Jesus' apostles and disciples in the early Church felt the importance of prayer ahead of missionary activity. |
Always in the background, Barnabas enabled Paul to meet the apostles when they were too afraid to open any doors for Paul. |
The term Apostle is the pinnacle of ecclesiastical recognition and there is a growing army of apostles in Africa! |
It is the only time in the Gospels where Christ's divinity is revealed to the apostles. |
As a Bishop he pontificated that night and consecrated the apostles bishops so they might say the Mass with him. |
Edwards then explains that the purpose of all this was to open a door for the apostles when they came to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. |