{"id":10045,"date":"2024-09-21T07:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T07:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/st-matthew-apostle\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T07:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T07:18:04","slug":"st-matthew-apostle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/st-matthew-apostle\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4f7f\u5f92\u8056\u30de\u30bf\u30a4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;margin-bottom: 25px\">\n                  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Matthew_21September.jpg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"display: block;margin: auto;max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n                  <span style=\"text-align: right;font-style: italic\">\u4f7f\u5f92\u8056\u30de\u30bf\u30a4<\/span>\n              <\/div>\n<p>Feast date: Sep 21<\/p>\n<p>          Saint Matthew, the first-century tax collector turned apostle who chronicled the life and ministry of Christ in his Gospel, is celebrated by the Church today, September 21. Although relatively little is known about the life of St. Matthew, the account he wrote of Christ\u2019s ministry \u2013 traditionally considered to be the first of the four Gospels \u2013 is of inestimable value to the Church, particularly in its verification of Jesus as the Messiah. <\/p>\n<p>Eastern Catholics and the Orthodox churches celebrate St. Matthew on November 16, along with St. Fulvianus, a prince who is recorded in some traditions as converting from paganism after Matthew\u2019s martyrdom. <\/p>\n<p>The Gospel accounts of Mark and Luke, like Matthew\u2019s own, describe the encounter between Jesus and Matthew under the surprising circumstances of Matthew\u2019s tax-collecting duties. Jewish publicans, who collected taxes on behalf of the Roman rulers of first-century Judea, were objects of scorn and even hatred among their own communities, since they worked on behalf of the occupying power and often earned their living by collecting more than the state\u2019s due. <\/p>\n<p>Jesus most likely first encountered Matthew near the house of Peter, in Capernaum near the Sea of Galilee. The meeting of the two was dramatic, as Matthew\u2019s third-person account in his Gospel captured: \u201cAs Jesus passed on,\u201d the ninth chapter recounts, \u201che saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, \u2018Follow me\u2019. And he got up and followed him.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Matthew\u2019s calling into Jesus\u2019 inner circle was a dramatic gesture of the Messiah\u2019s universal message and mission, causing some religious authorities of the Jewish community to wonder: \u201cWhy does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d Jesus\u2019 significant response indicated a central purpose of his ministry: \u201cI did not come to call the righteous but sinners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A witness to Christ\u2019s resurrection after death, as well as his ascension into heaven and the events of Pentecost, Matthew also recorded Jesus\u2019 instruction for the apostles to \u201cgo, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like 11 of the 12 apostles, St. Matthew is traditionally thought to have died as a martyr while preaching the Gospel. The Roman Martyrology describes his death as occurring in a territory near present-day Egypt. <\/p>\n<p>Both the saint himself, and his Gospel narrative, have inspired important works of religious art, ranging from the ornate illuminated pages of the Book of Kells in the ninth century, to the Saint Matthew Passion of J.S. Bach. Three famous paintings of Caravaggio, depicting St. Matthew\u2019s calling, inspiration and martyrdom, hang within the Contarelli Chapel in Rome\u2019s Church of St. Louis of the French.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on St. Matthew\u2019s calling, from the pursuit of dishonest financial gain to the heights of holiness and divine inspiration, Pope Benedict said in 2006 that \u201cin the figure of Matthew, the Gospels present to us a true and proper paradox: those who seem to be the farthest from holiness can even become a model of the acceptance of God\u2019s mercy and offer a glimpse of its marvelous effects in their own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/saint\/st-matthew-apostle-601\">\u30bd\u30fc\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30af <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] St. Matthew, Apostle Feast date: Sep 21 Saint Matthew, the first-century tax collector turned apostle who chronicled the life and ministry of Christ in his Gospel, is celebrated by the Church today, September 21. Although relatively little is known about the life of St. Matthew, the account he wrote of Christ\u2019s ministry \u2013 traditionally considered to be the first of the four Gospels \u2013 is of inestimable value to the Church, particularly in its verification of Jesus as the Messiah. Eastern Catholics and the Orthodox churches celebrate St. Matthew on November 16, along with St. Fulvianus, a prince who is recorded in some traditions as converting from paganism after [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-10045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726903085_Matthew_21September.jpg?fit=900%2C500&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54824,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/matthew-bible-facts-statistics\/","url_meta":{"origin":10045,"position":0},"title":"Facts &#038; Statistics about matthew in the bible","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"1\u6708 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Discover key facts and statistics about the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible, including its themes, audience, and significance.","rel":"","context":"Christian Facts &amp; Stats","block_context":{"text":"Christian Facts &amp; Stats","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/facts-stats\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54797,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bible-apostles-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":10045,"position":1},"title":"Does the Bible record the death of the apostles?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"10\u6708 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Discover whether the Bible mentions the deaths of the apostles and learn about their final moments and legacy.","rel":"","context":"Bible Study","block_context":{"text":"Bible Study","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/bible-study\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3883,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/matthias-bible-mystery\/","url_meta":{"origin":10045,"position":2},"title":"Matthias in the Bible: A Mystery in Numbers","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"5\u6708 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Discover the hidden tale of Matthias in the Bible! 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