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ST. MATTHEW

The winged creature with a man’s face represents Matthew St. Matthewbecause his Gospel narrative stresses the incarnation of the Son of God, and His human descent by tracing Jesus’ human genealogy. According to Mark, Matthew was the son of Alphaeus and was a tax collector for the Roman government in Capernaum.

ST. MARK

The winged creature with a lion’s face is the symbol for Mark becauSt. Markse his gospel narrative begins with “the voice of one crying in the wilderness,” and this suggests the roar of a lion. Tradition says he was martyred at Alexandria.

ST. LUKE

Luke is symbolized by the ox, the animal of sacrifice, since Luke stresses the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. Luke was a gentile physician, a follower of Christ, and a companion of Paul. The two-volume work, the third gospel and the book of Acts, is attributed to him. Tradition says that he was one of the seventy disciples commissioned by Jesus, and that he was perhaps the other disciple with Cleopas on the road to Emmaus, that he preached in Bithynai, and that he died a the age of 84 in Boetia.

ST. JOHN

The high-soaring eagle is the emblem of John because in his narrative he rises to the loftiest heights in dealing with the mind of Christ. He is believeSt. Johnd to be the “beloved disciple” of the fourth Gospel to whose care Jesus at the crucifixion entrusted his mother. Tradition says that John lived at Ephesus and their died a natural death, the only Apostle who did not die a martyr’s death.