Flashcards: The 12 Apostles
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srchristiana on November 9, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Peter | was called while fishing with his brother Andrew |
| Peter | The first pope |
| Peter | Jesus said to Him, "You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church." |
| Peter | has St. Peter's basilica built above him |
| Peter | died around the year 67 A.D. |
| Peter | his name means rock |
| Peter | was crucified upside down |
| Peter | denied Jesus three times |
| Peter | his symbol is the keys |
| Andrew | Simon Peter's brother |
| Andrew | died on an x-shaped cross |
| Andrew | was a fisherman with his brother peter |
| Andrew | his symbol is an x-shaped cross |
| James the Greater | John's brother |
| James the Greater | was the first Apostle to die for Jesus |
| James the Greater | symbol is three shells |
| James the Greater | He made a pilgrimage by the sea |
| John | Not Matthew but wrote a Gospel |
| John | wrote the book of Revelation |
| John | wrote many epistles speaking of love |
| John | was exiled to the island Patmos |
| John | had his life spared when someone tried to poisen him |
| John | is called, "the beloved disciple" |
| John | laid his head on Jesus at the last supper |
| John | his symbol is a chalice and snake |
| John | the youngest of the Apostles |
| John | died about the year 100 |
| John | the only Apostle present at the crucifixion |
| Philip | followed Christ after having followed John the Baptist |
| Philip | his symbol is a basket because he was present for the multiplicaton of the loaves and fishes |
| Philip | was crucified around the year 80 |
| Bartholomew | also called Nathaniel |
| Bartholomew | went to Arabia to preach |
| Bartholomew | symbol is the three knives because he was flayed |
| Matthew | his job was a tax collector |
| Matthew | his symbol is three money bags |
| Matthew | Wrote a Gospel-not John |
| Matthew | threw Jesus a big party after Jesus called him |
| Simon the Zealot | symbol is a fish on a Bible |
| Simon the Zealot | was known for a passionate preaching of God. |
| Simon the Zealot | martyred by beheading or by being sawed in pieces |
| James the Lesser | was sawed in pieces |
| James the Lesser | symbol is a saw |
| Thomas | often has the word "doubting" in front of his name. |
| Thomas | Jesus said to him, "Blessed are they who have not seen but believed." |
| Jude | patron saint of hopeless cases |
| Jude | his symbol is a boat because he was a fisherman |
| Judas | betrayed Jesus with thirty pieces of silver and a kiss |
| Judas | has no symbol |
| Judas | killed himself |
| Matthias | was Judas' replacement |
| Matthias | was elected by the Apostles |
| Matthias | his symbol is a lance because that is how he was beheaded |