Philip, the Evangelist, Saint
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Name (Latin)
Philip, the Evangelist, Saint
Other forms of name
Philip the evangelist, deacon
Philip, the Deacon, Saint
Associated country
Israel
Field of activity
Evangelistic work
Occupation
Evangelists (Bible)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Bible. N.T. Acts:XXI, 8 (Philip the Evangelist)
- Bk. of saints(Philip the Deacon, St.)
- Holweck, F. Biog. dict. of the saints(Philip, Deacon and Evangelist)
- LC data base, Aug. 1, 2002(hdg.: Philip the evangelist, deacon)
- Matthews, Christopher R. Philip, Apostle and Evangelist, 2002:CIP galley (Philip known as the "Evangelist")
- New Cath. encycl.(Philip the Deacon; became known as Philip the Evangelist)
- Oxford dict. Christian church(Philip the Evangelist)
- Wade, William. Philip, 2016:title page (Philip the Evangelist) page 13, etc. (one of the seven men full of the Holy Spirit chosen by the church in Jerusalem; he was expected to serve locally to solve the dispute concerning widows and to ease their grievances; he travelled to Samaria to preach the gospel; in Acts 8:26, an angel spoke to Philip, telling him to go south along the road leading from Jerusalem to Gaza; on the road he encountered an Ethiopian, reading aloud from the prophet Isiah; Philip preached to the Ethiopian and baptized him; he continued as an itinerant evangelist until he came to Caesarea)
- Wikipedia, viewed July 18, 2016(Philip the Evangelist; not to be confused with Philip the Apostle; appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles; he was one of the Seven chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem; he preached and performed miracles in Samaria, and met and baptised an Ethiopian man in Gaza, traditionally marking the start of the Ethiopian church; later he lived in Caesarea Maritima, where he was visited by Paul the Apostle)