ORIGIN

•While the main tenets of

Christianity originated with
Jesus Christ, it was His 12
disciples and eventually
apostles, who
institutionalized and
establized the bureaucratic
structures of the religion.
•We see in the book of Acts, the
book after the Gospels, the
accounts of His disciples after
His ascencion to heaven. Fifty
days after His resurrection, the
Holy Spirit, the Third Person of
God, came down upon the
followers of Jesus, in the form of
fire and wind, to inspire them to
spread their leader's teaching.
•The early Christian Church in
Jerusalem was composed of
many Jews. Both Judaism
and Christianity were strong
religions for about 40 years
after Jesus' death, but with
the destruction of the
Second Temple of Jerusalem
in 70 CE, they disappeared.
•Much of the
PaulineEvangelization are
recorded in the Acts and in
his letters in the latter half of
the New Testament.
•Paul traveled along the
Mediterranean, and found out
that non - Jews were more
receptive to Christianity. For Paul,
Jesus is a manifestation of the love
of God. He saw Jesus as a great
teacher, a prophet, the Savior, but
most of all, a divine being.
•There was a tension between
the Torah - observant
Jerusalem Church and the
Christ - based vision of Paul.
In the letter to the Galatians,
Paul argued that salvation
lies in Jesus Christ, and not in
following the law.
•The "fruits of faith" such as "
charity, joy, peace, patience,
kindness,goodness, humility,
self- control, and
faithfulness" are gifts of the
Holy Spirit, and not rewards
from observing the law.