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This is the birth of the Church—the completion of the story of Jesus as manifested in the life of the early Church, Christ’s mystical body on Earth. Some highlights of this book include Jesus’ Ascension, the replacing of Judas; Pentecost; Peter’s primacy; the miracles of and the spread of the Gospel by the Apostles; growth of the first Christian community around Peter; Stephen, the first...

Israel primarily recorded in the first five books of the Old Testament, the only books accepted as inspired by the Sadducees who make up the majority of the 70-member Sanhedrin. Stephen’s speech is best understood when read in its context as a courtroom scene. Stephen is the defendant. The high priest is the judge. The members of the Sanhedrin make up the jury. The prosecutor is Moses and the law. The charges are brought by two false witnesses who testify against Stephen: “This man never ceases to
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