The Acts of the Apostles (Koinē Greek: Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; Latin: Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells...
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The Acts of the Apostles is a genre of early Christian literature, recounting the lives and works of the apostles of Jesus. The Acts (Latin: Acta; Greek:...
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Fathers. Apostle (Latter Day Saints) Apostles' Fast Companions of the Prophet Council of Jerusalem Council of Twelve Apostles Dispersion of the Apostles Equal-to-apostles...
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The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles make up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts. The author is not named in either volume. According...
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The historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles, the principal historical source for the Apostolic Age, is of interest for biblical scholars and...
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discussed in both the Pauline epistles and in the Acts of the Apostles. According to both sources, Saul/Paul was not a follower of Jesus and did not know...
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and Europe from the mid-40s to the mid-50s AD. The main source of information on Paul's life and works is the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament...
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Saint Peter (redirect from Prince of Apostles)
as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian...
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Acts of Thomas is an early 3rd-century text, one of the New Testament apocrypha within the Acts of the Apostles subgenre. The complete versions that survive...
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ascension of Jesus. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts, accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament...
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Luke–Acts is the composite work of the Gospel according to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament. Both of these books of the Bible are...
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founding the apostolic sees. This annual feast was held on 15 July and ranked as a major double. The Acts of the Apostles, the canonical sequel to the Gospel...
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Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Prominent figures in early Christianity such as...
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according to the Acts of the Apostles, chosen by God through the apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following the latter's betrayal of Jesus and his...
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New Testament (redirect from Books of the New Testament)
also, Barrett, Acts of the Apostles, and Fitzmyer, Acts of the Apostles.", Campbell, "The "we" passages in the Acts of the Apostles: the narrator as narrative"...
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containing the 29th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, detailing Paul the Apostle's journey to Britannia, where he preached to a tribe of Israelites...
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Simon the Tanner, who appears in the Acts of the Apostles book of the New Testament, had a house in Jaffa, where Saint Peter stayed during his missionary...
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disciple of Jesus in Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus...
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Holy Spirit in Christianity (redirect from Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit)
to the Acts of the Apostles by Mal Couch 2004 ISBN 0825423910, pp. 120–129. Acts 1:2 Acts 2:1–4 Acts 4:28–31 Acts 8:15–17 Acts 10:44 Acts 19:6 Acts 1:5...
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Pentecost (redirect from The Decent of the holy spirit)
celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). The Catholic Church believes the Holy Spirit descended upon Mary, the mother...
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the Holy Spirit is seen as the third person of the Trinity (along with the Father God and the son, Jesus). The Acts of the Apostles (or the Book of Acts...
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Saint Stephen (redirect from Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr)
traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem...
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Acts 2 is the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but...
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The Acts of Peter and Paul is a pseudepigraphical 5th century Christian text of the genre Acts of the Apostles. An alternate version exists, known as the...
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Seventy disciples (redirect from Apostle of the Seventy)
referred to as apostles. Using the original Greek words, both titles are descriptive, as an apostle is one sent on a mission (the Greek uses the verb form:...
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The author of the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 18:1-18) explains how the Apostle Paul met Priscilla and Aquila and mentions in passing an expulsion of Jews...
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Jesus (redirect from Prince of the Covenant)
11:23–26. Acts of the Apostles refers to Jesus's early ministry and its anticipation by John the Baptist. Acts 1:1–11 says more about the Ascension of Jesus...
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The Acts and Epistles of the Apostles (the "Apostle"), completed in 1564, is the first Russian printed publication that has an exact date. It was published...
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the main sources for the life of James the Just are the Pauline epistles, the Acts of the Apostles, Josephus, Eusebius and Jerome, the last two of which...
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Epistle to Titus (redirect from The Epistle Attributed to Paul the Apostle to Titus)
total. Not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, Saint Titus was noted in Galatians (cf. Galatians 2:1, 3) where Paul wrote of journeying to Jerusalem...
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