Showing posts with label seven miracles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seven miracles. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Philip the Evangelist (est40-60 A.D.)

Philip was one of the seven deacons that were chosen to care for poor people in Jerusalem, later he preached and performed miracles in Samaria, and converted an Ethiopian man in Gaza. Later in life he is known to have been living in Caesarea Maritima (nowadays near Tel Aviv) with his four daughters who also prophesied.

All the references I could find for Philip and his family originate from the Book of Acts, Book of Ephesians and the Book of Timothy.

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Old Document Review on 'The Expositions on the Apocalypse'


This old document was composed around 1235 A.D. by Hugh of Saint Cher (d.1263) under the title of Aser pinguis. Hugh was a dominican preacher and also a theology professor. In this document, he gives comments about the meanings behind the Apocalypse ( otherwise called Revelations).

His views are somewhat similar to that of Apringus, in that the Seven Seals mentioned in the book refer to prophecies sealed in time that were broken by the coming of Christ, in fact he goes as far as to say the 'the book is Christ'.

Hugh goes on to describe the various references from the Old Testament which are the seals, the incarnation, nativity, passion, resurrection, ascension, the sending of the Holy Spirit and lastly the coming judgement. These are all referenced to the seven miracles of Jesus. Note the slight differences to beliefs of Apringus from hundreds of years previous, this may be due to passage of time that ideas may change, but this document gives insight to what was believed within church circles in the 13Th century.

Most profound was a reference which claimed that Mary was not just the mother of Jesus, but in fact she was a prophetess!! This is formulated based upon one of the prophecies that formed one of the seals and quoted from Isaiah.