it contains a variety of kinds ofwriting. Among its 27 books are selected recollections of the life and acts and sayings of Jesus in the fourGospels; a historical narrative of the first years of the Christianchurchin theActs of the Apostles; theEpistles—letters of advice, instruction,admonitio...
gravesinof Sodom and Gomorrah, and of any towns that refuse hisdisciples, is that of inhospitality. Additionally, Ezekiel 16:49 mentions the inhabitants’ refusal to care for the poor despite their prosperity, which is taken as further evidence that homosexuality is not the cause of their ...
Christianity begins with Jesus Christ. The effects of his life, the response to his teachings, the experience of his death, and the belief in his resurrection were the origins of the Christian community. When the Apostle Peter is represented in the New Testament as confessing that Jesus is “...
clear in this regard. One suggestion of such belief is the promise of another helper, or intercessor (paraclete), that is found in theGospel According to John.Pentecost, during which the Holy Spirit descended on theApostlesand otherdisciples(Acts 2), is seen as the fulfillment of that ...
gravesinof Sodom and Gomorrah, and of any towns that refuse hisdisciples, is that of inhospitality. Additionally, Ezekiel 16:49 mentions the inhabitants’ refusal to care for the poor despite their prosperity, which is taken as further evidence that homosexuality is not the cause of their ...
Lazarus, either of two figures mentioned in the New Testament. The miraculous story of Lazarus of Bethany being brought back to life by Jesus is known from the Gospel According to John. The name Lazarus was also used by Jesus in a parable about a rich ma
Lazarus was also present when his sister Mary anointed the feet of Jesus with expensive perfume (John 12:1–3). Lazarus is also the name given by the Gospel According to Luke (16:19–31) to the beggar in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. It is the only proper name attached ...
Gospel According to Matthew, first of the four New Testament Gospels (narratives recounting the life and death of Jesus Christ) and, with The Gospels According to Mark and Luke, one of the three so-called Synoptic Gospels (i.e., those presenting a common view). It has traditionally been ...
Protestant reformers, were determined to restore the institutions and spirit of theprimitive churchand often identified their suffering with that of themartyrsof the first three Christian centuries. Quite confident that they were living at the end of time, they expected theimminentreturn ofJesus ...
Feast of Corpus Christi, festival of the Roman Catholic Church in honor of the real presence of the body of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. It is commonly observed on the Thursday (or the Sunday) after Trinity Sunday and is a holy day of obligation in man