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1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, edit Full Text of Acts 10
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Acts 10 recounts the story of the conversion of the Gentile (non-Jew) Cornelius, with the apostle Peter as a witness. It is a very significant story because it paved the way for non-Jews to enter the church.
The story of Cornelius
The implications of Acts 10 for the church
Acts 10 was a turning point for the early church. Through the events Peter learnt that it is God who determines what is clean and unclean (Acts 10:15), and that God considers non-Jews clean (Acts 10:28). In particular, because Gentiles received the Holy Spirit in the same visible way that the early believers did in Acts 2 at Pentecost, this showed that the Gentiles were welcomed into the church by God (Acts 11:17) on an equal footing with Jews (Galatians 3:28).
This discovery by the early church removed the subconscious barrier for Gentiles to become followers of Jesus and it helped form the understanding that salvation was through justification by faith alone, and not through obedience to the Law - that is, circumcision and obedience to the Mosaic Law was not required for Gentile believers. By opening the doors of the chruch to non-Jews, it opened the way for Paul's missionary journeys throughout Asia (modern-day Turkey) and Greece to the Gentiles and ultimately resulted in non-Jews becoming the dominant force within the church.
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