A Biography of Saint John the Apostle: The Disciple Jesus Loved (Servants of God in the Bible)Robert Alan King
What did Philip the Apostle do in the Bible? Philip was a disciple and apostle of Jesus in the Gospel of John. He convinced Nathanael to join Jesus' disciples, helped Gentiles learn about Jesus' teachings, and distributed the miraculous bread and fish to the multitude that Jesus fed. Where...
Thomas the Apostle: Facts and Overview Of Jesus' 12 apostles, Thomas is one of the most famous who appears in the Gospel of John. In early Christianity in the 1st century CE, Thomas was considered an important figure because he asked for and received physical proof of Jesus' resurrection. ...
Peter was an eyewitness to the many miracles that Jesus did and also witnessed the Shekhinah Glory along with John and James in the Transfiguration. This was where Jesus’ humanity was peeled back to reveal the glory of His Divinity (Matt. 17:1-9). Peter the Disciple to the Apostle Peter...
Along with Apostle James and Evangelist John, Peter had the opportunity and privilege to participate in intimate rituals that excluded the other apostles. It is said that Jesus must have often been a guest of Peter’s family.. Baptism The Denial of Saint Peter by Caravaggio Peter’s name was...
Italian Dominican theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas was one of the most influential medieval thinkers of Scholasticism and the father of the Thomistic school of theology.
One day, after one of his preachings, Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John in the Jordan River, and at that moment the first announcement of his bond with God took place since John affirmed that Jesus Christ was the Messiah who God who had promised. Subsequently, the Baptist was captured...
(Acts of the Apostles 1:14) includes her in the company of those who devoted themselves toprayerafter the ascension of Jesus into heaven. She appears in the following incidents in the Gospels: the Annunciation; theVisitationwithElizabeth, her kinswoman and the mother ofJohn the Baptist, the...
By John Lord. A. D. 1265-1321. RISE OF MODERN POETRY. The first great genius who aroused his country from the torpor of the Middle Ages was a poet. Poetry, then, was the first influence which elevated the human mind amid the miseries of a gloomy period, if we may except the schools...
Luther’s understanding came to him after a long inner conflict in which he agonized, even despaired, over his inability to marshal his will adequately to do good works. While meditating onThe Letter of Paul to the Romans(1:17)—in which the Apostle declares, “For in it [i.e., the ...