Learn about the Apostle Thomas, see Thomas the Apostle facts, and learn about his time as a disciple of Jesus. Read about how he earned his name 'Doubting Thomas.' Updated: 11/21/2023 Table of Contents Thomas the Apostle: Facts and Overview St. Thomas the Apostle's Biography Thomas the...
A disciple of Christ sent by St. Thomas to the court of King Abgar the Black, the second century Osroene ruler. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of an intolerable and incurable illness. Abgar's court was in Edessa in Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Ad...
Thomas Jefferson decided to step down after two terms in honor of Washington's example. The two term limit only became law after F.D.R. served three terms and died at the beginning of his fourth term. Then the Constitution was amended to impose a mandated two term limit on Presidents....
Quote: It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there. Author: Vance Havner Quote: It's about time we qui...
n.信徒( disciple的名词复数 );门徒;耶稣的信徒;(尤指)耶稣十二门徒之一 参考例句: Judas was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. 犹大是耶稣十二门徒之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》 "The names of the first two disciples were --" “最初的两个门徒的名字是——” 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险 104 advanc...
A disciple of Christ sent by St. Thomas to the court of King Abgar the Black, the second century Osroene ruler. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of an intolerable and incurable illness. Abgar's court was in Edessa in Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Ad...
St. AndrewSt. Andrew, one of the Twelve Apostles, depicted with an X-shaped cross. Exterior mosaic next to the cathedral at Amalfi, Italy. In the Bible:St. Andrewwas the first apostle named in theGospel According to John(John 1:40) and was originally adiscipleofSt. John the Baptist. ...
John’s subsequent history is obscure and passes into the uncertain mists oflegend. At the end of the 2nd century,Polycrates, bishop ofEphesus, claims that John’s tomb is at Ephesus, identifies him with the beloveddisciple, and adds that he “was a priest, wearing the sacerdotal plate,...
Department of Justice, the most common types of mass murderers are the pseudo-commando (a killer who is obsessed with using weaponry to massacre victims), the disciple (one who is motivated to kill by a charismatic leader), the family annihilator, the religious/ideological killer, the ...
Ralph Waldo Emersonsettled in Concord during Thoreau’s sophomore year at Harvard, and by the autumn of 1837 they were becoming friends. Emerson sensed in Thoreau a true disciple—that is, one with so much Emersonian self-reliance that he would still be his own man. Thoreau saw in Emerson...