CHRISTIANITY The Ag & Paul's Journeys 46-51 CE — first missionary journey aD 46~48 CE — Second missionary journey AD 48-51 CE 24 vue Ace or tie Arosries was the period from the start of the ministry of Jesus to the death of the last Apostle, John, inc. 100 CE. During this formative period early Christ communities evolved in ‘Jerusalem, Antioch in Syria, and elsewhere while the Apostes spread their message throughout the classical world: rnone more so than the man who in effect be- ‘came Christianity’s second founder. Saul of Tarsus, born in Asia Minor, was both a Jew and a Roman citizen, who was brought up ‘asa Pharisce, He responded to the emergence of the Jesus movement by becoming an enforcer of Pharisaic orthodoxy, traveling from synagogue to synagogue, preaching the persecution of Jews who believed Jesus to be a messiah. Traveling to Damascus on such a journey in c. 36 CE, Saul was struck blind and heard the voice of Jesus e of the Apostles: St Paul’s Journeys ask why he was persecuting him mative experience made him aC, i ag sition he marked by changing hy Ista, a tay Tealso\gave him a\radical convict gracesif he,a persecutor, could bef ©%% one could be, Jew and Gentile aise A decade later, he began trave)i this message. Paull’ first missions wee Cyprus, and Cilicia in the vicinity o 4. 0°" Y Of his home town of Tarsus, He had trained a5 and used his trade to work his assay. 1 cia) coat i Chl febeintijand Philipp!) and) Italy reac Bea ASicil Hugely resi ateributed his survival of beatings, shiny’ and imprisonments to the power a fee Mcaniierplertedcol the full the vac proved freedom of travel and comin hipwrecks, ce of ly imsy the Pax Romana to seed a network. 3m outposts, and then nurture, en- d knit them together with his copi- passioned correspondence. ers to the embryonic Christian his tutelary guidance pre- tes that would later wrack the ch, Paul even accused Peter of vh tter to Galatians, sometimes : other preachers on his travels, and wealthier patrons of the Corin unity for eating apart from their en. ng his mission, he returned Of five times, and was fre- y assuage the criticisms of those hat Christianity should not be with Peter, who assumed responsibility for Jew- ish Christians, giving sanction to Paul’s mission amongst the Gentiles. But on his final visit to Jerusalem, Paul was arrested, apparently for ac- companying one of his converts into an area of the Temple forbidden to Gentiles. He was able to use his citizenship to persuade the Jewish au- thorities to transfer his case to Rome, and made his final journey there as a prisoner. The circumstances of Paul’s death remain a mystery. He was imprisoned in Rome in 64 CE, when the Emperor Nero purged Christians, holding them responsible for the Great Fire that had ravaged much of the city. Some accounts claim Peter was crucified and Paul beheaded during these reprisals; others, more speculative, that Paul managed a final mission to Spain be- fore returning to Rome and execution. IN THE BEGINNING dmissionary journey 54-56 CE fina journey 61-62 CE