From Reformation to Reformation

[ If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way.   Click here to watch a brief video on the project. ] The Form of the Apostolic Church   XI.  In becoming acquainted with the Form of the Apostolic Church, it is proper to attend first to its propagation , then to its qualities  and customs , and finally to its government , worship , and discipline . XII.  The Church was first planted and gathered at Jerusalem ,

HOLY FATHERS: Augustine,[1] Cassiodorus,[2] Chrysostom,[3] Gregory the Great, Theophylact, Nicetas,[4] Œcumenius. REFORMED: Louis...

The parts: I. The Preaching of the Gospel by the Apostles among the Jews, within and without Judea: chapters 1-12: in which is: 1. The...

7. The parts of the book are two: I. The common history of the Apostles, preaching the Gospel among the Jews within Judea and without...

6. It was written in Greek. It is uncertain in what year of Luke’s age. It contains a history of twenty-eight years, from the outgoing of...

5. The argument of the same. It is a part of the Gospel. That is, this book relates the beginning of the Church of the New Testament, or...

4. It is uncertain whether he wrote the book at the behest of Paul. The scope of the book. Whether Saint Luke wrote Acts at the behest of...

3. The writer of the book was Luke. That the author of the book is Luke the Evangelist, the same who also wrote the Gospel, is today...

2. The acts of the Holy Apostles, especially of Peter and Paul, of whom Luke was a follower, are contained in this book. They are called...

1. Inscription. This Book is inscribed πράξεις τῶν ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων, the Acts, or Deeds, of the Holy Apostles. The Syriac and the Arabic...

Inscription, 1. The acts of the Holy Apostles, but especially of Peter and Paul, of whom Luke was a follower, are contained in this book,...