saint paul is known as the apostle of the gentiles.
who is known as the apostle of the gentiles?
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the greek "ethnos" where translated as "gentile" in the context of early christianity implied non-israelite. jesus himself in gospel of matthew forbade his disciples from preaching onto the gentiles in :





























later on with the ministry of saint paul the apostle the gospel began to be spread among the non-jewish subjects of the roman empire. a question existed among the disciples whether receiving the holy spirit through proselytization would be restricted to israelites or whether it would include the gentiles as in :
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some of the early christian communities also attracted gentile god-fearers. the inclusion of gentiles posed a problem, as they could not fully observe the halakha. saul of tarsus, commonly known as paul the apostle, persecuted the early jewish christians, then converted and started proselytizing among the gentiles. the main concern of paul's letters is the inclusion of gentiles into god's new covenant, deeming faith in christ sufficient for righteousness. due to this inclusion of gentiles, early christianity gradually grew apart from judaism during the first two centuries of the christian era; it established itself as a predominantly gentile religion in the roman empire.
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