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Posted - 06/12/2012 : 18:19:47
Hey! The Catholic site has this on it?? Would this make him the only child?????? NADA
Barnabas (originally Joseph), styled an Apostle in Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by the Church with the Twelve, though not one of them; b. of Jewish parents in the Island of Cyprus about the beginning of the Christian Era. A Levite, he naturally spent much time in Jerusalem, probably even before the Crucifixion of Our Lord, and appears also to have settled there (where his relatives, the family of Mark the Evangelist, likewise had their homes — Acts 12:12) and to have owned land in its vicinity (4:36-37). A rather late tradition recorded by Clement of Alexandria (Stromata II.20) and Eusebius (Church History II.1) says that he was one of the seventy Disciples; but Acts (4:36-37) favours the opinion that he was converted to Christianity shortly after Pentecost (about A.D. 29 or 30) and immediately sold his property and devoted the proceeds to the Church. The Apostles, probably because of his success as a preacher, for he is later placed first among the prophets and doctors of Antioch (xiii, 1), surnamed him Barnabas, a name then interpreted as meaning "son of exhortation" or "consolation". (The real etymology, however, is disputed. See Encyl. Bibli., I, col. 484.) Though nothing is recorded of Barnabas for some years, he evidently acquired during this period a high position in the Church.
When Saul the persecutor, later Paul the Apostle, made his first visit (dated variously from A.D. 33 to 38) to Jerusalem after his conversion, the Church there, remembering his former fierce spirit, was slow to believe in the reality of his conversion. Barnabas stood sponsor for him and had him received by the Apostles, as the Acts relate (9:27), though he saw only Peter and James, the brother of the Lord, according to Paul himself (Galatians 1:18-19). Saul went to his house at Tarsus to live in obscurity for some years, while Barnabas appears to have remained at Jerusalem. The event that brought them together again and opened to both the door to their lifework was an indirect result of Saul's own persecution. In the dispersion that followed Stephen's death, some Disciples from Cyprus and Cyrene, obscure men, inaugurated the real mission of the Christian Church by preaching to the Gentiles. They met with great success among the Greeks at Antioch in Syria, reports of which coming to the ears of the Apostles, Barnabas was sent thither by them to investigate the work of his countrymen. He saw in the conversions effected the fruit of God's grace and, though a Jew, heartily welcomed these first Gentile converts. His mind was opened at once to the possibility of this immense field. It is a proof how deeply impressed Barnabas had been by Paul that he thought of him immediately for this work, set out without delay for distant Tarsus, and persuaded Paul to go to Antioch and begin the work of preaching. This incident, shedding light on the character of each, shows it was no mere accident that led them to the Gentile field. Together they laboured at Antioch for a whole year and "taught a great multitude". Then, on the coming of famine, by which Jerusalem was much afflicted, the offerings of the Disciples at Antioch were carried (about A.D. 45) to the mother-church by Barnabas and Saul (Acts 11). Their mission ended, they returned to Antioch, bringing with them the cousin, or nephew of Barnabas (Colossians 4:10), John Mark, the future Evangelist (Acts 12:25).
The time was now ripe, it was believed, for more systematic labours, and the Church of Antioch felt inspired by the Holy Ghost to send out missionaries to the Gentile world and to designate for the work Barnabas and Paul. They accordingly departed, after the imposition of hands, with John Mark as helper. Cyprus, the native land of Barnabas, was first evangelized, and then they crossed over to Asia Minor. Here, at Perge in Pamphylia, the first stopping place, John Mark left them, for what reason his friend St. Luke does not state, though Paul looked on the act as desertion. The two Apostles, however, pushing into the interior of a rather wild country, preached at Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra, at Derbe, and other cities. At every step they met with opposition and even violent persecution from the Jews, who also incited the Gentiles against them. The most striking incident of the journey was at Lystra, where the superstitious populace took Paul, who had just cured a lame man, for Hermes (Mercury) "because he was the chief speaker", and Barnabas for Jupiter, and were about to sacrifice a bull to them when prevented by the Apostles. Mob-like, they were soon persuaded by the Jews to turn and attack the Apostles and wounded St. Paul almost fatally. Despite opposition and persecution, Paul and Barnabas made many converts on this journey and returned by the same route to Perge, organizing churches, ordaining presbyters and placing them over the faithful, so that they felt, on again reaching Antioch in Syria, that God had "opened a door of faith to the Gentiles" (Acts 13:13-14:27; see article SAINT PAUL).
Barnabas and Paul had been "for no small time" at Antioch, when they were threatened with the undoing of their work and the stopping of its further progress. Preachers came from Jerusalem with the gospel that circumcision was necessary for salvation, even for the Gentiles. The Apostles of the Gentiles, perceiving at once that this doctrine would be fatal to their work, went up to Jerusalem to combat it; the older Apostles received them kindly and at what is called the Council of Jerusalem (dated variously from A.D. 47 to 51) granted a decision in their favour as well as a hearty commendation of their work (Acts 14:27-15:30; see articles COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM; SAINT PETER). On their return to Antioch, they resumed their preaching for a short time. St. Peter came down and associated freely there with the Gentiles, eating with them. This displeased some disciples of James; in their opinion, Peter's act was unlawful, as against the Mosaic law. Upon their remonstrances, Peter yielded apparently through fear of displeasing them, and refused to eat any longer with the Gentiles. Barnabas followed his example. Paul considered that they "walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel" and upbraided them before the whole church (Galatians 2:11-15). Paul seems to have carried his point. Shortly afterwards, he and Barnabas decided to revisit their missions. Barnabas wished to take John Mark along once more, but on account of the previous defection Paul objected. A sharp contention ensuing, the Apostles agreed to separate. Paul was probably somewhat influenced by the attitude recently taken by Barnabas, which might prove a prejudice to their work. Barnabas sailed with John Mark to Cyprus, while Paul took Silas an revisited the churches of Asia Minor. It is believed by some that the church of Antioch, by its God-speed to Paul, showed its approval of his attitude; this inference, however, is not certain (Acts 15:35-41).
Little is known of the subsequent career of Barnabas. He was still living and labouring as an Apostle in 56 or 57, when Paul wrote First Corinthians (9:5-6). from which we learn that he, too, like Paul, earned his own living, though on an equality with other Apostles. The reference indicates also that the friendship between the two was unimpaired. When Paul was a prisoner in Rome (61-63), John Mark was attached to him as a disciple, which is regarded as an indication that Barnabas was no longer living (Colossians 4:10). This seems probable.
Various traditions represent him as the first Bishop of Milan, as preaching at Alexandria and at Rome, whose fourth (?) bishop, St. Clement, he is said to have converted, and as having suffered martyrdom in Cyprus. The traditions are all late and untrustworthy.
With the exception of St. Paul and certain of the Twelve, Barnabas appears to have been the most esteemed man of the first Christian generation. St. Luke, breaking his habit of reserve, speaks of him with affection, "for he was a good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of Faith". His title to glory comes not only from his kindliness of heart, his personal sanctity, and his missionary labours, but also from his readiness to lay aside his Jewish prejudices, in this anticipating certain of the Twelve; from his large-hearted welcome of the Gentiles, and from his early perception of Paul's worth, to which the Christian Church is indebted, in large part at least, for its great Apostle. His tenderness towards John Mark seems to have had its reward in the valuable services later rendered by him to the Church.
The feast of St. Barnabas is celebrated on 11 June. He is credited by Tertullian (probably falsely) with the authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and the so-called Epistle of Barnabas is ascribed to him by many Fathers.
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quote:
Originally posted by God4me
You know what the truth is, But you still tell lies and say the oposite to the Biblical truth.
Hopefully you are in a nonpaid teaching status at whatever level you teach. Your rhetorical skills consist of one sentence, repeated over and over and over and .... |
| God4me |
Posted - 07/05/2012 : 23:00:17
quote:
Originally posted by Faith_at_Large
I don't. But those who do may not be aware that they are being guided by lying spirits.
I go by the Bible - it says what the fruits of the Holy Spirit are. You show NONE of them. So if I were you, I would be checking what spirit was guiding me. No one who speaks with such bitterness and hatred could possibly have any connection to the Holy Spirit.
You don't go by the Bible, STOP TELLING LIES.
You have dmited yourself that the catholic teachings aren't in the Bible. |
| bwellmysoul |
Posted - 07/05/2012 : 07:00:30
quote:
Originally posted by God4me
You know what the truth is, But you still tell lies and say the oposite to the Biblical truth.
Always taking the easy way out of conversations. And, you have to, as your theology and your man-made doctrine don't hold up to Sacred Scripture.
Not to mention your demeanor with neighbor (which you have unbiblically determined that "neighbor" only includes those in your sect) - and I'm imagining only those in your sect who pass the "smell test".
What an odd and un-Christian self interpretation of the Scriptures. |
| Faith_at_Large |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 10:50:10
I don't. But those who do may not be aware that they are being guided by lying spirits.
I go by the Bible - it says what the fruits of the Holy Spirit are. You show NONE of them. So if I were you, I would be checking what spirit was guiding me. No one who speaks with such bitterness and hatred could possibly have any connection to the Holy Spirit. |
| God4me |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 07:33:08
quote:
Originally posted by Faith_at_Large
And yet, you don't call him a liar. I don't consider Evangelist to be a liar because he honestly believes what he is saying, even though it differs from what I believe.
And even if I were guided by the Devil's lying spirit, how would that make me a liar? That would make the Devil a liar.
You don't have to let the devil's lying spirit guide you, You can tell the lies to clear off in the name of Jesus, But you chose to believe the devil's lies instead of the Bible. |
| Faith_at_Large |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 06:21:50
And yet, you don't call him a liar. I don't consider Evangelist to be a liar because he honestly believes what he is saying, even though it differs from what I believe.
And even if I were guided by the Devil's lying spirit, how would that make me a liar? That would make the Devil a liar. |
| God4me |
Posted - 07/03/2012 : 23:13:24
quote:
Originally posted by Faith_at_Large
G4, you have not yet persuaded me that you are telling the truth, so my refusal to believe you does not make me a liar.
And, you are most certainly a hypocrite. You agree that unrepented sin is very dangerous and yet Evangelist has taught consistently on this forum that it is not necessary to repent of sin. And you have not called him a liar.
You have even stated the opposite of his teachings before and yet you do not consider his "knowledge of the truth" at your hands to be enough to call him a liar.
If you both agree that repentance is not necessary for the forgiveness of sins, and that all future sins are forgiven for born again Christians, then it really is not the slightest bit dangerous to not repent of sin unless the sin is to reject Jesus.
I God doesn't persuade by His word, What chance do I have, AS I teach His word.
You problem is, You are guided by the divils lying spirit, That is why you cannot see the truth.
As for Evangelist, He is wrong about not needing to repent. |
| Faith_at_Large |
Posted - 07/01/2012 : 09:20:50
G4, you have not yet persuaded me that you are telling the truth, so my refusal to believe you does not make me a liar.
And, you are most certainly a hypocrite. You agree that unrepented sin is very dangerous and yet Evangelist has taught consistently on this forum that it is not necessary to repent of sin. And you have not called him a liar.
You have even stated the opposite of his teachings before and yet you do not consider his "knowledge of the truth" at your hands to be enough to call him a liar.
If you both agree that repentance is not necessary for the forgiveness of sins, and that all future sins are forgiven for born again Christians, then it really is not the slightest bit dangerous to not repent of sin unless the sin is to reject Jesus. |
| God4me |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 22:10:11
quote:
Originally posted by Faith_at_Large
Just because you disagree does not make it a lie. And even if anything a person said was untrue, that does not make the person who said it a liar. A liar is the one who makes the lie, or deliberately spreads something they know is untrue. If a person does not know that, it they are not a liar.
Otherwise I would go calling JWs and Mormons liars. I don't because they don't know what they teach is a lie. Their leaders do, but the flock does not.
I don't go calling Evangelist a liar even though I disagree with some of what he says. And even you disagree with many things that Evangelist says, but you do not call him a liar. Are you going to tell me that you thnk that everything Evangelist says is true?
Do you honestly believe that it is OK for born again Christians to commit serious sin without any repentance?
Unrepented si is very dangerous |
| God4me |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 22:08:28
quote:
Originally posted by Faith_at_Large
Just because you disagree does not make it a lie. And even if anything a person said was untrue, that does not make the person who said it a liar. A liar is the one who makes the lie, or deliberately spreads something they know is untrue. If a person does not know that, it they are not a liar.
Otherwise I would go calling JWs and Mormons liars. I don't because they don't know what they teach is a lie. Their leaders do, but the flock does not.
I don't go calling Evangelist a liar even though I disagree with some of what he says. And even you disagree with many things that Evangelist says, but you do not call him a liar. Are you going to tell me that you thnk that everything Evangelist says is true?
Do you honestly believe that it is OK for born again Christians to commit serious sin without any repentance?
You know what the truth is, But you still tell lies and say the oposite to the Biblical truth. |
| Faith_at_Large |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 16:07:44
Just because you disagree does not make it a lie. And even if anything a person said was untrue, that does not make the person who said it a liar. A liar is the one who makes the lie, or deliberately spreads something they know is untrue. If a person does not know that, it they are not a liar.
Otherwise I would go calling JWs and Mormons liars. I don't because they don't know what they teach is a lie. Their leaders do, but the flock does not.
I don't go calling Evangelist a liar even though I disagree with some of what he says. And even you disagree with many things that Evangelist says, but you do not call him a liar. Are you going to tell me that you thnk that everything Evangelist says is true?
Do you honestly believe that it is OK for born again Christians to commit serious sin without any repentance? |
| God4me |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 09:57:17
quote:
Originally posted by Faith_at_Large
And yet you constantly condemn me as a person. Instead of calling what I say a lie, you call me a liar. Instead of attacking my religion, you attack Catholics.
You have said that all Catholics lie. Those are people not the religion itself. You have said that all Catholics are going to hell and showed great joy in your proclamations of our assumed damnation.
You could not demonstrate a greater hatred of Catholics if you set them on fire.
If what you say is a lie, That means your a liar.
All catholics lie because they are sinners with the sinners nature, And they will have the sinful nature until they get born again the Biblical way, Then they would want to leave the catholic church. |
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