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Paul the Apostle and women. Saint Paul in the House of Priscilla and Aquila (17th century): Paul is at left, writing a letter; Priscilla is at right, spinning, and her husband Aquila is in the background; both were tentmakers. The relationship between Paul the Apostle and women is an important element in the theological debate about ...
Depiction of Saint Paul (left) in the home of Saints Aquila and Priscilla. Priscilla (/ prɪˈsɪlə /; Greek: Πρίσκιλλα, Priskilla or Priscila) and Aquila (/ ˈækwɪlə /; Greek: Ἀκύλας, Akylas) were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the ...
Phoebe (Koine Greek: Φοίβη) was a first-century Christian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, verses 16:1–2. A notable woman in the church of Cenchreae, she was trusted by Paul to deliver his letter to the Romans. [ 1 ] Paul refers to her both as a "servant" or " deacon " (Greek diakonos, which means ...
t. e. The Acts of Paul and Thecla (Latin: Acta Pauli et Theclae) is an apocryphal text describing Paul the Apostle 's influence on a young virgin named Thecla. It is one of the writings of the New Testament apocrypha. Edgar J. Goodspeed called it a "religious romance" [1]
Junia (New Testament person) Junia or Junias (Biblical Greek: Ἰουνία / Ἰουνίας, Iounia / Iounias) was a Christian in the first century known from Paul the Apostle 's letter to the Romans. There has been dispute surrounding both Junia's gender and apostolic status, although she has been viewed as female through most of Christian ...
Elisabeth Schüssler was born on April 17, 1938, in Cenad, a locality in the Banat region of the Kingdom of Romania, where she belonged to the Banat Swabian German-speaking Catholic population of an ethnically mixed community. As the Russian army advanced through Romania in late 1944, she and her parents fled to southern Germany.
Euodia and Syntyche. Euodia (Greek Εὐοδία, meaning unclear, but possibly "sweet fragrance" [1][2] or "prosperous journey" [3]) and Syntyche (Συντύχη, "fortunate," literally "with fate") are people mentioned in the New Testament. They were female members of the church in Philippi, and according to the text of Philippians 4: 2–3 ...
In his writings, the Apostle Paul included various commentaries on women. In his Letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul emphasized that Christianity is a faith open to everyone: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Jesus Christ. [40]