In the Footsteps of St Philip
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We know Philip. We just don't know we know him. He is the apostle who counted the loaves and found them wanting, who brought a sceptical friend to Christ with nothing more than two words — "Come and see" — and who, at the Last Supper, asked the question every honest believer has asked in their own heart: Lord, show us the Father. He is not the apostle of thunderbolts and dramatic conversions. He is the apostle of ordinary, faithful, practical discipleship, which may be exactly why his story speaks so directly to readers today.
In the Footsteps of St Philip follows this quietly extraordinary man from the fishing shores of Bethsaida, through his call and his companionship with Christ, into the mission fields of Samaria and Asia Minor, and finally to his martyrdom at Hierapolis, weaving Scripture, early Church tradition, and the teaching of the Catechism into a portrait that is as theologically grounded as it is spiritually moving. Felix Gibbins writes with the rare combination of a scholar's care and a pastor's warmth, drawing out the doctrinal riches hidden in Philip's story: the Eucharistic foreshadowing of the loaves, the Trinitarian depths of "whoever has seen me has seen the Father", without ever losing sight of the reader searching for something to live by.
In the Footsteps of St Philip does not simply tell you who Philip was.
It invites you, as Philip once invited Nathanael, to come and see for yourself.
Four entirely new chapters extend the journey well beyond where the first edition left off. Readers now travel further into territory only glimpsed before: the companion apostleship of Philip the Deacon and his road to Gaza; the astonishing modern rediscovery of Philip's tomb at Hierapolis, bringing the story out of the ancient world and into living memory; the Church's long devotion to Philip in art, liturgy, and feast; and a closing chapter that turns Philip's example of quiet, practical faithfulness into a direct challenge for the lay Christian today: how to bring others to Christ the way Philip brought Nathanael, one honest invitation at a time. Each new chapter, like the original six, closes with reflection questions and prayers designed for personal use or parish study groups, making this expanded edition even richer for both private devotion and communal formation.
Get your copy of the Second Edition today — and walk the road to Hierapolis alongside one of the Twelve.