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Chattampi Swamikal was born as Ayyappan Pillai on 25 August 1853 at Kannammoola in southern Travancore, present day Kerala. His father was Thamarassery Anadha Sharma, a Nambudiri. Brahmin from Mavelikkara, and his mother was Nangadevi Pillai, a Nair from Kannammoola. He was called by the pet name of Kunjan Pillai.
John the Apostle is traditionally believed to be one of two disciples (the other being Andrew) recounted in John 1:35–39, who upon hearing the Baptist point out Jesus as the "Lamb of God", followed Jesus and spent the day with him, thus becoming the first two disciples called by Jesus.
[11] [12] According to Hippolytus, they all belonged to the "Seventy Disciples" who were sent out by Jesus to disseminate the gospel (Luke 10:1ff.) [13] in Judea. According to Eusebius of Caesarea , [ 14 ] Herod Agrippa I , in his first year of reign over the whole of Judea (AD 41), killed James, son of Zebedee and arrested Peter , planning to ...
The term "disciple" represents the Koine Greek word mathētḗs (μαθητής), [3] which generally means "one who engages in learning through instruction from another, pupil, apprentice" [4] or in religious contexts such as the Bible, "one who is rather constantly associated with someone who has a pedagogical reputation or a particular set of views, disciple, adherent."
Barnabas, a native of Cyprus and a Levite, is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem, who sold the land that he owned and gave the proceeds to the community. [1] When the future Paul the Apostle returned to Jerusalem after his conversion, Barnabas introduced him to the apostles.
James the Great was the brother of John the Apostle. [2] James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were preparing to fish with their father by the seashore when Jesus called them to follow him. [3]
Founded in 1941, Country Day was the first independent school in Charlotte, according to its website. The school remains one of the largest independent, coeducational college prep schools in the ...
[15] [14] As chief disciple Śāriputra assumed a leadership role in the Sangha, doing tasks like looking after monks, giving them objects of meditation, and clarifying points of doctrine. [16] [7] [17] He was the first disciple the Buddha allowed to ordain other monks. [18] Śāriputra died shortly before the Buddha in his hometown and was ...