Who was the disciple of Jesus who helped spread christianity in the Roman Empire for 30 years?

Answer 1

His name was originally Saul but became known as Saint Paul. He came from the Greek city of Tarsus in southeastern Asia Minor and belonged to the Diaspora who were the millions of Jews living outside of Palestine.

He was the first to move and teach Christianity among the Gentiles (non-Jews) because he believed that the Christian message applied to all peoples. He was the one who disentangled Christianity from a Jewish sociocultural context so that neither the Gentiles or the Jews were bound by the hundreds of rituals and rules that contituted Mosaic Law. He felt that love and faith in Christ was the avenue to God and salvation, not the Law of Moses.

Peter was actually the Apostle who founded the Roman see (official seat of authority) which is where the Pope serves from. The reason the Pope was established in Rome comes from Matthew 16:18 where Jesus says to Simon (also called Peter) "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." Since Peter means "rock" in Greek, it was argued that Christ had chosen Peter to succeed him as ruler of the universal church.

Answer 2

St. Paul spread the message of Christainity across the Roman Empire for many years, but he never was an actual disciple and he never actually met Christ. Still, for some reason I think this is the answer to your question.

Answer 3

I believe that may have been Peter.