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The Church of Antioch (Arabic: كنيسة أنطاكية, romanized: kánīsa ʾanṭākiya, pronounced [ka.niː.sa ʔan.tˤaː.ki.ja]) was the first of the five major churches of the early pentarchy in Christianity, with its primary seat in the ancient Greek city of Antioch (present-day Antakya, Turkey). The earliest record of the church of ...
Early Christians referred to themselves as brethren, disciples or saints, but it was in Antioch, according to Acts 11:26, that they were first called Christians (Greek: Christianoi). [39] According to the New Testament, Paul the apostle established Christian communities throughout the Mediterranean world. [36]
Christianity. Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (c. 27 –29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles (c. 100) and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. [citation needed] Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ministry of Jesus.
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.
Evangelized by, among others, Peter himself, according to the tradition upon which the Patriarchate of Antioch [24] still rests its claim for primacy, [25] its converts were the first to be called Christians. [26] This is not to be confused with Antioch in Pisidia, to which Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus later travelled. [27]
The Church of Saint Peter near Antioch (modern-day Antakya), the city where the disciples were called "Christians" [24] The first recorded use of the term (or its cognates in other languages) is in the New Testament, in Acts 11 after Barnabas brought Saul (Paul) to Antioch where they taught the disciples for about a year.
The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. — Acts 11:26 ( New Testament , NIV translation) St Peter and St Paul the Apostle are considered the cofounders of the Patriarchate of Antioch, the former being its first bishop.
Paul[a] also named Saul of Tarsus[b], commonly known as Paul the Apostle[7] and Saint Paul, [8] was a Christian apostle (c. 5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. [9] For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, [8 ...