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Saint Andrew
(redirected from The Apostle Andrew)

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Noun1.Saint Andrew - (New Testament) disciple of JesusSaint Andrew - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible


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He examines the tradition that the apostle Andrew, brother to Peter, brought Christianity to Russia, and the implications that tradition had for and against unification with the Roman Catholic Church.
The St Andrew's Cross, according to legend, is that shape because the apostle Andrew, as a mark of respect, petitioned the Roman authorities who sentenced him to death not to crucify him on the same shape of cross as Christ.
In his arrival speech, this man who is considered the 270th successor to the Apostle Andrew said, ``It is with fatherly joy that we commence our voyage across this great land.
 
 
 
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