You asked: Where did MLK serve as pastor?

Why did MLK leave Dexter Avenue Baptist Church? In November 1959, King resigned from Dexter and joined his father the following February as co-pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in order to more effectively lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, headquartered in that city. Why was Alabama so important to MLK? White officials in … Read more

You asked: Where did the Ethiopian Bible come from?

When was the Ethiopian Bible created? It was created in the 17th century, but is a replica of an earlier 15th-century manuscript.…Ethiopic Bible. Full title: ኦሪት Octateuch, አርባዕቱ ወንጌል Gospels and Ecclesiastical works. Created: Late 17th century, Gondar Format: Manuscript Language: Geez Who wrote the Ethiopian Bible? Tradition. Monastic tradition ascribes the gospel books … Read more

You asked: What type of psalm is Psalm 53?

What type of psalm is Psalm 51? Psalm 51 is the 51st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: “Have mercy upon me, O God”. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 50 in a slightly different numbering … Read more

You asked: What was Hagar’s name for God?

What religion was Hagar in the Bible? Hagar is a biblical character in the book of Genesis. She has an important role as wife of Abram/Abraham and mother of Ishmael. As such, she is an important figure within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Is Hagar the first person to name God? Hagar is the first … Read more

You asked: What was Jesus’s zodiac sign?

How was Jesus a Pisces? The theory goes that Jesus had his origins as an avatar of the Pisces constellation – he was a figure who was meant to symbolise the movement of the sky at the dawn of the Age of Pisces. Evidence for this comes from the practices of the early Christians … Read more

You asked: When did Baptism start in the Bible?

When was baptism introduced in the Bible? Gospel of Mark This gospel, today generally believed by scholars to be the first and to have been used as a basis for Matthew and Luke, begins with Jesus’ baptism by John, who preached a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. John says of Jesus that … Read more

You asked: When did Caiaphas become high priest?

How long did Caiaphas serve as high priest? Although little is known of Caiaphas, historians infer from his long tenure as high priest, from 18 to 36 C.E., that he must have worked well with Roman authority. For ten years, Caiaphas served with Roman prefect Pontius Pilate. How did Caiaphas become high priest? Following … Read more