Faith Journey of Christians

• After Pentecost the Apostles started to preach
• Preaching is the process of transmitting, spreading, teaching about the Gospel / Christian Faith
• Evangelization was recorded in Acts of the Apostles
• The Jewish Authorities hated Jesus, regarding him as a rebel and insane
• They said Jesus was a false prophet
• The Jewish Authorities also hated his followers, disciples, and apostles (aka the Christians)
• The Apostles chose "helpers", later on Leaders of Christian Communities
• The helpers of the Apostles are bishops, elders, and deacons
• Timothy was a diocese
• St. Stephen was stoned to death under surveillance of Saul, a persecutor of Christians who later converted to Paul
• Their evangelization efforts strengthened with the start of St. Paul's ministry
• St. Paul, along with the 12 Apostles, institutionalized Christianity as a religion
• Paul was outstanding in his studies.
• Paul was eloquent in debating and philosophy
• Paul was well-versed in Hebrew, Armaic, Greek and Latin
• Paul together with Peter had 4 major missionary routes, dream -> Rome
• Paul was a brilliant apostle
• Paul's solution was to accept Rome
• Palestinian Christians were former followers of Judaism who wanted to impose Jewish traditions / customs
• Gentile means not a Jew
• Gentile Christians / Cowers were former atheists or pagans
• Examples of Jewish traditions are eating the prescribed diet, circumcision and no marine creatures with gills / scales
• Early Christians were accused of being "cannibals"
• Early Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire
• A persecution done to the Early Christians was being fed to the lions
• Paul and Peter dreamed to go to Rome to convert the Emperor in the whole world
• Gentiles disagreed with their different beliefs, making them separated