|
|
|
| MavicaNet - Classic |
Luke the Evangelist, Saint | |
 | Catálogo / Cultura / Religião / Religiões mundiais / Cristianismo / Denominações / Igreja católica / Saints / Saints of the I-V centuries / Luke the Evangelist, Saint |
| Catálogo / Cultura / Religião / Religiões mundiais / Cristianismo / Denominações / Igreja ortodoxa / Saints of the Orthodox Church / Saints of the I-V centuries / Luke the Evangelist, Saint |
| |||
| |||
|
Catholic Online - Saints - Saint Luke
Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). We know few other facts about Luke's life from Scripture and from early Church historians. [eng] |
||
| |||
|
|
St. Luke
The great apostle of the Gentiles, or rather the Holy Ghost by his pen, is the panegyrist of this glorious evangelist, and his own inspired writings are the highest standing and most authentic commendation of his sanctity, and of those eminent graces which are a just subject of our admiration, but which human praises can only extenuate. [eng] |
||
| |||
|
|
Biography: Luke the Evangelist (18 October)
Almost all that we know about Luke comes from the New Testament. He was a physician (Col 4:14), a companion of Paul on some of his missionary journeys (Acts 16:10ff; 20:5ff; 27-28). Material found in his Gospel and not elsewhere includes much of the account of Our Lord's birth and infancy and boyhood, some of the most moving parables, such as that of the Good Samaritan and that of the Prodigal Son, and three of the sayings of Christ on the Cross: "Father, forgive them," "Thou shalt be with me in Paradise," and "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." [eng] |
||
| |||
|
|
Patron Saints Index: Luke the Apostle
Memorial 18 October Profile Pagan parents, possibly born a slave, and one of the earliest converts. Physician. Legend has that he was also a painter who may have done portraits of Jesus and Mary, but none have ever been correctly attributed to him; this story, and the inspiration his Gospel has always given artists, led to his patronage of them. Travelled with Saint Paul and evangelized Greece and Rome with him, being there for the shipwreck and other perils of the voyage to Rome. [eng] |
||
| |||
| |||
Copyright © 2000 MavicaNET. All Rights Reserved. MavicaNET ® is a registered trademark of NNT Telecom. Designed by Digital Art Design, 2000. Hosted by NNT. |
|
