Our knowledge of the figure of John the Baptist is very limited. We have only those references to him in the Christian gospels, where he stands alongside of Jesus. We also have references to him ...

Towering over Lafayette Square in the Historic District, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist's Gothic towers should lure in any architecture buff. The original cathedral was established ...

A man accused of using a saw to try to steal money from ATMs in St. John the Baptist Parish has been arrested.

This Sunday’s gospel lectionary reading for Advent 2 in Year C is Luke 3.1–6, the location and opening of John the Baptist’s ministry. We will hear more about the content of John’s ministry next week; ...

radical and revolutionary. It is not completely clear whether the linking ‘therefore’ points us back to the verses from Isaiah that Luke has just quoted, or the fact that John ‘preached a baptism of ...

Hyderabad: Nestled in East Marredpally, the Church of St. John the Baptist is a 211-year-old architectural marvel and a cornerstone of history in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account. The story of the death of John the Baptist is related in the Gospel ...

When I was working at Sotheby's, I vividly remember today's painting, which was sold there in 1998. It is an exceptionally unusual portrait of John the Baptist. The artist, William Bouguereau, with ...

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Instead of organizing historical events into a chronology, John presents Jesus in all of his ...

he does so by coming to John the Baptist to be baptized. And when Jesus enters, John sees him coming and looks and says, "Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world." So the whole ...

He spoke out against the Nazi party and was executed for his connection to an assassination plot against Adolf Hitler. Yet few Baptists know we have our own role model in German Baptist pastor Arnold ...