The Gospel Of St. John

According to St. John, Jesus is the messenger of God, his word par excellence, who came to this world to make us know the Father. He does not speak for himself but testifies to the truth that I hear from the father, and his whole life is a revelation of his glory which he received from his own father before the creation of the world. Jesus did not come to judge the world, but to save it. But, by simply manifesting men, he puts them before an alternative: that of remaining in his own darkness or believing in the light. The Gospel of St. John is controversial: the purer and harder a truth, the less numerous it will be to hear it. This gospel did not cease to stir up controversies within the Church itself in the earliest times when it was first published, but was soon recognized as the Word of God and the Apostles. The gospel of John, then, was made and redone, and was no doubt only published after the death of its author, circa AD 95, as a small paragraph added at the end implies. In its last wording it seems that it was rebuilt around the three pascuas that speak of the public life of Jesus. There is an important element there to understand the thought of John. He finished writing when it was 20 years since Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by the …show more content…
His person, his teachings, his redemptive work, all that has served to reveal God and give eternal life to the recipient. John presents the mission of Jesus as the culminating point of the author's revelation of God; And Jesus communicates to the believers this message by which they come to the knowledge of the most sublime truths. Thus, spiritual communion with God is granted to them, which constitutes eternal life, fullness, supreme good, perfect salvation. John strives to relate the unpublished things: miracles, parables, actions, speeches, prayers. The purpose of the gospel is to demonstrate that Jesus is the Son of