Here's what the quiz covers: Peter's occupation before becoming an Apostle Why he was crucified upside down The number of times he denied knowing Jesus What it means to be an Apostle of Jesus Peter as a patron saint Skills Practiced Knowledge application - use your knowledge to ans...
The Apostle Peter (also known as Saint Peter, Simon Peter, and Cephas) was one of the12 main disciples of Jesus Christ, and along withJamesandJohn, he was one of Jesus’ closest companions. After the resurrection, Peter became one of the most influential Christian leaders in the first cent...
In Matthew’s account of Peter’s confession of Jesus, after Jesus asked who his disciples thought he was, Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). The Gospel of Mark is introduced as “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ [Greek ...
28And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to ...
Modern rebuilders of the chapel will certainly use the floor plan in its reconstruction. My interest in the chapel is personal and historical. My father’s mother is a descendant of Nicolas Sandoval who built the chapel. One of Sandoval’s daughters, Juana María, married a Duran from whom ...
Married since 1807 to her spendthrift cousin, Colonel George Leigh, she had three daughters and lived at Six Mile Bottom, near Cambridge. With his mother's death in 1811, Augusta became Byron's sole remaining close relative, a situation which doubtless increased his sense of identity with her...
Like Peter the Apostle,—and he fish' For wandering merchant-vessels, now and then, And sometimes caught as many as he wish'd; The cargoes he confiscated and gain He sought in the slave-market too, and dish'd Full many a morsel for that Turkish trade, By which, no doubt, ...
Apparently she had not thought of it in just this way before, but now, suddenly, it dawned on her that if we were married it meant living in Chicago, in more cultural and, as she supposed, sophisticated surroundings than she had known. This sudden realization frightened her. She ...
Polycrates probably would not have been one of a line of bishops if all bishops and church leaders practiced celibacy. Note that since the Apostle Philip had at least three daughters, he could not have practiced celibacy. Now everyone is aware that Peter had a wife (see Matthew 8:14), bu...
with the bride; her partaking of the wine committed herself to this man, agreeing to follow the contract that now was a legal document. At this time, they would be called husband and wife, although their status actually was that of being pledged or betrothed rather than being fully married...