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After the rebuilding of Jerusalem, the Bible is quiet on the state of Israel and its people until the coming of [[John the Baptist]] who announced the way for [[Jesus]] in the [[New Testament]]. The Gospels and book of Acts describe the earthly life of Jesus and describe his followers. His closest followers were known as the 12 [[apostles]] and include men such as [[apostle Peter|Peter]], [[apostle John|John]] and [[apostle Paul|Paul]], all of whom were instrumental in the early church.
The apostles and the early Christians stories were recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, the first book to follow the Gospels in the New Testamant.
====Traditional Beliefs of the 12 Apostles and Early Christianity====* '''Thomas'''. According to tradition, the apostle Thomas traveled to India and brought the Christian faith the country. The community is today called St. Thomas Christians. According to tradition as well as the faith of the Coptic church, the apostle Mark is said to have introduced Christianity to Egypt.[1]
* '''Mark'''. In the faith and traditions of the [[Coptic Church]], the apostle Mark is said to have introduced Christianity to Egypt.[2] * '''Jude Thaddeus and Bartholomew'''. The [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] holds that they brought Christianity to Armenia.[3] * '''Matthew and Bartholomew'''. The [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] has the tradition that they introduced Christianity to the Ethiopian people.[4] * '''Philip'''. The ''Acts of Apostles'' has the narrative of Philip converting to Christianity an Ethiopian treasurer who was visiting what is now Israel. There is some reason to believe Christianity may have first been introduced to Ethiopia with that event:<blockquote>Then the angel of the Lord said to Philip, ''Start out and go south to the road that leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza.''</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>So he set out and was on his way when he caught sight of an Ethiopian. </blockquote> <blockquote>This man was a eunuch, a high official of the Kandake (Candace) Queen of Ethiopia in charge of all her treasure.'' </blockquote><blockquote>(Acts, 8:26–27)</blockquote> * '''James'''. According to Spanish tradition, he brought Christianity to Spain. He is the patron saint of Spain.[5] * '''Peter'''. Peter was Patriarch of Antioch, in what is now Syria.[6] * '''John'''. According to tradition, John worked with the first Christians in Ephesus, in what is now Turkey.[7] * '''Andrew'''. According to tradition, Andrew brought Christianity to what is now modern-day Ukraine, along the coast of the Black Sea. It was is held that he travelled up the Dnieper River to what is now Kiev. He is the patron saint of Ukraine and Russia.[8] * '''Simon'''. Simon the Zealot was claimed to have brought Christianity to Great Britain.Nikephoros I of Constantinople wrote: <blockquote>Simon born in Cana of Galilee who for his fervent affection for his Master and great zeal that he showed by all means to the Gospel, was surnamed Zelotes, having received the Holy Ghost from above, travelled through Egypt, and Africa, then through Mauretania and all Libya, preaching the Gospel. And the same doctrine he taught to the Occidental Sea, and the Isles called Britanniae.[9]</blockquote> * '''Matthias'''. After the suicide of Judas Iscariot, Matthias became the 12th apostle. According to tradition, especially among the Greek Orthodox, Matthais brought Christianity to the mountainous region of what is now Central Turkey.[10] The missionary work and introduction of Christianity to different parts of the world by the apostles is composed a great deal by traditional beliefs in individual Christian communities that trace their knowledge of Christianity to different apostles. However, the beliefs are not required beliefs for the entire Christian community ==VideoReferences==<YouTube>[1]https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/St._Thomas_the_Apostle title[2]https://copticorthodoxanswers.org/st-mark-founder-of-coptic-church/#:~:text=Paul the Apostle Full MovieMark%2C%20the%20Founder,his%20pure%20blood%20through%20martyrdom. [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church [5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great http[6]https://wwwen.youtubewikipedia.comorg/wiki/watch?v=t5FhLQhDsk0Saint_Peter&rel=1embed_source_url=http[7]https://wwwen.youtubewikipedia.comorg/vwiki/t5FhLQhDsk0John_the_Apostle &rel=1[8]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostlewrap = yeswidth=500[9]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_the_Zealotheight=400<[10]https://www.britannica.com/biography/YouTube>Saint-Matthias
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