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The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts 17:16–34. [1] [2] The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and most fully-reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra recorded in Acts 14:15–17. [3]
The speech, known as the Areopagus sermon, refers to a sermon or explanation delivered by Apostle Paul at the Areopagus in Athens, and described in Acts 17:16–34. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and fullest reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra Acts 14:15–17 ...
The Areopagus Council likely would not have met on the actual Areopagus hill by the time of Paul's visit, but rather in the agora or in the Stoa Basileios. [18] The Areopagus ceased operation as a political council by at least the early 5th century AD, according to Theodoret of Cyrus. [19]
The Unknown God or Agnostos Theos (Ancient Greek: Ἄγνωστος Θεός) is a theory by Eduard Norden first published in 1913 that proposes, based on the Christian Apostle Paul's Areopagus speech in Acts 17:23, that in addition to the twelve main gods and the innumerable lesser deities, ancient Greeks worshipped a deity they called "Agnostos Theos"; that is: "Unknown God", which Norden ...
English: Bronze plaque dedicated to the visit of apostle Paul to the Areopagus. It cites the text of Acts 17:22-32: So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. ...
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Anton Dietrich (27 May 1833 – 4 August 1904) was a German painter who focused on murals, particularly frescos.. Anton Dietrich (c.1870) Paul Preaches at the Areopagus in Athens, wall fresco in the auditorium of the Christian Weise Gymnasium in Zittau, Saxony Triangular panel representing Saxonia
Paul taught that Christians should actively avoid participating in the worship of anything other than God. He considered it common sense that the worship of God and the worship of any other spiritual being are incompatible: Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say ...