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Thaddeus of Edessa. Encaustic painting at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. The Acts of Thaddeus (Greek: Πραξεὶ̀ς τοῦ Θαδδαίου [1]) is a Greek document written between 544 and 944 CE which purports to describe correspondence between King Abgar V of Edessa and Jesus, which results in Jesus' disciple Thaddeus going to Edessa.
Joseph Rademacher (December 3, 1840 – June 12, 1900) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Nashville in Tennessee from 1883 to 1893 and as bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne in Indiana from 1893 until his death in 1900.
Author: Allen, Joseph Henry, 1820-1898: Short title: Historical sketch of the Unitarian movement since the; Date and time of digitizing: 01:22, 5 March 2009
The book included the deuterocanonical books and was marked by his criticisms of church abuses, anti-catholic views of the sacraments (Penance and Eucharist), the use of relics, and clerical celibacy. These views ultimately led to his excommunication by the church, and in 1428, long after his death, his remains were exhumed and burned as a heretic.
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.
Instead of tourists and locals hanging out with friends, the brightly painted boats known as “trajineras” were filled with Catholics honoring a relic of St. Jude Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 ...
A Catholic relic hailing from Rome is expected to draw capacity crowds in North Jersey churches this month. Purported to be part of an arm bone from St. Jude Thaddeus, one of the Catholic faith's ...
The history of the Catholic Church is integral to the history of Christianity as a whole. It is also, according to church historian Mark A. Noll, the "world's oldest continuously functioning international institution." [1] This article covers a period of just under two thousand years. Over time, schisms have disrupted the unity of Christianity.