Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne: Church Teaching: The Apostles and Evangelists

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Church Teaching

General Instruction of the Roman Missal for Australia
The Profession of Faith
- The Credo
The Ten Commandments
The Summary of the Law
The Precepts of the Church
The Virtues
The Beatitudes
The Apostles & Evangelists
The Seven Sacraments
The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Works of Mercy
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Church Documents]

The Apostles

Name	Feast Day
Peter	February 22 June 29
Andrew	November 20
James (“the Great”)	July 25
John	December 27
Philip	May 3
Bartholomew	August 24
Matthew	September 21
Thomas	July 3
James (son of Alphaeus)	May 3
Simon (“the Zealot”)	October 28
Jude (or Thaddeus)	October 28
Matthias (chosen to take the place of Judas)	May 14
Paul	January 25 June 29

The Four Evangelists

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law of the prophets.

[Matthew 22:37-39]