Saul’s Persecution and Conversion (8:1–9:30). A great persecution entered Jerusalem that very day, causing a dispersion of everyone except the apostles. Philip, one of the
Category: Early Christianity
APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS: Hidden Truths About Jesus?
INTRODUCTION Early Gospels [a-pok’-ri-fal gos’-pels] The introduction to the third canonical Gospel shows that in the days of the writer, when the apostles of the
Clash of Culture Christianity vs. Rome
First Century AD Christianity found itself at odds with the culture, which dominated the Roman Empire at the time. Just as the Jewish Maccabees rejected
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT: A Defender of Christianity?
[A.D. 272 – 337.] Many Christian scholars have given Roman Emperor Constantine the expressions “saint,” “thirteenth apostle,” “holy equal of the apostles”; while others describe
Were Jesus, the Apostles, and the Early Christians Illiterate, Uneducated?
In recent years, a number of scholars have suggested that Jesus could not read, and that in all likelihood none of his disciples could read
The Apostle Paul’s Writings and His Character
James Stalker and updated by … It has been mentioned that the third missionary journey closed with a flying visit to the churches of Greece. This
