Gentile Christians

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Gentile Christians were non-Jewish followers of Jesus in the early Christian movement who joined the church without fully adopting Jewish law and customs.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gentile Christianity 1
Gentile Christians canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian community ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
accepted baptism ⓘ
faith in Christ as basis of inclusion ⓘ
adheredTo gospel of Jesus Christ ⓘ
associatedWith Apostle Paul ⓘ
believedIn one God of Israel through Christ ⓘ
resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
centralIssueIn Council of Jerusalem ⓘ
contributedTo diversification of early Christianity ⓘ
spread of Christianity in Greco-Roman world ⓘ
debatedOver Sabbath observance ⓘ
food laws ⓘ
observance of Mosaic Law ⓘ
requirement of circumcision ⓘ
didNotFullyAdopt Jewish customs ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
distinctFrom Jewish Christians ⓘ
emergedIn 1st century CE ⓘ
ethnicity non-Jewish ⓘ
evangelizedBy Apostle Paul ⓘ
Apostle Peter ⓘ
early Christian missionaries ⓘ
follows Jesus Christ ⓘ
geographicDistribution Antioch ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
languageContext Greek-speaking environment ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles
notRequiredTo be circumcised according to Jewish law ⓘ
keep full Mosaic ceremonial law ⓘ
observed Christian baptism ⓘ
Lord's Supper ⓘ
linked to: Holy Eucharist
partOf early Christian movement ⓘ
recognizedBy New Testament ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
socialBackground God-fearers ⓘ
former pagans ⓘ
subjectOf 1 Corinthians ⓘ
Colossians ⓘ
Ephesians ⓘ
Galatians ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
theologicalSignificance expansion of church beyond Judaism ⓘ
inclusion of Gentiles in people of God ⓘ
worshipedIn house churches ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Jerusalem → imposedRequirementOn → Gentile Christians ⓘ
Jewish Christianity → contrastedWith → Gentile Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Gentile Christians