Philip the Evangelist

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Not to be confused with Philip the Apostle.

Oriental Orthodoxy
Lutheranism
Anglican Communion
Feast11 October

Philip the Evangelist (

Ethiopian Church (Acts 8:26–39). Later, Philip lived in Caesarea Maritima with his four daughters who prophesied, where he was visited by Paul the Apostle (Acts 21:8–9
).

New Testament

Philip bore a

church in Jerusalem in consequence of the murmurings of the Hellenists against the Hebrews
.

After the martyrdom of Stephen he went to "the city of Samaria", where he preached with much success, Simon Magus being one of his converts. He afterwards was told by an angel of the Lord to go to the road between Jerusalem and Gaza. There he instructed and baptized the Ethiopian eunuch; next he was "caught away" by the Spirit and "found at Azotus" (Ashdod); and then "passing through he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea" (Acts 8).

Here some years afterwards, according to Acts 21:8–9, where he is described as "the evangelist" (a term found again in the New Testament only in Ephesians 4:11; 2 Timothy 4:5), he entertained Paul the Apostle and his companion on their way to Jerusalem; at that time "he had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy".[1]

Tradition

A stained glass diptych showing the baptisms of the Ethiopian eunuch by St. Philip the Evangelist and of Jesus Christ by St. John the Baptist, from the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Garden City, New York).

At a very early period he came to be confused with the

Anatolia, where he became the bishop of that church.[1]

Feasts

"St Philip the Deacon" is commemorated on October 11 in the

Seventy Apostles, and is referred to as a Protodeacon
; this feast day is celebrated on January 4.

Notes

  1. ^ a b  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Philip "the Evangelist"". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 376.
  2. ^ Salmon, George (1894). A historical introduction to the study of the books of the New Testament (7th ed.). pp. 313-.
  3. OCLC 254598655
    .
  4. ISBN 978-0-7586-2505-2
    .
  5. ISBN 978-1-64065-235-4
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