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Acts of the Apostles, The,
abbreviation ACTS, fifth book of the New Testament, a valuable history of
the early Christian church. Acts was written in Greek, presumably
by the Evangelist Luke, whose gospel
concludes where Acts begins, namely, with Christ's Ascension into
heaven. Acts was apparently written in Rome, perhaps between AD 70
and 90, though some think a slightly earlier date is also possible. After
an introductory account of the descent of the Holy
Spirit on the Apostles at Pentecost (interpreted as the birth
of the church), Luke pursues as a central theme the spread of Christianity
to the Gentile world under the guiding inspiration of the Holy Spirit. He
also describes the church's gradual drawing away from Jewish traditions.
The missionary journeys of St. Paul
are given a prominent place, because this close associate of Luke was the
preeminent Apostle to the Gentiles. Without Acts, a picture of the
primitive church would be impossible to reconstruct; with it, the New
Testament letters of Paul are far more intelligible. Acts concludes
rather abruptly after Paul has successfully preached the gospel in Rome,
then the acknowledged centre of the Gentile world. |
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