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Paul[ a ] ( Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus ( Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl ), commonly known as Paul the Apostle[ 7 ] and Saint Paul, [ 8 ] was a Christian apostle ( c.5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. [ 9 ]
The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts 17:16–34. [ 1][ 2] The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and most fully-reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra recorded in Acts 14:15–17. [ 3]
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 the "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 ...
Depiction of Saint Paul (left) in the home of Saints Aquila and Priscilla. Priscilla ( / prɪˈsɪlə /; Greek: Πρίσκιλλα, Priskilla or Priscila) and Aquila ( / ˈækwɪlə /; Greek: Ἀκύλας, Akylas) were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the ...
Luke the Evangelist[ a] is one of the Four Evangelists —the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical gospels. The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Prominent figures in early Christianity such as Jerome and Eusebius later reaffirmed his authorship, although a ...
In the Christian tradition, Gamaliel is recognized as a saint and Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law. [4] Acts of the Apostles, 5 speaks of Gamaliel as a man held in great esteem by all Jews and as the Jewish law teacher of Paul the Apostle in Acts 22:3. [5] Gamaliel encouraged his fellow Pharisees to show leniency to the apostles of Jesus Christ in ...
Region. Europe. The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( Italian: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura) is one of Rome 's four major papal basilicas, [ a] along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome .
Junia (New Testament person) 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 ...