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  2. Council of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council is a council described in chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles, held in Jerusalem c. 48–50 AD.. The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law, such as Jewish dietary laws and other specific rituals, including the rules concerning circumcision of males.

  3. Ancient church councils (pre-ecumenical) - Wikipedia

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    Pre-ecumenical councils, those earlier than AD 325, were mostly local or provincial. Some, held in the second half of the 3rd century, involved more than one province. The sui generis Council of Jerusalem was a meeting, described in the Bible in Acts 15 and possibly in Galatians 2, of the apostles and elders of the local Church in Jerusalem.

  4. Council of Jerusalem (536) - Wikipedia

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    The council met on 19 September 536 in Jerusalem (formally Aelia Capitolina). It conducted its business in Greek. [2] Its acts are preserved in the collection known as the Collectio Sabbaitica. The verdicts of the Council of Constantinople were read into the record and the assembled clergy at Jerusalem discussed all four condemned clerics.

  5. Early bishops of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The early Christian community of Jerusalem was led by a Council of Elders, and considered itself part of the wider Jewish community. [citation needed] This collegiate system of government in Jerusalem is seen in Acts 11:30 and 15:22. Eusebius of Caesarea provides the names of an unbroken succession of thirty-six Bishops of Jerusalem up to the ...

  6. Acts 15 - Wikipedia

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    Acts 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records "the first great controversy in the records of the Christian Church", [1] concerning the necessity of circumcision, Paul and Barnabas traveling to Jerusalem to attend the Council of Jerusalem and the beginning of Paul's second missionary journey. [2]

  7. Circumcision controversy in early Christianity - Wikipedia

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    After the Council of Jerusalem, Paul wrote to the Galatians about the issue, which had become a serious controversy in their region. [5] [7] [9] [10] [12] There was a burgeoning movement of Judaizers in the area that advocated strict adherence to traditional Jewish laws and customs, including circumcision for male converts.

  8. Warmund of Picquigny - Wikipedia

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    The canons of the council served as a sort of concordat between the church of Outremer and the Crusader states. The first canon is a promise by Baldwin to surrender the appropriate tithes to the patriarch, namely those from his own royal estates in Jerusalem, Nablus and Acre. In the second canon, Baldwin requests forgiveness for the tithes he ...

  9. Jerusalem Council - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Jerusalem Council or Council of Jerusalem may refer to: Sanhedrin, assembly in ancient Judaism ...