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Placing Paul in this time period is done on the basis of his reported conflicts with other early contemporary figures in the Jesus movement including James and Peter, [253] the references to Paul and his letters by Clement of Rome writing in the late 1st century, [254] his reported issues in Damascus from 2 Corinthians 11:32 which he says took ...
Marcion of Sinope (/ ˈ m ɑːr k i ə n,-s i ə n /; Ancient Greek: Μαρκίων [2] [note 1] Σινώπης; c. 85 – c. 160 [3]) was a theologian [4] in early Christianity. [4] [5] Marcion preached that God had sent Jesus Christ, who was distinct from the "vengeful" God who had created the world.
Paul's influence on Christian thinking is considered to be more significant than that of any other New Testament author. [3] According to Krister Stendahl, the main concern of Paul's writings on Jesus' role, and salvation by faith, is not the individual conscience of human sinners, and their doubts about being chosen by God or not, but the problem of the inclusion of Gentile (Greek) Torah ...
According to legend, he was Bishop in Iconium (modern-day Konya, Turkey) [1] (prior to the Apostle Tertius) by his relative the Apostle Paul. With the Apostle Jason he traveled to the island of Corfu where they built a church in honor of the Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr and converted many pagans to the Christian faith.
Artistic depiction of Paul the Apostle (Vincenzo Gemito, 1917).Paul was responsible for bringing Christianity to Ephesus, Corinth, Philippi, and Thessalonica. [3] [better source needed] According to Larry Hurtado, "Paul saw Jesus' resurrection as ushering in the eschatological time foretold by biblical prophets in which the pagan 'Gentile' nations would turn from their idols and embrace the ...
In 1969, the Catholic Church assigned the feast to 26 January so as to celebrate the two disciples of Paul, Titus and Timothy, the day after the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. [18] The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America celebrates these two, together with Silas , on the same date while he is honored on the calendars of the Church of ...
Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra [10] or of Derbe [2] [3] in Asia Minor, born of a Jewish mother who had become a Christian believer, and a Greek father. The Apostle Paul met him during his second missionary journey and he became Paul's companion and missionary partner along with Silas. [11]
Junia or Junias (Biblical Greek: Ἰουνία / Ἰουνίας, Iounia / Iounias) was a Christian in the first century known from Paul the Apostle's letter to the Romans.. There has been dispute surrounding both Junia's gender and apostolic status, although she has been viewed as female through most of Christian history as well as by the majority of scholars.