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10 September - Feast of Apostles of the Seventy: Nathaniel (Nathanael), Luke the Evangelist, Clement of Sardice or Clement of Rome and Apelles of Heraklion (Greek sources say that Saint Luke (Loukias) was someone other than the Evangelist Luke). The commemoration is held again on 22 April. 18 October - Feast of the Apostle and Evangelist Luke. [66]
In iconography, the evangelists often appear in Evangelist portraits derived from classical tradition, and are also frequently represented by the symbols which originate from the four "living creatures" that draw the throne-chariot of God in the vision in Ezekiel 1 reflected in the Book of Revelation , referred to as the four 'Seraphim', though ...
Mark and Q account for about 64% of Luke; the remaining material, known as the L source, is of unknown origin and date. [29] Most Q and L-source material is grouped in two clusters, Luke 6:17–8:3 and 9:51–18:14, and L-source material forms the first two sections of the gospel (the preface and infancy and childhood narratives). [30]
It is now part of the St. Vitus Cathedral Treasure. The first depictions of St. Luke date back to the 8th century (Codex Aureus of Lorsch). In the 13th century, Cimabue painted a fresco of St. Luke in the upper church of Assisi. Later he was the subject of many famous painters (Correggio, Frans Hals, El Greco, Titian, Guercino, Luca Giordano).
Saint Luke or Luke the Evangelist, one of the Four Evangelists. The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Patron saint of artists, physicians, bachelors, surgeons, students and butchers; his feast day is 18 October
18 Saint Luke the Evangelist; 19 Henry Martyn, Priest, and Missionary, 1812. 23 Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Martyr, c. 62; 25 Tabitha (Dorcas) of Joppa; 26 Alfred, King, 899; 28 Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles; 29 James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885
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Luke is the longest of the four gospels and the longest book in the New Testament; together with Acts of the Apostles it makes up a two-volume work from the same author, called Luke–Acts. [5] The cornerstone of Luke–Acts' theology is "salvation history", the author's understanding that God's purpose is seen in the way he has acted, and will ...