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Followers of Jesus as the messiah trace the origin of the term Christian to the church established at Antioch. The first church was founded by Jesus Christ, before Pentecost on a mountain top with the disciples while Christ was still alive. According to verses 19–26 of Acts 11, Barnabas went to Tarsus in search of Saul and brought him to ...
The Patriarch of Antioch was the head of the Church of Antioch. According to tradition , the bishopric of Antioch was established by Saint Peter in the 1st century AD and was later elevated to the status of patriarchate by the First Council of Nicaea in 325. [ 1 ]
The ancient Christian churches all venerate Peter as a major saint and the founder of the Church of Antioch and the Church of Rome, [1] but they differ in their attitudes regarding the authority of his successors. According to Catholic teaching, Jesus promised Peter a special position in the Church. [7]
Ignatius' feast day was kept in his own Antioch on 17 October, the day on which he is now celebrated in the Catholic Church and generally in western Christianity, although from the 12th century until 1969 it was put at 1 February in the General Roman Calendar. [15] [16] In the Eastern Orthodox Church it is observed on 20 December. [17]
The church in Antioch was the first to be called "Christian," according to Acts. [1] According to tradition, Saint Peter established the church in Antioch which was the first major Christian area before the 4th century and was the city's first bishop, [2] before going to Rome to found the Church there.
According to Acts 11:26, Antioch was where the followers were first called Christians. Peter was later martyred in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire. The apostles went on to spread the message of the Gospel around the classical world and founded apostolic sees around the early centers of Christianity. The last apostle to die was John in c. 100.
“By the word of the Lord were the heavens established, and by his spirit all their power." Since then the Word establishes, that is to say, gives body and grants the reality of being, and the Spirit gives order and form to the diversity of the powers; rightly and fittingly is the Word called the Son, and the Spirit the Wisdom of God.
Julian moved to Antioch in 362, soon after becoming the sole ruler of the eastern empire, following the death of Constantius II.He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, and chose Antioch as his headquarters, partly to lay plans for his proposed campaign against the Persians and partly to further his attempt to restore the eastern empire to Hellenism.