08 Works, Today, February 1st, is Cornelius the Centurion’s Day, With Footnotes – 32

Cornelius the Centurion was a Roman centurion who is considered by Christians to be one of the first Gentiles to convert to the faith

Cornelius was a centurion in the Cohors II Italica Civium Romanorum. He was stationed in Caesarea, the capital of Roman Judaea province. He is depicted in the New Testament as a God-fearing man who always prayed and was full of good works and deeds of alms. Cornelius receives a vision in which an angel of God tells him that his prayers have been heard, he understands that he’s chosen for a higher alternative. The angel then instructs Cornelius to send the men of his household to Joppa, where they will find Simon Peter, who is residing with a tanner by the name of Simon…

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