Eventually, the Church accepts Gentile believers and promotes the gospel throughout the whole known world (13-28). The apostles, the first bishops of the Church, appoint deacons to assist them (6).

He is called the Apostle of the Gentiles; that is, of all those who were not of the Jewish religion or members of the Church of the Old Law. Q. 441. How did St. Paul become an Apostle? A.

First, A New Experience (Acts 1:3-8). Christ ministered to the apostles during the 40 days he was on earth after his ...

“Take heed, therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,” the Apostle Paul urges church presbyters ... to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel” (Acts 9: 11, 15, ...