See also:APOLLOS ('AsroXXc i; contracted from See also:Apollonius)
, an Alexandrine See also:Jew who after See also:Paul's first visit to See also:Corinth worked there in a similar way (1 See also:Cor. iii
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6)
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He was with Paul at a later date in See also:Ephesus (1 Cor. xvi
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12)
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In r Cor
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10-12 we read of four parties in the Corinthian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and See also:Apollos respectively, using their names, though the " See also:division " can hardly have been due to conflicting doctrines
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(See PAUL.) From Acts xviii
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24-28 we learn that he spoke and taught with See also:power and success
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He may have captivated his hearers by teaching See also:wisdom," as P
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W
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Schmiedel suggests, in the allegorical See also:style of See also:Philo, and he wds evidently a See also:man of unusual magnetic force
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There seems to be some See also:contradiction between Acts xviii
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25 a b and Acts xviii
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25 C, 26 b c; and it has been suggested that these latter passages are subsequent accretions
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Since Apollos was a See also:Christian and "taught exactly," he could hardly have been acquainted only with See also:John's See also:baptism or have required to be taught See also:Christianity more thoroughly by See also:Aquila and Priscilla
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See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin See also:Luther regarded Apollos as the author of the See also:Epistle to the See also:Hebrews, and many scholars since have shared his view
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See also:Jerome says that Apollos was so dissatisfied with the division at Corinth, that he retired into See also:Crete with Zenas, a See also:doctor of the See also:law; and that the See also:schism having been healed by Paul's See also:letter to the See also:Corinthians, Apollos returned to the See also:city, and became its See also:bishop
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Less probable traditions assign to him the bishopric of Duras, or of See also:Iconium in See also:Phrygia, or of Caesarea
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See the articles in the See also:Encyclopaedia Biblica; See also:Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie; The Jewish Encyclopaedia; See also:Hastings' See also:Dictionary of the See also:Bible; and cf
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Weizsdcker, Das apostolische Zeitalter; A
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C
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See also:McGiffert, See also:History of Christianity in the Apostolic See also:Age
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