Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the ...

Because it falls exactly six months before the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord, St. John’s birthday is sometimes known ...

Today’s chapter is Matthew chapter 3. In this chapter we meet John the Baptist, whom Jesus proclaims as the greatest prophet born among women (Matthew 11:11) John's message is incredibly simple ...

Religion professor and “Finding Jesus” consultant Candida Moss answers viewers’ questions about John the Baptist and relics purporting to be his bones.

John the Baptist (right) with the Child Jesus, in the painting The Holy Children with a Shell, by Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo (photo: ... There, the prophet proclaims: ...

Saint John is a model because of his three . Pope: like John the Baptist, "a Christian does not announce himself, he proclaims another, prepares the way for another" ...

John does not proclaim Jesus as a captivating infant smiling benevolently at groups of assorted rustics, potentates, and farm animals. Instead, he cries out, “He who is coming after me is ...

Another interesting feature of John's gospel is that Jesus speaks in long monologues, rather than pithy statements or parables. He openly proclaims his divinity and insists that the only way to ...

First of all, John prepared the way for Jesus taking nothing for himself. He was an important man, and "people sought him out, followed him because John's words were strong." His words touched the ...