Template talk:New Testament people

[edit] Pillars

Pillars & Apostles is a perfectly descriptive term, and a Biblical one-- but I am open to finding a better one. There is no reason to remove it unless we find a better term.

Note-- Jesus, James the Just, and Mary, mother of Jesus all appear in the Gosples and all appear in Acts. Your edit created more problems than it solved.--Carlaude (talk) 06:35, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think this is an inherent problem with the categorisation scheme - there's overlap between Apostles and Gospels, etc. We deleted Pillars of the church because there's no evidence that it designates a particular group of people. StAnselm (talk) 06:39, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

"James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars" Gal 2:9. 75.0.9.42 (talk) 18:11, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Catholic Encyclopedia: St. James the Less: "Then we lose sight of James till St. Paul, three years after his conversion (A.D. 37), went up to Jerusalem. ... On the same occasion, the "pillars" of the Church, James, Peter, and John "gave to me (Paul) and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision" (Galatians 2:9)." 75.0.9.42 (talk) 18:21, 19 April 2008 (UTC)