Early Christians began calling this disciple Jude Thaddeus (Jude is a variation of the same name) or Judas Thaddeus. Thaddeus may have been a nickname, which Mark and Matthew graciously used here instead of Judas, since the name would have been especially tainted in early Christianity. The only...
Ancient sources may or may not refer to the Apostle John by several other names including John of Patmos (because he was banished to the island of Patmos), John the Evangelist, John the Elder, John the Presbyter, and the Beloved Disciple, though it is unclear if all (or any!) of these...
An important man, a crucial man, – a strategic man, a disciple, and yet there is something uncertain about him; we talked about the things of the spirit, but only secretly. So on through the night – and then somewhere in the night we would hear him take the name of Judas – Fathe...
An important man, a crucial man, – a strategic man, a disciple, and yet there is something uncertain about him; we talked about the things of the spirit, but only secretly. So on through the night – and then somewhere in the night we would hear him take the name of Judas – Fathe...
Robert is not an Apostle of the Risen Christ, nor do the Scriptures outline this form of order. Many clergy appointed to local church I have personally spoken with, do not follow all or any of Robert’s Rules. They instead engage in a drastically simplified and modified version, if any ...
Less than ten years later, when Paul visits Jerusalem, he meets with two church elders: Peter and James, the brother of Jesus. When Paul describes this event inGalatians 1:18-19, he refers to James as an apostle, one of a select few who had witnessed the risen Christ and whose teachin...
The debate then shifted as to whether Junia was an apostle or not. The word “apostle” is translated from the Greek wordapostolosand refers to a person sent on a mission.[1]In the first century of the Christian movement, and in more recent centuries, women have served as missionaries wi...
“In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, ‘Ananias!’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ he answered. The Lord told him, ‘Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. In a vision he has seen...
“On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentile...