Saints Flashcards
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St. Luke
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- only gentile
- wrote the 3rd gospel&acts of the apostles
- our beloved physician
- symbol is an ox
- evangelist
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St. Matthew
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- also known as levi
- apostle
- tax collector
- educated
- witness to jesus’ death&resurrection
- wrote the gospel of Matthew
- believed to have been martyred
- symbolized by an angel
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St.Simon
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- apostle
* called the zealot
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St.Jude
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•referred to as thaddeus
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St.Andrew
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- brother of St.Peter
- left john to follow Jesus
- was crucified
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St.John
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- brother of James
- apostle
- told to look after Jesus’ mother Mary
- wrote gospel of John, book of revolutions, &the 3 epistles
- tradition says he was the only apostle who died peacefully of old age
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who were the synoptic gospel writers?
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Matthew, Mark, Luke
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who were the gospel writers?
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Matthew, Mark, Luke&John
