This sub-thread confirms the nature of monotheistic religion as basis of ETHNO-NATIONAL resistance in its origins.
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From: Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com>
Date: 13/09/2018 17:46 (GMT+00:00)
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: THOUGHT FOR TODAY:. On
The earliest followers and believers of Jesus' teachings were first called simply the "disciples of Jesus", all Jews. They could have been called Jesui(s)ts! . Only after His death and Resurrection could they have been properly referred to as "disciples of Jesus Christ". It was after the release of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and preaching the Good News more broadly (in obedience to the Great Commission) - and contentions between fiery Paul and the temporarily hypocritical Peter - were Gentiles fully admitted into the Body of Believers.
But as to the term Christians,
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The first recorded use of the term (Christian) (or its cognates in other languages) is in the New Testament, in Acts 11:26,[28] after Barnabas brought Saul (Paul) to Antioch where they taught the disciples for about a year, the text says: "[...] the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." The second mention of the term follows in Acts 26:28,[29] where Herod Agrippa II replied to Paul the Apostle, "Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." The third and final New Testament reference to the term is in 1 Peter 4:16, which exhorts believers: "Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf."[30]
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And there you have it. Few questions are trite, and certainly never yours.
Bolaji Aluko
On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) <emeagwali@ccsu.edu> wrote:
--" other jews were his followers."
I forgot to ask. Were these followers Jews or Christians?
I know this may sound trite.
Gloria
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