whether or not they had to keep Jewish laws.
the need for all to be baptized.
at what age a boy should be circumcised.
the social role of nuns.
...From my understanding, baptism replaced circumcision religiously...Which one of those above is correct?
2007-03-03 11:42:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The choices are after the question and before my little attemp at process of elimination at the bottom
2007-03-03 11:43:56 · update #1
Kate, its about early Christians, not a debate between Jews accepting Christ or not.
2007-03-03 12:42:46 · update #2
whether or not they had to keep Jewish laws.
Baptism was an accepted rite that did indeed take the place of circumcision, thus option #3 is not valid.
And nuns weren't introduced for many years, so that wasn't even an issue.
2007-03-03 11:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by AirborneSaint 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jewish laws.
That's it.
Nuns didn't appear until the 4th century, there is no record of any debate concerning the need for baptism, the age of circumcision was established by Jewish custom.
Whether or not to keep the Jewish laws was an issue. According to Judaism, Gentiles were only responsible for keeping the laws delivered to Noah. They were not expected to keep the Mosaic Law, and they were not expected to convert to Judaism. The early Church had to decide whether or not Gentiles could become Christians directly, or whether or not Christianity should be considered a Jewish sect, requiring adherance to the Mosaic Law.
2007-03-03 11:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nuns weren't "around" at that time.
It was whether or not they needed to keep Jewish laws.
Actually it was whether or not the Gentiles needed to be circumcised physically in order to be considered followers of Christ.
The "debate" is described in Acts, but I can't find it right off the bat, but I did find another reference to it in Romans 2: 25-29.
2007-03-03 11:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was whether or they early Christians who were not Jewish had to keep the Jewish laws. The importance of this decision was that Christianity was not just another sect of the Jewish religion, but something new.
2007-03-03 11:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by Deus Luminarium 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Acts the first biggest debate was whether Gentiles should be accepted in the new faith at all. Then the question was which Jewish laws should be kept.
2007-03-03 11:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
nermil is right - it was the debate over whether to keep the Jewish law in addition to their faith in Christ. Much of Paul's ministry addressed these issues of Law versus Grace.
2007-03-03 11:48:10 · answer #6 · answered by wd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The biggest debate was about the spiritual/physiological person Christ was...
Was Christ a man and a God at all times? Was Christ Divine at sometimes and human at others?
2007-03-03 19:46:03 · answer #7 · answered by pyramids18 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were many many debates. whether Jesus was actual God incarnate or the 'son' of God,
whether to tag the Jewish laws, or Old Testament on the books about Jesus at all....
2007-03-03 11:47:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
gee chris, i am going to have to go with
A-whether or not they had to keep Jewish laws
2007-03-03 11:46:03 · answer #9 · answered by nermil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above. The divinity of Jesus was the big one.
2007-03-03 11:51:29 · answer #10 · answered by Kate 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋