Other lists of the seventy or seventy two don’t include Matthias, and have other discrepancies. AndEusebius of Caesaria—the father of church history who wrote in the fourth century—claimed that there was no official list of the seventy: “The names of the apostles of our Saviour are known...
We have often thought together of that wonderful summary of holy genius, the Book of Psalms. He would seem to have given everything to his harp; everywhere, as in the words of the text before us, "he was inclining his ear to a parable." To him, it would seem, nature was a great...
Who Wrote the Book of Ruth? The author of Ruth is not given anywhere in the book, nor is he known from any other biblical passage. Talmudic tradition attributes it to Samuel but this is unlikely since David appears in Ruth (4:17-22) and Samuel died before David’s coronation (1 Samuel...
The Jewish Talmud says Ezra wrote the book of 1 & 2 Chronicles (yes, they’re really two parts of the same book), and the book of Ezra. If this is the case, it makes Ezra the second-most prolific author of the Bible. Not bad for a guy you never hear about, right? 3. Nehemiah...
So who wrote the Bible? The succinct answer is, God is the Author of the Bible.The succinct answer is, God is the Author of the Bible. One of the men responsible for a large portion of the New Testament, the apostle Paul, wrote: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and...
Daniel: The book of Daniel David: Psalms (Other authors wrote portions of Psalms as well) Ezekiel: The book of Ezekiel Ezra: The book of Ezra (Additionally Ezra is thought to have written 1st and 2nd Chronicles and possibly portions of Nehemiah) Habakkuk: The book of Habakkuk Haggai: The...
Saul took his first of three missionary journeys in the late AD 40s. As he spent more time in Gentile areas, Saul began to go by his Roman name Paul (Acts 13:9). Paul wrote many of the New Testament books. Most theologians are in agreement that he wrote Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians...
They Ask about Being Raised from the Dead 27Some people from the religious group who believe no one will be raised from the dead came to Jesus. They asked Him,28“Teacher, Moses wrote to us in the Law, ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, then his brother...
had not yet been driven out of Jerusalem; that they still held that stronghold; while in 2 Samuel v. 6, 7, we are told of the expulsion of the Jebusites by David, who made the place his capital from that time. The tradition that Samuel wrote the book rests on no adequate ...
He protected many cities and provinces from heresy or restored those in error to the Catholic Faith. St Ignatius made him superior of the upper province of Germany, where he founded many houses and colleges. He wrote two excellent books against the Centuriators of Magdeburg and published a Cate...