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1 | Name of first Chirstinas 0-33 AD? | Acts 11:26 | angel77715 | 14743 | ||
What name were the Christ followers of the early church called during the years following Christ's birth? | ||||||
2 | Name of first Chirstinas 0-33 AD? | Acts 11:26 | Makarios | 14744 | ||
Hello angel77715! Acts 11:26 states, "When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year the two met with the people of the church and taught a large group. It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians." (Today's English Version) Before this time, I do not believe that the disciples of Christ referred to themselves in any other way than as simply the "disciples of Christ." If my memory is correct, the term "Christian" was at first a 'derogatory' term used by the Jewish and Roman authorities of the day, and it was only later adopted by the disciples while they faced persecution as recorded in the Book of Acts. --Nolan --Nolan |
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3 | Name of first Chirstinas 0-33 AD? | Acts 11:26 | Searcher56 | 14754 | ||
Yes, Nolan, I also heard that "Christian" was at first a derogatory term. They were also known as "the Way" (Acts 9:2). Throughout Acts we see words like apostles and believers. Steve | ||||||
4 | Name of first Chirstinas 0-33 AD? | Acts 11:26 | Bill Mc | 14756 | ||
Good catch, Steve, they were indeed refered to as belonging to the Way. In fact, many people in the world still consider us as 'in the Way' :) In Him, Bill Mc |
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5 | Name of first Chirstinas 0-33 AD? | Acts 11:26 | Hank | 14762 | ||
Good line, Bill Mc, about people in the world who still consider Christians "in the Way." I like your application, and would add that may we Christians ever be "in the way" of Satan's devices to deceive and delude the world into thinking that his way is the way to health, wealth and happiness. We who know Christ know a peace and joy that the world cannot match and a richness of life and love whose depth the world cannot fathom. The hedge that God puts around His people is not to keep them penned in but to protect them from the evil without. --Hank | ||||||