Category: Early Church

The New Testament book, Acts of Apostles is the bridge between events recorded in the Gospels and the universal mission of the New Covenant Church. This book continues the story St. Luke began in his Gospel and covers the thirty-year period after Jesus’ Ascension.

30AD

Jesus Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost  

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St James The Greater - Stained Glass

44AD

James, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater martyred When : 44AD Where: Jerusalem; Feast day July 25 Why: James was beheaded by order of King Herod Agrippa..Read more

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36 AD

Christian deacon in Jerusalem and the first Christian martyr When: AD 36 Where: Jerusalem Why:  Stephen was bought before the Sanhedrin (*Jewish religious court) and accused of heresy / blasphemy..Read more

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35AD

Peter travels to Caesarea  shares the Good News with Cornelius’s Gentile family and friends The Holy Spirit falls on all present and the six Jewish believers from Joppa (see Acts..Read more

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St Philip in stained glass

35AD

Philip shares the good news with an Ethiopian eunich nad shares the gospel in Samaria. During the persecution in 35AD, Philip (one of the seven Greek-speaking ‘deacons’ chosen by the..Read more

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St Paul in stianed glass

35AD

Paul converted. Acts 7:58        Saul looks after the coats of the men who stone Stephen to death in Jerusalem in 35AD. Acts 8:1-3       Saul leads a violent persecution of the..Read more

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