Council of Jerusalem

The council of Jerusalem was a Christian Apostolic Age council that was held in Jerusalem and dated to around the year 50 AD. It is considered to be one of the more important and special council among the ancient “pre-ecumenical councils” in that it is considered by Catholics and Orthodox to be a blueprint or a stencil of the later Ecumenical Councils and a key part of Christian ethics. The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the Law of Moses including

The council of Jerusalem was called because there was an issue about the circumcision of non-Jews or Christian converts. People were denying the access of circumcision as an option to Christian converts because they were not the original worshipers of god and most people that were Christian worshipers had been circumcised and they thought that all Christians needed to be circumcised. They went to the church to see what would be allowed. Most people didn’t think that they should be able to have the

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Although it seems that Acts 15 and Galatians 2 record the same event, that is not the case. In the book of Acts, specifically Acts 15, Peter is in Jerusalem at the Jerusalem council. In Galatians 2, Paul speaks about his second journey to Jerusalem. The events that occurred in Galatians also relates to the events in Acts. The main question while analyzing both chapters is: Does it record the same event? There has been speculation that it is the same event told in both chapters, but it is evident

journeys following the Council of Jerusalem found in Acts 15. Similar speech is given in Galatians 2:1-10 making this opinion plausible. (Porter 2016:187). On the contrary, if the destination was South Galatia, then the letter could have been written much earlier; as early as Paul’s first missionary journey in fact. This would then place the letter prior to the Council of Jerusalem. If the epistle was written at this time, Galatians 2:1-10 could be referencing Paul’s visit to Jerusalem found in Acts 11:27-20

carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers - James, Joseph (Joses/John), Simon and Judas” (NLT). Prior to the resurrection of Jesus, James was not a believer, but after the resurrection of Jesus, James became a pillar in the Jerusalem church. Furthermore, it is important to understand who James's wrote this letter to. The letter is addressed to

The apostle Peter, stood to preach his first sermon, recalling and proclaiming that the prophetic Scripture from Joel is being fulfilled before their eyes. “In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh...and they shall prophesy Acts 2:18. “Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, shall be saved” Acts 2:21. Peter addresses the crowd as Israelites, re-kindling the memories of their heritage and covenant with God, as a precursor to talking about the

disseminated prior to the Acts 15 event. This would most likely dictate the locale of the Galatians being in the South and requires the Jerusalem gathering referred to in 2:1–10 took place during the famine relief visit mentioned in Acts 11, that is if one sees Acts 11 as an actual distinct event. However, the preponderance of scholarly position seems to place the Acts 15 council session in association with the Gal. 2 passage and assume that the dating of Galatians occurs after this event. Undoubtedly

adhere to their laws as established by Moses, wherein they were forbidden from eating certain foods and required that all males be circumcised. McRay states, “During that time some men came from Jerusalem and tried to lay upon the Gentiles an even more stringent requirement than the earlier Jerusalem emissaries had done. It was no longer simply a matter of requiring the Gentiles to observe Jewish food laws in order to maintain fellowship with Jewish Christians. They were now demanding that Gentiles

Paul, a Liar?! If Yeshua had in fact been referring to Paul as a false apostle and liar in the book of Revelation, how is it he was a liar? Obviously, the claim of apostleship itself might be considered a lie. But in my thinking, the label of "liar" implies a person who uses conscious intent to deceive. When Paul called himself an apostle, I believe he really thought he was one. Therefore I would have a hard time actually labeling him as a liar on those grounds alone. I would call him conceited and