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Paul declared that "Christ is the end of the law", [371] exalted the Christian church as the body of Christ, and depicted the world outside the Church as under judgment. [45] Paul's writings include the earliest reference to the "Lord's Supper", [ 372 ] a rite traditionally identified as the Christian communion or Eucharist .
Paul's journey to Macedonia Acts 20:1-2; 2Cor 2:13 56 (Beginning of the year:) Paul's last stay in Corinth (Acts 20,2–3) 56 (Early summer:) Paul's arrival in Jerusalem Acts 21 56–58 Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea Acts 23–24 58 Change of office Felix/Festus Acts 24,27 59 Paul's arrival in Rome Acts 28,11ff 64 Death of Peter and Paul -
Christianity in the 1st century continued the practice of female Christian headcovering (from the age of puberty onward), with early Christian apologist Tertullian referencing 1 Corinthians 11:2–10 and stating "So, too, did the Corinthians themselves understand [Paul]. In fact, at this day the Corinthians do veil their virgins.
[35] [36] The letters of the Apostle Paul sent to the early Christian communities were circulating in collected form by the end of the first century. [37] At the Council of Jerusalem, (c. 49), the Jerusalem church gathered to address whether the increasing numbers of non-Jews needed to follow Jewish law. [38]
There is also no mention of Peter in Rome later during Paul's two-year stay there in Acts 28, about 60–62. Most likely he did not spend any major time at Rome before 58 when Paul wrote to the Romans, and so it may have been only in the 60s and relatively shortly before his martyrdom that Peter came to the capital. [125]
Paul's "Road to Damascus" conversion to "Apostle to the Gentiles" is first recorded in Acts 9:13–16, cf. Gal 1:11–24; Peter baptizes the Roman Centurion Cornelius, who is traditionally considered the first Gentile convert to Christianity ; The Antioch church is founded, where the term Christian was first used
Paul's conversion on the Road to Damascus is first recorded in Acts 9:13–16. Peter baptized the Roman centurion Cornelius, traditionally considered the first Gentile convert to Christianity, in Acts 10. Based on this, the Antioch church was founded. It is also believed that it was there that the term Christian was coined. [17]
1539 – Together with two friends Ignatius of Loyola forms the Society of Jesus which is approved by Pope Paul III one year later. 1540 – Franciscans arrive in Trinidad and are killed by cannibals; 1541 – Franciscans begin establishing missions in California; 1542 – Francis Xavier goes to Portuguese colony of Goa in West India; [121]