From Jesus to Christ (1st and 2nd centuries)
When | Where | What | Judaism | Gentiles |
4 BCE- 30CE
0 - 33 CE |
Galilee / Jerusalem | Life of Jesus | Jewish apostles / followers | xxx |
after death of Jesus: | on road to Damascus (?) | Paul's conversion; subsequent gospel to the Gentiles | Paul is Jewish, preaching gospel in synagogue setting | gradual opening toward Gentiles |
49/50 CE | Jerusalem | Apostle's council in Jerusalem | Jewish followers & | Gentiles |
50s - 60s | Asia Minor / Greece / Rome | Paul's letters | Jewish followers & | Gentiles |
before 70 CE | death of first generation of leadership | Jewish followers & | Gentiles | |
66-70 | Jerusalem / Judea | Roman Jewish War | destruction of Temple; devastation of Jerusalem and Judea / Jewish Jesus movement decimated | spread of Gentile church |
70 | ? (Rome?) | Gospel of Mark | toward gentiles | |
80s | Gospel of Matthew | growing tensions b/w Jesus movement and traditional Jews | ||
80s |
Gospel of Luke |
toward gentiles | ||
ca. 90 -110 | Gospel of John | gradual break between synagogue and church | ||
ca. 120 | Asia Minor | Ignatius | first use of the word "Christianity" | |
Second century and beyond... | Ebionites (keeping Jewish law; Jesus seen as Messiah) |