New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible covenant - (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain pro...
including a variety of early Christian literature. The fourGospelsdeal with the life, the person, and the teachings ofJesus, as he was remembered by the Christiancommunity.The Acts of the Apostlescarries the story of Christianity from the Resurrection of Jesus to the end of the career ofSt. ...
one of Christ’s closest apostles, addressing “the elect” who have received Jesus as their savior. Peter was an impulsive but tender-hearted man who observed Jesus' works during his savior’s lifetime and after Jesus’ resurrection and was persecuted for his beliefs. The writings of Paul, ...
101 Ways to Hasten the Work Online This book gives Latter-day Saints 101 easy, practical ways to hasten the work online. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles often encourage members to use technology and social media to hasten the work of salvation. ...
First, most of them, like theGospel of Thomaswere composed a century or more after the events they supposedly record. Second, these writings are typically falsely attributed to apostles or other important church leaders, though these persons had been long dead by the time the books were composed...
Gospels: The first four books—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—provide distinct perspectives on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Acts of the Apostles: This book recounts the formation of the early Church and the spread of the Christian message after Jesus’ ascensio...
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I had not stated in the previous post when the next post would appear and had said I would be “away from computer” for the holiday season and likely after that as well. And I was correct in my predictions. The previous post on December 18, 2024 was posted on the exact day my son...
My book examines the metaphors and symbols that the colonists themselves used. I find the most powerful image to be the one that many of the colonists deployed: the image of the apostles spreading Christianity abroad. That image is in many sermons and texts from the founding era. The Commonwe...
Comptes rendus / Reviews of books: Paraphrase on the Acts of the Apostles Robert D. Sider, editor, translator and annotator Collected Works of Erasmus, New Testament Scholarship, 50 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995. xxvi + 389 p...