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Mary, Mother of God |
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- Mentioned 17 times in Gospels, and once in the
following 26 books
- Mentioned 32 times in the Qur'an, and one entire
chapter is named after her
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| Jesus
of Nazareth |
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- Carpenter (Mark 6:3; Matt 13:55)
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Paul preaching at the Areopagus
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| Paul
of Tarsus |
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- Tentmaker (Acts 18:1-3)
- Paul was born Saul of Tarsus in present day
Turkey
- A Jew of the Diaspora, therefore from a
Hellenized Culture.
- A Pharisee who studied under the famous Gamaliel.
- Persecuted Jewish Christians.
- Had Saint Stephen stoned (Acts 7)
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- Was converted and started teaching his version of
Christto Hellenized Jews and Greeks.
- Went about it without consulting Jerusalem (Gal
1:8).
- Attempted eventually to reconcile with Jerusalem
(Gal 1:18-2:10).
- Beheaded under Emperor Nero
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| John
the Apostle |
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- Exiled under the Emperor Domitian
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