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The Appointment of the Seven and the Organization of the Early Church
Actes 6,1-7 relate la première crise interne de l'Église de Jérusalem, liée à la distribution inégale aux veuves. Pour y remédier, les Douze proposent de nommer sept hommes remplis du Saint-Esprit et de sagesse. Cette décision fondatrice distingue les ministères tout en affirmant leur complémentarité, et s'accompagne d'une croissance remarquable de la communauté chrétienne naissante.
Acts 6.1-7 (King James Version) :And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org