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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]
Most New Testament scholars believe Paul wrote this letter from Corinth only months after he left Thessalonica, [5] although information appended to this work in many early manuscripts (e.g., Codices Alexandrinus, Mosquensis, and Angelicus) state that Paul wrote it in Athens [8] after Timothy had returned from Macedonia with news of the state ...
[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. [22] Paul explained concepts such as the resurrection of the dead and salvation, in effect a prelude to the future discussions of Christology. According to the record ...
St. Paul in Athens delivering the Areopagus sermon in which he addressed early issues in Christology, depicted in a 1515 portrait by Raphael [131] [132] Paul left for his second missionary journey from Jerusalem, in late Autumn 49 AD, [133] after the meeting of the Council of Jerusalem where the circumcision
Saint Paul preaching in Athens by Raphael, ca 1515. During this time, Greece and much of the rest of the Roman east came under the influence of Early Christianity. The apostle Paul of Tarsus preached in Philippi, Corinth and Athens, and Thessalonica soon became one of the most highly Christianized areas of the empire.
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Summary Description Plaque Areopagus Hill Preach St Paul in Athens, Greece.jpg Afrikaans: Die bronsplaat aan die suidhang van die Areopagus roep Paulus se besoek in herinnering met 'n aanhaling van Handelinge 17:22-32: Paulus gaan toe in die middel van die Areopagus staan en sê: Atheners, ek sien dat julle in elke opsig baie godsdienstig is. ...
Paul draws heavily here from the Wisdom of Solomon. [59] This summary condemns "unnatural sexual behavior" and warns that such behavior has already resulted in a depraved body and mind ("reprobate mind" in the King James Version) [60] and says that people who do such things (including murder and wickedness [61]) are worthy of death. [62]