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The Conversion of Saint Paul, Luca Giordano, 1690, Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio, 1600. The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and Paul's "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early ...
Ananias of Damascus (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ n aɪ ə s / AN-ə-NY-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἀνανίας, romanized: Ananíās; Aramaic: ܚܢܢܝܐ, romanized: Ḥananyō; "favoured of the L ORD") was a disciple of Jesus in Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus (who later was called Paul the Apostle ...
The House of Saint Ananias (also called Saint Ananias House or Chapel of Saint Ananias; Arabic: كَنيسَةُ الْقِدِّيسِ حَنَانِيَا, romanized: Kanīsat al-Qiddīs Ḥanāniyā) is an ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, that is said to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul (who became Paul the Apostle). [1]
According to the Bible, Paul settled in Damascus after having claimed (Acts 9:1–9) to have witnessed a vision where Jesus was on a road to the city. After staying three years in Damascus, he went to live in the Nabataean kingdom (which he called "Arabia") for an unknown period, then came back to Damascus, which by this time was under Nabatean ...
The Chapel of Saint Paul ... Kanīsat Mar Bawlus) is a church in Damascus, Syria, ... Related Bible parts: Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33;
Paul the Apostle, one of the most important figures in Christianity after Jesus Christ. Thomas the Apostle, who traveled thru Afghanistan and India. The first to bring Christianity to South Asia. Ananias of Damascus, a disciple of Jesus Christ. Raphael of Brooklyn, first Eastern Orthodox bishop in North America. Michel Aflaq, Syrian philosopher.
Paul declared that "Christ is the end of the law", [372] exalted the Christian church as the body of Christ, and depicted the world outside the Church as under judgment. [45] Paul's writings include the earliest reference to the "Lord's Supper", [ 373 ] a rite traditionally identified as the Christian communion or Eucharist .
Acts 9 is the ninth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records Saul's conversion and the works of Saint Peter. [1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.