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The seventy disciples ... A Greek text titled On the Seventy Apostles of Christ is known from several manuscripts, the oldest in Codex Baroccianus 206, ...
The "seventy disciples" or "seventy-two disciples" (known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the "Seventy Apostles") were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. [63] According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text.
Aquila is traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples. They lived, worked, and traveled with the Apostle Paul, who described them as his "fellow workers in Christ Jesus" (Romans 16:3). [1] Priscilla and Aquila are described in the New Testament as providing a presence that strengthened the early Christian churches.
You became the disciples of Christ And all-holy Apostles, O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes. Ever entreat the Lord To grant forgiveness of transgressions To us who sing your praises. Kontakion (Tone 4) Like stars, O holy Apostles, You illumine the way of the faithful with the light of the Holy Spirit.
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Clement of Alexandria [33] also makes Barnabas one of the Seventy Disciples that are mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. [34] Other sources bring Barnabas to Rome and Alexandria. In the "Clementine Recognitions" (i, 7) he is depicted as preaching in Rome even during Christ's lifetime.
Among the Eastern Orthodox faithful, Addai was a disciple of Christ [7] sent by St. Thomas the Apostle to Edessa in order to heal King Abgar V of Osroene, who had fallen ill. He stayed to evangelize, and so converted [ 8 ] Abgar—or Agbar, or in one Latin version "Acbar" — and his people including Saint Aggai and Saint Mari .
Ariston, or Aristion, is known from early traditions (preserved by Papias of Hierapolis) as an elder from whom Papias learned apostolic traditions.Aristion is identified in Ado of Vienne (874 CE) as "one of the seventy-two disciples of Christ."