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News The following documents can now be found online. The Cornelius Trust Constitution The Cornelius Trust Grant Guidelines An explanation of how to apply for a grant.
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The purpose of the Cornelius Trust What happened to Badger House? Cornelius Trust Background |
Why is the trust called the Cornelius Trust. The reason the trust used the name Cornelius was twofold and straightforward: Firstly, Cornelius was military; secondly, he brought together two different cultures for the first time under one roof as Christians (Jews would not normally step inside a Gentile's house without thereafter going through a purification ritual). The aim was to bring together the two military 'cultures' ~ officers and other ranks. Who was Cornelius?
Cornelius the Centurion is mentioned in the
Book of Acts (chapters 10 and 11). A centurion was a Roman army officer,
theoretically in charge of a hundred men. Cornelius was called a
God-fearer, that is to say, he was a monotheist, a Gentile who worshipped
the One God. One day, as he was praying, an angel appeared to him and
told him to send a messenger to Joppa and ask Peter to come and preach to
him. Peter, meanwhile, was given a vision that disposed him to go with the
messenger. When Peter had preached to Cornelius and his family and friends,
the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on the first Christians at Pentecost (Acts
2), and they began to speak in other tongues. Thus, there was ample evidence
to convince Jewish Christians who hesitated to believe that it was the will
of God that Gentiles should be brought into the Church. |
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