Definition of St. Matthew the Apostle

1. Noun. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel.

Exact synonyms: Levi, Matthew, Saint Matthew, Saint Matthew The Apostle, St. Matthew
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Apostle, Evangelist, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Matthew The Apostle

St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Leo I
St. Louis
St. Lucia
St. Luke
St. Luke's summer
St. Maarten
St. Mark
St. Martin
St. Mary Magdalen
St. Mary Magdalene
St. Mary of Bethlehem
St. Matthew
St. Matthew the Apostle (current term)
St. Nicholas
St. Nick
St. Olaf
St. Olav
St. Patrick
St. Patrick's Cross
St. Patrick's Day
St. Paul
St. Paul's
St. Peter
St. Peter's wreath
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Petersburg
St. Simon

Literary usage of St. Matthew the Apostle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"carried with him the gospel of St. Matthew the apostle, and, wherever he found sick persons, laid it upon them, and they were immediately healed of whatever ..."

2. Parochial Sermons by John Henry Newman (1836)
"THE FEAST OF St. Matthew the Apostle. THE DANGER OF RICHES. LUKE vi. 24. Woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. ..."

3. Parochial and Plain Sermons by John Henry Newman (1880)
"... (THE FEAST OF St. Matthew the Apostle.) " Woe unto you that are rich 1 for ye have received your consolation."— LUKE vi. 24. ..."

4. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1870)
"... ACTS AND MARTYRDOM OF St. Matthew the Apostle. BOUT that time Matthew, the holy apostle and evangelist of Christ, was abiding in the mountain resting, ..."

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