Saint Matthew's death by martyrdom earned him his saint hood by the Catholic Church. Saint Matthew was one of the 12 Apostles chosen by Jesus.
Saint Matthew, a tax collector, was called by Jesus to follow him. Matthew immediately left everything to become one of the twelve apostles. This calling marked the beginning of his journey as a disciple of Jesus.
Matthew was a disciple, an apostle as well as an evangelist.
Saint Matthew was one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. As a disciple, he followed Jesus, learned from His teachings, and spread the message of Christianity after Jesus' death. Saint Matthew also wrote the first Gospel in the New Testament, which bears his name and recounts the life and teachings of Jesus.
Matthew was not canonized a saint. The process did not become instituted until over 1000 years after his death. He was proclaimed a saint by the early Christian community soon after his martyrdom.
St. Matthew is "sainted" because we have a Gospel which may have been written by him. He was an Apostle and Disciple of Christ. And it is believed that he suffered martyrdom for the faith. Matthew is a saint for the same reason that every Christian believer is a saint, viz. for believing in Jesus Christ and having his sins removed by the precious blood of the lamb.
Saint Matthew, a tax collector, was called by Jesus to follow him. Matthew immediately left everything to become one of the twelve apostles. This calling marked the beginning of his journey as a disciple of Jesus.
Matthew was a disciple, an apostle as well as an evangelist.
The Apostle Saint Matthew was Jewish, a native of Israel. He was a tax collector by trade before meeting Jesus and becoming his disciple.
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Saint Matthew was one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. As a disciple, he followed Jesus, learned from His teachings, and spread the message of Christianity after Jesus' death. Saint Matthew also wrote the first Gospel in the New Testament, which bears his name and recounts the life and teachings of Jesus.
Because he was originally a fisherman, when Jesus called him to be a disciple.
Saint Augustine was a disciple in the sense he was a follower of Christ but he was not a disciple or apostle called by Jesus himself.
Matthew was not canonized a saint. The process did not become instituted until over 1000 years after his death. He was proclaimed a saint by the early Christian community soon after his martyrdom.
The disciple Matthew is believed to have been martyred by being stabbed to death in Ethiopia.
At Matthew 27:55 the first disciple 'mentioned by name' was-- "Now as it was late in the afternoon, there came a rich man of Ar·i·ma·the´a, named Joseph, who had also himself become a disciple of Jesus.
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