The Gospel of Luke is the first volume of Luke-Acts, which was composed by "Luke the beloved physician," a traveling companion of St. Paul (Col 4:14). The Gentile St. Luke wrote his work for ...

Acts is the second volume of the two-volume work, Luke-Acts. Written by Luke the beloved physician (Col 4:14), Luke-Acts seamlessly connects the life of Jesus to the lives of the early Apostles ...

held St. Luke to have been a native of Antioch, a physician and companion of St. Paul, and separates him from those of the circumcision. The "beloved physician" or "the most dear physician" is one ...