The Twelve: Lives and Legends of The Apostles

Download or read book The Twelve: Lives and Legends of The Apostles written by Frances Spilman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What were the Apostles of Jesus really like? This book will examine the Gospels, the Fathers of the Church, Apocryphal writings, encyclicals and other sources to search out the Apostles' personalities and history. Along the way we will look at the prayers, poetry, music and architecture the Apostles inspired and see how these twelve men are still teaching us today almost 2,000 years after their deaths. We will see how the faith spread throughout the Roman Empire and even beyond its borders and how each Apostle met his death. You will be surprised at the many different paths of the Apostles as they witnessed for Christ.