 
 
 
 
 
 St. John the Evangelist is known as the favored
St. John the Evangelist is known as the favored
 Apostle of Christ. He wrote the Gospel of
 John, the three Epistles or Letters of John, and
 the Book of Revelation. These books are
 known for their high Christology, meaning an
 emphasis on the divinity and majesty of God
 the Son. Of the four evangelists (Matthew,
 Mark, Luke), John takes the symbol of the
 EAGLE, because he ascends to the heights of
 Jesus’s divinity in his writings.