Vintage Fresco Of John The Baptist Preaching To The Multitude. Editorial Photo

Harmsworth`s Universal Encyclopaedia 1920s - Social History. John the Baptist preaching to the multitude. From the fresco by Andrea del Sarto. John the Baptist was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early 1st century AD. Other titles for John include John the Forerunner in Eastern Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist traditions, and the prophet John in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively called John the Baptizer.