BARTHOLOMEW

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EARLY LIFE
FAMILY
01 BASIC INFORMATIONS 02 RELATIONSHIP

Bartholomew, a Galilean, was one The Son of Talmai

of the 12 deciples of Jesus. His The name "Bartholomew" most likely

name is most probably not a given comes from Aramaic (Bar-Talmai),

name, but a family name. The meaning" son of Talmai." Patronymic

meaning of his name is " Gift of names were common in ancient

God'. He was born on the 1st Israel.

century AD, Cana, Galilee, Roman

Empire and died in Albanopolis. Associated with Philip

In three of the four lists of apostles,

Bartholomew appears right after

Philip, which appears to suggest an

association of some kind between

them. Later traditions also described

the two of them doing ministry

together.

As known as Nathanael?
John's gospel is the only one that

mentions a man named Nathanael,

who appears to be an apostle (John

1:43-51). John also never mentions

Bartholomew.

For centuries, many Christians have

believed they were the same person.

PERSONALITY

HONESTY

Through St. Bartholomew, we see When he seek truth, he can more

qualities that Jesus praises: honesty, clearly see God and respond to his

truth seeking, sincerity and call. Dishonesty makes life more

thoughtfulness. These good difficult for us to know the truth, which

attributes allow Jesus to come into is built on trust. The Catechism of the

St. Bartholomew’s life and build Catholic faith says that “placing our

trust with him. Likewise, St. trust in Christ’s promises and relying

Bartholomew is able to open up to not on our own strength, but on the

new perspectives and ruminations help of the grace of the Holy Spirit”

on spiritual matters. enables us to become heirs in hope of

eternal life. Ultimately, God is truth

itself.

St. Bartholomew’s prayer led him to

truth. He trusted in God and then

shared that truth with others in order

to convert them to Christianity.

Bartholomew is one of the disciple. He

trust God and to bring out the

message of that God loves us and will

give answer of the questions. He is a

generous person. He always listen to

God and acted in his belief in the

Lord.
 CALLING FROM GOD
THE CALLS

At first, Nathanael (Bartholomew’s Jesus’ greeting not only to capture

another name)was skeptical about Nathanael's attention but also, by its

the idea of a Messiah from Nazareth. penetrating insight, threw him off

He scoffed at Philip, "Nazareth! Can guard. Nathanael was stunned to

anything good come from there?" learn that the Lord already knew him

(John 1:46). But Philip encouraged him, and that he was aware of his

"Come and see." movements.

As the two men approached, Jesus Jesus' personal knowledge of

called Nathanael a "true Israelite, in Nathanael and the recent event under

whom there isnothing false," then the fig tree caused Nathanael to

revealed that he had seen Nathanael respond with an amazing confession

sitting under a fig tree before Philip of faith, proclaiming Jesus to be the

called him. divine Son of God, the Kingof Israel.

Finally, Jesus promised Nathanael that

When Jesus called Nathanael a "true he would see a stunning vision of the

Israelite," the Lord affirmed his Son of Man:

character as a godly man, receptive

to the Lord's work. Then Jesus He then added, "Very truly I tell you,

astonished Nathanael, demonstrating you will see ‘heaven open, and the

supernatural power by referring to angels of God ascending and

Nathanael's experience under the fig descending on’ the Son of Man."

tree. (John 1:51) Church tradition says

Nathanael carried a translation of

Matthew's Gospel to northern India.

Legend claims he was crucified

upside down in Albania.

HOW DID
BARTHOLOMEW DIE?

Like most of the apostles, Bartholomew was

probably martyred—but there are several

traditions about how exactly he died. The

most popular and prolific tradition is that he

was flayed and then beheaded, which is

why most art portraying him shows him

holding or wearing his skin in some way, or

else associates him with flaying knives.

Another tradition claims he was beaten

unconscious and drowned in the ocean. For

his sake, I hope it was that one.

However he died, it was probably pretty

bad. But while they may not agree on the

manner of his death, all of the various

traditions connect Bartholomew’s death to

his ministry—wherever that was.

 MISSION

MISSIONARY

Traditionally, Bartholomew also served Bartholomew the Apostle in India. The

as a missionary to Ethiopia, majority of the scholars are skeptical

Mesopotamia, Parthia (in modern about the mission of Saint

Iran), Lycaonia (in modern Turkey), and Bartholomew the Apostle in India.

Armenia. The apostle is said to have Stallings, Neander, Hunter, Rae,

been martyred by flaying and Zaleski are the authors who supported

beheading at the command of the the Apostolate of Saint Bartholomew

Armenian king Astyages. His relics in India. Scholars such as Sollerius,

were supposedly taken to the Church Carpentier, Harnack, Medlycott,

of St.Peter’s. Mingana, Thurston, Attwater, etc. do

not support this hypothesis. The main

argument is that India, Eusebius, and

Jerome refers here should be Ethiopia

or Arabia Felix.
 OUR REFLECTION

JOSEPHINE (18)

I have learnt that I should have honesty

and generosity. Bartholomew also let me

know more about the message of God

and how they spread the message over

the world .

CAREY (25)

I have learnt from Bartholomew that I can

come to know God better through prayer,

which can let us know the truth and trust

God. The communication with God (pray)

could also give me the ability to overcome

difficulties.

ALLY (29)

After knowing about Bartholomew, I have

learnt that we should be grateful and to

trust God at all the time. In my opinion, I

think Bartholomew is a person who

always believe in God and I worship him

a lot.