Sentences with phrase «place as an apostle»

kermit4jc They chose at that time who would take Judas» place as an apostle.

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Or, as Jesus told his apostles when he sent them off to preach the good news, «Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet, in testimony against them.»

Though this is not meant to imply that an educated layman ought not also sometimes have the courage, in the right place and in the right manner, to give an account of the hope that is in him and, as the apostle says, is active in his life.

The apostle Peter, after testifying that he had seen Jesus Christ in all His glory, said, «And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts» (II Peter 1:19, NASB).

Luke (6:17) presents some of the same material, with notable differences, as spoken when Jesus «came down» from the hills where he had appointed the twelve apostles, «and stood on a level place.»

In seeing him thus, they can place him on the same level as all the prophets of Israel and the apostles of the early Christian church.

And so on the day called Sunday, there is an assembly in one place of all who live in the cities or in the country; the memorial of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read as long as time allows.

This manner of celebrating the Eucharist seems to have been practised in several places so as to merit attention and cause Cyprian to exclaim that he is «truly astonished how this practice can have arisen whereby, contrary to the prescriptions of the gospel and of the apostles, in some places water, which by itself is incapable of signifying the blood of Christ, is offered in the Lord's cup.»

But in the words of Leo the Great, «Peter is the true leader of all, who have in the first place Christ as their leader... The strength which Christ gives to Peter passes through Peter to the Apostles — because he gave such authority to him whom he chose as head of the whole Church.»

As in New Testament times, worship again takes place in the home, with the new apostles of the air waves visiting these home - Christians through the radio and television.

Obviously, Paul was a force to be reckoned with, but as David suggested, his use of polemics, not to mention the recently (40 yrs) discovered art of ancient rhetoric help us to place his words in the category of particular and avoid the generalities of «one size fits all» This is important stuff to consider when trying to make sense of an apostle that wished castration on some, while preaching a gospel of love to all the world.

The Syrian Constitutor of the Apostolic Constitutions (c. 380) could, for example, still think even of the presbyters of Antioch (for this would have been his model see) as taking the place of the apostles rather than the bishop.

Only once does he say that the apostles «instituted bishops» in their place of government, 29 to whom, accordingly, obedience is due.30 Like Justin, he seems to regard the whole church as priestly: «I have shown that all the disciples of the Lord are Levites and priests.

These and other artists typically placed the twelve apostles at the dining table as Christ prepared the offering of consecrated bread and wine.

The «Camino de Santiago» tradition stretches as far back as the 9th century, with the city Cathedral said to be the final resting place of the apostle James, son of Zebedee.

When came back to the 12 Apostles around 7 pm, the place was empty as all the day tours had left.