Barnabas

Saint Barnabas (Greek: Î'αρνάβας ), born Joseph , was an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem....

Cenacle

The Cenacle (from Latin cenaculum ), also known as the "Upper Room" , is a room in Jerusalem traditionally held to be the...

Acts 9

Acts 9 is the ninth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records Saul's conversion and t...

Bab Kisan

Bab Kisan (Arabic: باب كيسان , meaning "The Kisan Gate") is one of the eight ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The g...

Miracle

A miracle is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws. Such an event may be attributed to a supernatural being (God or gods), ...

Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان ‎, IPA:  [ˈɾezÉ'ː æsˈlÉ'ːn] ; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American writer, scho...

Vision (spirituality)

A vision is something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy, especially a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation. Vision...

Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi (or Amerighi ) da Caravaggio ( Italian pronunciation:  [karaˈvaddÊ'o] ; Milan, 29 September 1571 â€" 18 Jul...

Conversion on the Way to Damascus

The Conversion on the Way to Damascus ( Conversione di San Paolo ) is a masterpiece by Caravaggio, painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel ...

Conversion of Paul the Apostle

The Conversion of Paul the Apostle , was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Paul the Apostle that led him to cease per...

Saint Stephen

Stephen or Stephan (Greek: Στέφανος , Stephanos ), traditionally regarded as the Protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity, was...

Beit Hillel

This article is about the moshav. For the school of Jewish law, see House of Hillel. Beit Hillel (Hebrew: ×'ֵּית ×"ִלֵּ×...

Gamaliel

This article is about Gamaliel the Elder. For other individuals and uses see Gamaliel (disambiguation) Gamaliel the Elder ( / ɡ ə ˈ m ...

Priscilla and Aquila

Priscilla / p r ɨ ˈ s ɪ l ə / and Aquila / ˈ æ k w ɨ pan> l ə / were a first century Christian missionary married couple desc...

Mohair

Mohair / ˈ m oʊ h ɛər / is usually a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat. Both durable and resilient, mohai...

Junia

Junia or Junias (Greek: Ιουνια / Ιουνιας, Iounia [ s ]) was a 1st-century Christian highly regarded and complimented by apos...

Andronicus of Pannonia

Andronicus of Pannonia (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος ) was a 1st-century Christian mentioned by the Apostle Paul: Salute Andronicus and...

Stoicism

Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics taught that dest...

Paul the Apostle and Judaism

The relationship between Paul the Apostle and Second Temple Judaism continues to be the subject of much scholarly research, as it is thought...

Supersessionism

Supersessionism , also called replacement theology or fulfillment theology , is a Christian theological view on the current status of the c...

Cilicia (Roman province)

Cilicia was an early Roman province, located on what is today the southern (Mediterranean) coast of Turkey. Cilicia was annexed to the Roma...

Roman naming conventions

Over the course of some fourteen centuries, the Romans and other peoples of Italy employed a system of nomenclature that differed from that ...

Tiberian vocalization

The Tiberian vocalization , Tiberian pointing , or Tiberian niqqud (Hebrew: נִיקוּ×" טְ×'ֵרִיָנִי ) is a system of...

Martyrdom of Polycarp

The Martyrdom of Polycarp is one of the works of the Apostolic Fathers, and as such is one of the very few writings from the actual age of ...

Polycarp's letter to the Philippians

The Letter to the Philippians (often simply called To the Philippians ) is an epistle composed around AD 110 to 140 by Polycarp of Smyrna, ...

To the Romans

The Letter to the Romans by Ignatius, an early-second-century Bishop of Antioch, was written during his transport from Antioch, Syria, to h...

First Epistle of Clement

The First Epistle of Clement (Ancient Greek: Κλήμεντος πρὸς Κορινθίους   KlÄ"mentos pros Korinthious  "...

Faith in Christianity

Faith in Christianity is a central notion taught by Jesus Christ himself in reference to the Good News (cf. Mk 1:15). In the understanding o...

Authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews

The Epistle to the Hebrews of the Christian Bible is one of the New Testament books whose canonicity was disputed. Traditionally, Paul the A...

Authorship of the Pauline epistles

The Pauline epistles are the fourteen books in the New Testament traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle, although many dispute the ano...

Pauline epistles

The Pauline epistles , Epistles of Paul , or Letters of Paul , are the thirteen New Testament books which have the name Paul (Παῦλος)...

Jewish messianism

Messiah (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ ‎; mashiah , moshiah , mashiach , or moshiach , "anointed [one]") is a term used in the Hebre...

Ananias of Damascus

Ananias ( / æ n É™ ˈ n aɪ É™ s / AN -É™- NY -É™s ; Ancient Greek: Ἀνανίας , same as Hebrew ×—× × ×™×", Hananiah, "fa...

Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles (Ancient Greek: Πράξεις τῶν Ἀποστόλων , Práxeis tôn Apostólōn ; Latin: Āctūs Apostolō...

Roman citizenship

Citizenship in ancient Rome was a privileged political and legal status afforded to unenslaved individuals with respect to laws, property, ...

Early centers of Christianity

Early Christianity (generally considered the time period from its start to 325), spread from the Eastern Mediterranean throughout the Roman ...

Christianity in the 1st century

Christianity in the 1st century deals with the formative years of the Early Christian community. The earliest followers of Jesus composed a...

Sword

A sword is a blade weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or t...

Basilica

The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek βασιλικὴ στοά, Royal Stoa , the tribunal chamber of a king), has three distinct ap...

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the a...

Rome

Rome ( / ˈ r oʊ m / , Italian: Roma [ˈroːma] , Latin: Rōma ) is a city and special comune (named "Roma Capitale") in Italy...

Cilicia

In antiquity, Cilicia ( / s ɪ ˈ l ɪ ʃ i ə / ) or less often Kilikia (Armenian: Կիլիկիա ; Greek: Κιλικία ; Middle Persia...

Tarsus, Mersin

Tarsus ( / ˈ t É'r s É™ s / ; Hittite: Tarsa ; Greek: Ταρσός; Armenian: Տարսոն) is a historic city in south-central Turkey...

Bartolomeo Montagna

Bartolomeo Montagna (1450â€"1523) was an Italian painter and architect who worked in Vicenza and Venice. He putatively was born near B...