St matthias feast day
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St. Matthias Catholic Church
Saint Matthias replaced Judas as the twelfth Apostle, as decribed in the Acts of the Apostles:
Acts 1:15-26
"During those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place).
He said, "My brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus. He was numbered among us and was allotted a share in this ministry. He bought a parcel of land with the wages of his iniquity, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his insides spilled out. This became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem, so that the parcel of land was called in their language 'Akeldama,' that is, 'Field of Blood'. For it is written in the Book of Psalms: 'Let his encampment become desolate, and may no one dwell in it.' And: 'May another take his office.'
Therefore, it is necessary that one of the men who accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus came and went among
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St. Matthias
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Apostle.
The Greek Matthias (or, in some manuscripts, Maththias), is a name derived from Mattathias, HebrewMattithiah, signifying "gift of Yahweh." Matthias was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus, and had been with Him from His baptism by John to the Ascension (Acts 1:21-22). It is related (Acts 1:15-26) that in the days following the Ascension, Peter proposed to the assembled brethren, who numbered one hundred and twenty, that they choose one to fill the place of the traitor Judas in the Apostolate. Two disciples, Joseph, called Barsabas, and Matthias were selected, and lots were drawn, with the result in favour of Matthias, who thus became associated with the eleven Apostles. Zeller has declared this narrative unhistoric, on the plea that the Apostles were in Galilee after the death of Jesus. As a matter of fact they did return to Galil
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Matthias the Apostle
Apostle of Jesus. died circa AD 80
"Saint Matthias" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Matthias (disambiguation).
Saint Matthias the Apostle | |
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St Matthias by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1611 | |
| Born | 1st century AD Judaea, Roman Empire |
| Died | c. AD 80 Jerusalem, Judaea or Colchis |
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| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
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| Attributes | Axe, Christian martyrdom |
| Patronage | Alcoholics; carpenters; tailors; Great Falls-Billings, Montana; Trier; smallpox; hope; perseverance |
Matthias (; Koine Greek: Ματθίας, Matthías[maθˈθi.as], from HebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּMattiṯyāhū; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ; died c. AD 80) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chosen by God through the apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following the latter's betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.[1] His calling as an apostle is unique, in that his appointment was not made personally by Jesus (who had already ascended into heaven), and it came before the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the early Church.
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