Written by Luke the beloved physician (Col 4:14), Luke-Acts seamlessly connects the life of Jesus to the lives of the early Apostles after the resurrection. The gospel of Luke is about what Jesus ...
A - Acts 2:14,22-28 * Then Peter stood up with the Eleven ... Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and the apostles said in reply, ...
It was not even a formal sect of Judaism. Peter was the movement's first champion; in the Acts of the Apostles we hear of his mass conversions and miraclemaking—healing the lame, raising the ...
Rhetorical Battles: Jesus as Speaker in the Gospel of Mark. Journal of Qur'anic Studies, Vol. 22, Issue. 1, p. 31. Acts of the Apostles is normally understood as a historical report of events of the ...
A new church in Barre aims at more than just offering up prayers, it hopes to save the lives of those struggling with ...
St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. 30, was one of the two initial disciples of John the Baptist who encountered Jesus at the ...
Then they prayed to God and cast lots, "and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles" (Acts 1: 15-26). And thus, having taken the place of Judas, Matthias fulfilled the ...
Thecla's story is one of many in the Apocryphal Acts which portray women giving up riches and sexual activity to follow the Apostles. She is an aristocratic woman who, despite great opposition ...
Saint Silas was a companion and fellow labourer of the Apostle Paul: "And Paul chose Silas and departed...and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches" (Acts 15:40-41). He later ...
Originally published in the Horae Semitica series, this fascicule contains an English translation of the apocryphal acts of the apostles. Originally published in 1904 by Agnes Lewis, the text ...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A new church in Barre aims at more than just offering up prayers, it hopes to save the lives of those struggling with substance abuse. At least 56 residents of Barre have ...