Johannine Literature

Johannine literature is the collection of New Testament works that are attached by tradition to the person of John the Apostle or to the Johannine community. The collection is usually considered to include:

  • The Gospel of John
  • The First Epistle of John
  • The Second Epistle of John
  • The Third Epistle of John
  • The Book of Revelation

Famous quotes containing the word literature:

    “Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation’s heart, the excision of its memory.”
    —Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918)