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Priscilla (/ p r ɪ ˈ s ɪ l ə /; Greek: Πρίσκιλλα, Priskilla or Priscila) and Aquila (/ ˈ æ k w ɪ l ə /; Greek: Ἀκύλας, Akylas) were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples.
Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin Prisca, derived from priscus. There is a theory that this biblical character was the author of the Letter to the Hebrews. The name first appears in the New Testament either as Priscilla or Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity.
Though some legends suggest otherwise, scholars do not believe she is the Priscilla (Prisca) of the New Testament couple Priscilla and Aquila, who were friends of the Apostle Paul. [1] Saint Prisca and the lion, in a print by Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600. She is honored, especially in England, as a child martyr. January 18 is her feast day.
Today's English word "cephalic" (sə-făl'ĭk) means "Of or relating to the head; or located on, in, or near the head." In the New Testament, a thorough concordance search shows that the second most frequent use of "head" (kephalē), after "the structure that connects to our neck and sits atop our bodies", is the metaphorical sense of "source".
Prisca (Greek: Πρίσκα), often written in the diminutive form Priscilla (Greek: Πρίσκιλλα), was a 2nd-century A.D. foundational leader and prophet of the religious movement known today as Montanism based in the Phrygian towns of Pepuza and Tymion. [1]
They cite a wide range of primary sources to support their case that the Ephesian women were teaching a particular Gnostic notion concerning Eve. They point out that women routinely teach and lead men in the New Testament: Lois and Eunice taught Timothy, Priscilla taught Apollos, and Phoebe was a church deacon. [21]
Sofia Coppola's Priscilla is based on Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me. The book was previously made into a TV movie in 1988 and caused plenty of controversy when it came out given ...
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