St. Irenaeus Ministries

The early Christians are driven from the cities. Miracles of Peter.

God's mission for Paul. His baptism and numbering among the Apostles.

Influences on the soul. The zeal of Saul. His encounter with Jesus Christ.

Philip baptizes a eunuch traveling from Ethiopia. The continued expansion of the Gospel.

Simon Magus and his encounter with Peter.

Persecution of the Church begins in earnest. Saul's role. His later reflections. Origins of the Samaritans.

Discourses on the Temple. Stephen stoned to death before Saul.

Stephen's arrest for blasphemy. His testimony before the Sanhedrin.

Tension in the Church. Selection of the deacons. The Synagogue of the Freedmen.

The Apostles arrested for the second time. The counsel of Gamaliel.

Peter and John address the Sanhedrin. Their prayer for boldness. Ananias and Sapphira.

The Apostles arrested for the first time. The stone rejected by the builders. Prophecies concerning the destruction of the Temple.

Further parallels. The miracles of a united Church. Peter addresses the Temple.

Pentecost as a reversal of the Tower of Babel. The prophecy of Malachi. Christ and the moneychangers.

The Descent of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel proclaimed publicly for the first time. Pentecost in the Old and New Testaments.

The Apostles after the Ascension. Christ and the Psalms.

Authorship of Acts. Instructions to the Apostles before the Ascension. Knowledge of Christ through the Holy Spirit.

Position of Acts within the New Testament. Community among the Apostles.

A reflection on the Book of Job, delivered at the 2018 Chesterton Conference in Rochester, New York.

A reflection on the Book of Job, delivered at the 2018 Chesterton Conference in Rochester, New York.