Saints 2 Flashcards
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St.Paul
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- not a 1st hand witness to jesus’ life&death
- persecuted the early christians
- met the risen christ on a road and it changed his life
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St.Peter
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- also called simon peter
- nearly drowns when trying to walk on water
- denied being a disciple of jesus three times after jesus was arrested
- crucified upside down
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St.Thomas
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- doubted the risen jesus
* refused to believe the other apostles that said jesus resurrected
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St.James the greater
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- witness to the transfiguration
- son of thunder
- first apostle to be martyred
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St.Bartholomew
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•least known of the 12 apostles
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St.Mark
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- wrote down many of peters sermons
- founder of christianity in Africa
- believed to have been martyred
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St.Phillip
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- told jesus they couldn’t feed five thousand people with just a few loaves and fishes
- spread christianity to Greece
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St.James the lesser
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- mentioned very little in the Gospels
- wrote the 1st christian epistle
- 1st bishop of jerusalem
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St.Matthew
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- after jesus’ ascension the sought out another person to take judas’ place
- was chosen
