{"id":9590,"date":"2024-08-29T16:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/the-beheading-of-john-the-baptist\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:50:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:50:18","slug":"the-beheading-of-john-the-baptist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/the-beheading-of-john-the-baptist\/","title":{"rendered":"La decapitaci\u00f3n de Juan el Bautista"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] The Beheading of John the Baptist Feast date: Aug 29 On this day, the universal Church marks the beheading of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for Jesus. As an adult, he lived as a hermit in the wilderness. After the Spirit inspired him, he went about preaching that the\u00c2\u00a0people should repent of their sins and be baptized in order to prepare for the Messiah. 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