St. Paul and St. Peter were Jewish and not Christian?! The Christians were not persecuted in Israel? The Christians were not apostates?
2007-04-05 02:04:41 · 7 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The apostles were both Jews and Christians. So yes, "Jews" helped spread Christianity to the West, but so did Christians.
Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism.
2007-04-05 02:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually the apostle were witnesses to Christ Jesus our Lord, when the Jewish hierarchy rejected Him, salvation came to the gentiles as Paul was chosen to bring the gospel to the gentiles. Isaiah 54 speaks of the gentiles being included in the spiritual Israel.
2007-04-13 06:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by sientje8 s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok jesus lived and died a jew and his 12 followers were all jewish. Paul was also jewish. he was originally a religous jew named saul and he was against the movement called Judeo-christians (jews hu thought jesus was the messiah). eventually saul traveled to the galilee to persecute christians and somehow he became a christian himself there (this is many years after jesus was crucified). He helped spread christianity as he was known as "the apostle to the gentiles" meaning that he was the first to actually convert non jews to chrisitianity. before that, there was only judeo-christians. He went to the west and converted many romans who no longer believed in their pagan dieties. It was easy for paul to travel due to the pax romana. This was the time in rome where everyone spoke either latin or greek, they all had common coinage, augustus had wiped the pirates from the sea, cement roads were build and secured, and it was just easy to travel. hence, "jews" did sort of spread christianity to the west. eventually those jews just converted non jews until the religions seperated itself entirely from judaism around 325 CE after the council of nicae VOTED on who jesus was, and what their nex step to power was. Yes, 300 years later, they voted on hu jesus was.
2007-04-06 15:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by NIS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would Judaism have helped spread christianity? Paul strted Christianity. So he spread it.
2007-04-05 09:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the Europian exodus that brought christianity with it. Didn't they all claim the Land for the Lord?
2007-04-05 09:20:07 · answer #5 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they are referring to this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_diaspora
2007-04-05 09:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you breath with something other than your mouth.
2007-04-05 09:12:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋