Silas, the Glossary
Silas or Silvanus (Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey.[1]
Table of Contents
60 relations: Acts of the Apostles, Agabus, Ancient Corinth, Andronicus of Pannonia, Anglicanism, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Aramaic, Athens, Authorship of the Pauline epistles, Barnabas, Beroea, Biblical Magi, Calendar of saints (Lutheran), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Catholic Church, Crescens, Delphi Inscription, Early Christianity, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Epenetus of Carthage, Episcopal Church (United States), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, First Epistle of Peter, Forest, Greek language, Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Joseph Fitzmyer, Judas Barsabbas, Koine Greek, Latin, Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, Lutheranism, Macedonia (Greece), Manahen, Nag Hammadi library, New International Version, New Testament, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Palmyra, Paul the Apostle, Philippi, Roman Martyrology, Saint, Saint Timothy, ... Expand index (10 more) »
- 1st-century bishops in the Roman Empire
- Biblical apostles
- Prophets of the New Testament
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles (Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.
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Agabus
Agabus (translit) was an early follower of Christianity from Syria mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet. Silas and Agabus are Christian saints from the New Testament, prophets of the New Testament and seventy disciples.
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Ancient Corinth
Corinth (Κόρινθος; Ϙόρινθος; Corinthus) was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
Andronicus of Pannonia
Andronicus of Pannonia (Ἀνδρόνικος) was a 1st-century Christian mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (chapter 16): According to that verse, Andronicus was a kinsman of Paul and a fellow prisoner at some time, particularly well known among the apostles, and had become a follower of Jesus Christ before Paul's Damascus road conversion. Silas and Andronicus of Pannonia are People in the Pauline epistles and seventy disciples.
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Anne Catherine Emmerich
Anne Catherine Emmerich, CRV (also Anna Katharina Emmerick; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was an Augustinian canoness of the Congregation of Windesheim.
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Aramaic
Aramaic (ˀərāmiṯ; arāmāˀiṯ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, where it has been continually written and spoken in different varieties for over three thousand years.
Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
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The Pauline epistles are the thirteen books in the New Testament traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.
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Barnabas
Barnabas (ܒܪܢܒܐ; Βαρνάβας), born Joseph (Ἰωσήφ) or Joses (Ἰωσής), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. Silas and Barnabas are Anglican saints, biblical apostles, Christian saints from the New Testament, People in the Pauline epistles, prophets of the New Testament and seventy disciples.
Beroea
Beroea (or Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia, Northern Greece.
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Biblical Magi
In Christianity, the Biblical Magi (or; singular), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished foreigners who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him. Silas and Biblical Magi are Christian saints from the New Testament.
Calendar of saints (Lutheran)
The Lutheran Church has, from the time of the Reformation, continued the remembrance of saints.
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Cambridge
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Crescens
Crescens (Greek: Κρίσκης) was an individual who appears in the New Testament. Silas and Crescens are People in the Pauline epistles and seventy disciples.
Delphi Inscription
The Delphi Inscription, or Gallio Inscription (SIG), is the name given to the collection of nine fragments of a letter written by the Roman emperor Claudius in 52 CE which was discovered early in the 20th century at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece.
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Early Christianity
Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church or Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325.
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Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
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Epenetus of Carthage
Epenetus or Epaenetus (Ἐπαινετός) is a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, considered one of the seventy disciples and may have been the first Bishop of Carthage or Cartagena. Silas and Epenetus of Carthage are 1st-century bishops in the Roman Empire, Christian saints from the New Testament and seventy disciples.
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Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church, officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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First Epistle of Peter
The First Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament.
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Forest
A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)
Heliopolis (Jwnw, Iunu; jwnw, 'the Pillars'; ⲱⲛ; City of the Sun) was a major city of ancient Egypt.
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Joseph Fitzmyer
Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer (November 4, 1920 – December 24, 2016) was an American Catholic priest and scholar who taught at several American and British universities.
Judas Barsabbas
Judas Barsabbas was a New Testament prophet and one of the 'leading men' in the early Christian community in Jerusalem at the time of the Council of Jerusalem in around 50 AD.
Koine Greek
Koine Greek (Koine the common dialect), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek, Septuagint Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus or Gallio (Γαλλιων, Galliōn; c. 5 BC – c. AD 65) was a Roman senator and brother of the famous writer Seneca.
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Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is an orthodox, traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States.
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Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.
Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia (Makedonía) is a geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans.
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Manahen
Manahen (also Manaen or Menachem) was a teacher in the first century Christian Church at Antioch who had been 'brought up' (σύντροφος, syntrophos, Vulgate: collactaneus) with Herod Antipas. Silas and Manahen are prophets of the New Testament.
Nag Hammadi library
The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the "Chenoboskion Manuscripts" and the "Gnostic Gospels") is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945.
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New International Version
The New International Version (NIV) is a translation of the Bible into contemporary English.
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New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.
Oriental Orthodox Churches
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.
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Oxford
Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Palmyra
Palmyra (Palmyrene:, romanized: Tadmor; Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria.
Paul the Apostle
Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. Silas and Paul the Apostle are biblical apostles and Christian saints from the New Testament.
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Philippi
Philippi (Φίλιπποι, Phílippoi) was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos.
Roman Martyrology
The Roman Martyrology (Martyrologium Romanum) is the official martyrology of the Catholic Church.
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Saint
In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.
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Saint Timothy
Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus (Greek: Τιμόθεος; Timótheos, meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God") was an early Christian evangelist and the first Christian bishop of Ephesus, who tradition relates died around the year AD 97. Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra or of Derbe"Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. Silas and Saint Timothy are Anglican saints, biblical apostles, Christian saints from the New Testament, People in the Pauline epistles and seventy disciples.
Saint Titus
Titus (Τίτος; Títos) was an early Christian missionary and church leader, a companion and disciple of Paul the Apostle, mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus. Silas and Saint Titus are 1st-century bishops in the Roman Empire, Anglican saints, Christian saints from the New Testament, People in the Pauline epistles and seventy disciples.
Second Epistle to the Corinthians
The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
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Silvanus (name)
Silvanus is a masculine given name.
Silvanus of the Seventy
Silvanus (Greek: Σιλουανός) is a traditional figure in Eastern Orthodox tradition assumed to be one of the Seventy Apostles, those followers of Jesus sent out by him in Luke 10. Silas and Silvanus of the Seventy are 1st-century bishops in the Roman Empire, biblical apostles, Christian saints from the New Testament and seventy disciples.
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St Silas Church
St Silas Church may refer to.
Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.
Teachings of Silvanus
The Teachings of Silvanus is the fourth tractate in Codex VII of the Nag Hammadi library.
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The Calendar of the Church Year
The Calendar of the Church Year is the liturgical calendar found in the 1979 ''Book of Common Prayer'', and in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, with additions made at recent General Conventions.
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Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.
Ur
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.
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See also
1st-century bishops in the Roman Empire
- Aristarchus of Thessalonica
- Aristobulus of Britannia
- Caesar of Dyrrhachium
- Carpus of Beroea
- Epenetus of Carthage
- Hermas of Philippopolis
- Saint Titus
- Silas
- Silvanus of the Seventy
Biblical apostles
- Apollos
- Apostles in the New Testament
- Barnabas
- Early Church of Jerusalem
- Junia (New Testament person)
- Paul the Apostle
- Saint Timothy
- Silas
- Silvanus of the Seventy
- Twelve Apostles
Prophets of the New Testament
- Agabus
- Anna the Prophetess
- Barnabas
- Elizabeth (biblical figure)
- Jesus
- John of Patmos
- John the Baptist
- Lucius of Cyrene
- Manahen
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Philip the Evangelist
- Silas
- Simeon (Gospel of Luke)
- Simeon Niger
- Two witnesses
- Zechariah (New Testament figure)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas
Also known as Apostle Silas, Saint Silas, Saint Silvanus, St Silas, St Silvanus, St. Silas, St. Silvanus, Sylas.
, Saint Titus, Second Epistle to the Corinthians, Silvanus (name), Silvanus of the Seventy, St Silas Church, Synagogue, Teachings of Silvanus, The Calendar of the Church Year, Thessaloniki, Ur.