As in all things, when we read a pas-sage presented to us in the Lectionary from the holy Gospel, we need to place it into the proper context. If we read this particular passage from the Gospel ...

NORA/THOMAS: Hi! What are we going to learn today? TEACHER: Today, we are learning about the disciples of Jesus Christ. The Christian Bible teaches that Jesus had twelve disciples, also known as ...

The disciples of Jesus Christ were a dozen men who were consistently with Jesus during His earthly ministry and continued His ministry and mission after His ascension. The twelve disciples were ...

A key phase in spreading the Gospel and establishing Christianity was when Jesus sent a dozen disciples and then 72 ahead of him to heal the sick and cast out demons in his name. The Revs.

In this gnostic gospel, Mary Magdalene appears as a disciple, singled out by Jesus for special teachings. In this excerpt, the other disciples are discouraged and grieving Jesus' death. Mary ...