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5. Acts 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the start of the second missionary journey of Paul, together with Silas and Timothy. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the ...
The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and there it refers not to the apostles but to deeds confessed by their followers.
The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council is a council described in chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles, held in Jerusalem c. 48–50 AD.. The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law, such as Jewish dietary laws and other specific rituals, including the rules concerning circumcision of males.
Chapter 2 of the epistle contains a famous poem describing the nature of Christ and his act of redemption: Who, though he was in the form of God, Did not regard being equal with God Something to be grasped after. But he emptied himself. Taking on the form of a slave, And coming in the likeness of humans. And being found in appearance as a human
The Education of Christ: Hill-Side Reveries (1902). [full citation needed] Pictures of the Apostolic Church: Studies in the Book of Acts. [full citation needed] The Church in the Roman Empire (1893). [full citation needed] A Historical Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1900–1901. Ramsay, W. M. (1904).
The historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles, the principal historical source for the Apostolic Age, is of interest for biblical scholars and historians of Early Christianity as part of the debate over the historicity of the Bible. Historical reliability is not dependent on a source being inerrant or void of agendas since there are ...
6. Romans 16 is the sixteenth (and the final) chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was authored by Paul the Apostle, while Paul was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [1] with the help of a secretary (amanuensis), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in verse 22. [2] While this chapter contains Paul's ...
Jason of Thessalonica (Greek: Ίάσων ό Θεσσαλονικεύς) was a Jewish convert and early Christian believer mentioned in the New Testament in Acts 17:5–9 and Romans 16:21. Jason is venerated as a saint in Catholic and Orthodox traditions. His feast day is 12 July in the Roman Catholic Church, 28 April in the Slavic Christian ...
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