John the Baptist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Catholic Church==== [[File:Cappella tornabuoni, 12, Nascita di san giovanni battista.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''The Birth of John the Baptist'', a fresco in the [[Tornabuoni Chapel]] in [[Florence]]]] The [[Catholic Church]] commemorates Saint John the Baptist on two feast days: * 24 June – [[Nativity of Saint John the Baptist]] * 29 August – [[Beheading of Saint John the Baptist]] According to [[Frederick George Holweck|Frederick Holweck]], at the [[Visitation (Christianity)|Visitation]] of the Blessed Virgin Mary to his mother Elizabeth, as recounted in Luke 1:39–57, John, sensing the presence of his Jesus, upon the arrival of Mary, leaped in the womb of his mother; he was then cleansed from original sin and filled with the grace of God.<ref>{{citation-attribution|1=[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15480a.htm Holweck, Frederick. "Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 23 December 2018}}</ref> In her ''Treatise of Prayer'', Saint [[Catherine of Siena]] includes a brief altercation with the [[Devil in Christianity|Devil]] regarding her fight due to the Devil attempting to lure her with [[vanity]] and [[flattery]]. Speaking in the first person, Catherine responds to the Devil with the following words: {{blockquote|[...] humiliation of yourself, and you answered the Devil with these words: "Wretch that I am! John the Baptist never sinned and was sanctified in his mother's womb. And I have committed so many sins [...]"|[[Catherine of Siena]], ''A Treatise of Prayer'', 1370.<ref>[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/catherine/dialog.iv.iv.ii.html Treatise of Prayer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123154819/https://www.ccel.org/ccel/catherine/dialog.iv.iv.ii.html |date=23 January 2022 }}. Retrieved 1-15-2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.catholictreasury.info/books/dialogue/diag51.php The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408164219/http://www.catholictreasury.info/books/dialogue/diag51.php |date=8 April 2022 }}. Retrieved 1-15-2012</ref>|title=|source=}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page