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  • Bartholomew was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. He is mentioned as ... , transliterated "Bartholomaios") comes from the Aramaic ...
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  • In Christianity, the disciples were originally the students of Jesus ... John the Baptist also had disciples, as did some of the Old Testament ...
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  • In Christianity, an Apostle (Greek: Ἀπόστολος apostolos: ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...
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  • Papias (d. mid-second century) was one of the early literary figures ... The bishop of Hierapolis, Phrygia (in modern Turkey), Papias was highly ...
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  • The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian gnostic ... The Nag Hammadi writings comprise 52 mostly gnostic gospels, apocalypses ...
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  • Saint Thomas the Apostle (also known as Judas Thomas or Didymus, meaning ... As an apostle, Saint Thomas was called to spread Jesus' teachings ...
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  • The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... Two Greek fragments of the Gospel of Mary were discovered (Papyrus ...
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  • Rome against his Jewish countrymen during the First Jewish War of 66-73 ... political responsibilities, including the right to name the important ...
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  • The Epistle to the Romans is one of the books of the New Testament ... The main message of the Epistle is that salvation is available to ...
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  • The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum) is an early ... The Apostles' Creed was esteemed as an example of the apostles ...
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  • :This article deals with Saint Thomas Christians and the various churches ... The Saint Thomas Christians are a group of Christians from the Malabar ...
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  • theologian who was excommunicated by the early church at Rome as a ... Marcion was deemed a heretic for his rejection of the whole Hebrew ...
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  • The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential ... Catholic and Orthodox traditions regarding the Fathers of the Church ...
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  • known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch ... between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims. The lateness of his conversion ...
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  • Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...
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  • According to Christian legend, the Image of Edessa, known to Orthodox ... The first record of the existence of a physical image was in the sixth ...
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  • The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the New Testament. It is commonly ... Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with particular ...
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  • :For the council of 449, see Second Council of Ephesus. The Council of Ephesus, also known as the Third Ecumenical Council ...
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  • The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...
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  • The Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the books in the New Testament ... a sermon than a letter. It portrays Jesus as the high priest who sacrificed ...
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