writer Named John
A confirmation that the Apostle wrote the Apocalypse was needed for it to be in the bible today. Chrysostom was in Ephesus when Jerome was finishing the Vulgate. Many didn’t believe it was written by the Apostle and therefore didn’t belong in the bible. Thanks to Jerome we have it in the bible today.
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A Reasonable Explanation
A question not addressed. Why does John introduce himself three times? He was asked to “prophesy again”. That could be another John. That’s two. Why not three? Multiple writers have been suggested by multiple commentaries. Both John the Baptist and John Chrysostom have been suggested.
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 Writer Of The Apocalypse
A constellation of stars is revealing. “Revelation in Thunder and Storm” by Morozov, an astronomer, has Chrysostom writing the Apocalypse in 395. He did run into a thunderstorm on his way to Ephesus in 401. Chrysostom, your brother, could be the third John of the Apocalypse.
A Third John
A necessary connection to the Apocalypse. How it became part of the bible. Many did not think it belonged there. John Chrysostom was one of them and he was in Ephesus when Jerome was finishing the Vulgate. Astronomy points to Chrysostom as the writer of the Apocalypse according to Morozov. There are other reasons.
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A Book That Is A Mystery
J. Massyngberde Ford may have been the first to suggest John the Baptist was the first writer of the Apocalypse. She is not the first to suggest multiple writers. Others suggested that it was first written in Hebrew. Most agree that there is little agreement regarding the Apocalypse. So we continue to speculate.
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 Theory
A few have suggested multiple writers of the Apocalypse. Vischer held that the Apocalypse was “originally a purely Jewish composition”. – Josephine Massyngbaerde Ford may have been the first to suggest it was first written by John the Baptist. Considering these possibilities can lead to a better understanding.
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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 speculation on the Apocalypse. J. Massyngberde Ford may have been the first to suggest John the Baptist wrote the first version of the Apocalypse. Others had already suggested multiple writers. “Studies in the Apocalypse” by R. H. Charles suggests it was first written in Hebrew and later translated into Greek.
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