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The Acts of Peter (Chapters)
The figure of Peter gave rise to much apocryphal literature. The Acts and Passion of Peter appear in various forms and in various languages. ...
Source: The Apocryphal New Testament
Acts of the Apostles (A-Z entry)
The fifth book of the New Testament in the common arrangement, Acts records certain phases of the progress of Christianity for a period of ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
adoptionism (A-Z entry)
A theory about the Person of Christ associated with the heretic Nestorius ( d. 451 ce ) that Jesus was a man gifted with ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Apostle (A-Z entry)
The Greek word apostolos (“someone who has been sent”) is seldom used in classical Greek, but it occurs eighty times in the New Testament, ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The Bible in the Lectionary (Chapters)
One of the enduring results of the Second Vatican Council has been a renewed emphasis on the place of the Bible within Catholic life, ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
captivity epistles (A-Z entry)
Traditionally the letters to the Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, and Ephesians; they are grouped together because they all mention Paul's current imprisonment . But where ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
catechetical material (A-Z entry)
The Greek word catechesis means ‘an echo’, and in NT studies it denotes sections of the epistles which are believed to represent oral instruction ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
catholic epistles (A-Z entry)
A term used for those NT epistles that are not addressed to particular Churches or individuals: James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1 and 2 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Catholic Epistles (A-Z entry)
“Catholic Epistles” is a name given to seven texts that appear in the New Testament immediately after the 14 texts in the Pauline corpus. ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Catholic Letters (A-Z entry)
“General” (Grk. katholikos ) epistles written to early Christianity at large, rather than to specific congregations (like the letters of Paul and Rev. 2–3 ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Clement, epistles of (A-Z entry)
Writings from the age immediately after the NT period. The first epistle was addressed to Corinth and is of interest in showing that some ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Colossians (A-Z entry)
See Deutero-Pauline Letters .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Colossians (Chapters)
Before Beginning… It is customary to refer to the author of Colossians as Paul, even though many interpreters question whether Paul himself wrote this ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Colossians, Paul’s letter to the (A-Z entry)
In the NT, the seventh letter of Paul. Religious teachers had come into the Lycus valley and were disturbing the tranquillity of the Church ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Colossians, The Letter of Paul to the (A-Z entry)
Outline. I. Introductory greeting ( 1.1–2 ) II. Thanksgiving: Faith‐love‐hope and the gospel ( 1.3–8 ) III. Praying for knowledge and godly conduct ( ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Corinth. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
1 and 2 Corinthians (A-Z entry)
See Pauline Letters .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
1 Corinthians (Chapters)
Before Beginning…. In writing 1 Corinthians around ad 56, Paul was responding to some disquieting reports he had received about the community. First Corinthians ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
2 Corinthians (Chapters)
Before Beginning … Second Corinthians features some of the most profound moments of Paul's theology, but in a puzzling arrangement. If 1 Corinthians has ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
1 Corinthians (A-Z entry)
The letter known as 1 Corinthians was one of several letters that the apostle Paul dispatched to house churches in Corinth, the capital of ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
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