22 Facts About John Baptist

1. John Baptist is patron of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, which covers the whole of South Carolina in the United States.

2. John Baptist is a patron saint of French Canada, and Newfoundland.

3. John Baptist preaching, in a landscape setting, was a popular subject in Dutch art from Pieter Brueghel the Elder and his successors.

4. John Baptist is depicted as an ascetic wearing camel hair, with a staff and scroll inscribed Ecce Agnus Dei, or bearing a book or dish with a lamb on it.

5. John Baptist was to become Jesus' main disciple and John's disciples were to become Jesus' disciples.

6. In particular, John Baptist should have done everything in his power to persuade the Jewish people that Jesus was the Messiah.

7. John Baptist is believed to have had the specific role of foretelling and preparing the way for Jesus.

8. John Baptist is honored highly in Sufism as well as Islamic mysticism, primarily because of the Quran's description of John's chastity and kindness.

9. John Baptist was a classical prophet, who was exalted high by God, for his bold denouncing of all things sinful.

10. John Baptist was dutiful towards his parents and he was not arrogant or rebellious.

11. John Baptist was pure and devout, and walked well in the presence of God.

12. John Baptist was exhorted to hold fast to the Scripture and was given wisdom by God while still a child.

13. John Baptist is believed by Muslims to have been a witness to the word of God, and a prophet who would herald the coming of Jesus.

14. John Baptist said: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and rest on him.

15. John Baptist was not the light, but he came to bear witness to the light.

16. John Baptist clearly denies being the Christ or Elijah or 'the prophet', instead describing himself as the "voice of one crying in the wilderness".

17. John Baptist will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

18. John Baptist has stretched out his hand to his servant Israel, Ever mindful of his mercy For Abraham and his race for ever.

19. John Baptist came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.

20. John Baptist will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

21. John Baptist is identified as the spiritual successor of the prophet Elijah.

22. John Baptist used baptism as the central symbol or sacrament of his messianic movement.