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  2. The message to Mary about Jesus' birth. Study the identity of Jesus from Matthew and Luke’s gospel in the Bible, including his birth, baptism, the temptations and the transfiguration.

  3. Mar 11, 2019 · The kiss is the image of the breath of knowledge that Jesus places in Mary Magdalene to become his relay, his new messenger after his death. Thus, she acquires her new status, that of Apostle to the Apostles.

    • Facts About The Apostle Philip
    • Philip in The Bible
    • How Did Philip The Apostle Die?
    • A Lesser-Known Apostle

    We don’t learn much about Philip from the synoptic gospels or Book of Acts—in fact, pretty much all we learn is that he’s always listed with Bartholomew. But the Gospel of John and the early church fill in some blanks and help us understand a little more about who he was.

    Aside from the lists of apostles in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Acts, Philip appears in four narratives in the Gospel of John. They don’t tell us much, but they’re all we really have to go on.

    It’s hard to say how Philip died, especially since he was confused with Philip the Evangelist early on, and there are conflicting accounts. One record says he died of natural causes. Another says he was beheaded. Or stoned to death. Or crucified upside down. Most of the earliest traditions seem to point to him being martyred in Hierapolis. In a let...

    There’s really not much we can say about Philip without speculating. The Bible doesn’t tell us much, and even some of the most reliable early church writers were confused about who he even was. What we do know is this: as one of the Twelve, Philip certainly held an important role in the early church, and he likely played a key part in spreading the...

  4. Dec 6, 2021 · The Announcement. Matthew 1:18 and Luke 1:26-28 sets the stage for the story of the birth of Jesus. We are introduced to Mary and Joseph. A young engaged couple planning to spend the rest of their lives together. But then a curve ball. Luke says Mary is greatly troubled. You think?

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    • She was an accidental virgin. The gospel of Matthew is the only one to tell us Mary was pregnant before she and Joseph had sex. She was said to be “with child from the Holy Spirit”.
    • She was a perpetual virgin. Within early Christian doctrine, Mary remained a virgin during and after the birth of Jesus. This was perhaps only fitting for someone deemed “the mother of God” or “God-bearer”.
    • She was immaculately conceived. Within Western theology, it was generally recognised from the time of Saint Ambrose that Mary never committed a sin. But was her sinlessness in this life because she was born without “original sin”?
    • She ascended into heaven. The early centuries of the Christian tradition were silent on the death of Mary. But by the seventh and eighth centuries, the belief in the bodily ascension of Mary into heaven, had taken a firm hold in both the Western and Eastern Churches.
  5. Jun 10, 2018 · Philip the Apostle was one of the earliest followers of Jesus Christ. Some scholars speculate that Philip was first a disciple of John the Baptist because he lived in the region where John preached. Like Peter and Peter's brother Andrew, Philip was a Galilean, from the village of Bethsaida.

  6. Mary accepted the angel’s words, affirmed her willingness to serve God, and pondered the coming birth of Jesus. As we read Luke ’s account of these incredible events, you can imagine the full range of emotion that Mary was experiencing—and Joseph, her fiancé, as well.

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