Jerusalem church

E207969

The Jerusalem church was the earliest community of Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem, serving as the original center of the Christian movement and apostolic leadership in the first century.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Jerusalem church canonical 9
Church of Jerusalem 3
Jerusalem Christian community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church ⓘ
apostolic community ⓘ
early Christian community ⓘ
associatedWith James the Just ⓘ
Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

John the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John

Peter the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter
basedOnBelief messiahship of Jesus ⓘ
resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
country Roman Judea ⓘ
dateOfEvent Council of Jerusalem, circa 48–50 CE ⓘ
decidedOn Gentile admission without full Torah observance ⓘ
ethnicComposition primarily Jewish followers of Jesus ⓘ
experienced internal debates over Gentile converts ⓘ
persecution by some Jewish authorities ⓘ
foundedBy Jesus’ disciples ⓘ
linked to: Apostles

apostles of Jesus ⓘ
governedBy apostles ⓘ
elders ⓘ
hadMeetingPlace Temple courts in Jerusalem ⓘ
private houses in Jerusalem ⓘ
hostedEvent Council of Jerusalem ⓘ
influenced Pauline communities ⓘ
mission to the Gentiles ⓘ
languageUsed Aramaic ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
ledBy James the Just as key leader ⓘ
linked to: James the Just

Peter in early phase ⓘ
legacy foundation of global Christian church ⓘ
location Jerusalem ⓘ
observed Jewish law ⓘ
Temple worship ⓘ
practicedRite baptism ⓘ
breaking of bread ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
recognizedAs mother church of early Christianity ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
role center of apostolic leadership ⓘ
earliest community of Jesus’ followers ⓘ
original center of the Christian movement ⓘ
scripturalSource Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles
sentMissionariesTo Antioch ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
various regions of the Roman Empire ⓘ
statusAfter70CE declined following destruction of the Temple ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Silas → origin → Jerusalem church ⓘ
Pillars of the Church → geographicalContext → Jerusalem Church ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem church
Barnabas the Apostle → associatedWith → church at Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem church
James of Jerusalem → associatedWith → Jerusalem church ⓘ
Barnabas → associatedWith → Jerusalem church ⓘ
subject linked to: Joseph
Juvenal of Jerusalem → church → Church of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem church
Saint Peter → leadershipRoleIn → Jerusalem church ⓘ
subject linked to: St Peter
Alexander of Jerusalem → coLeaderOf → Church of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem church
Adeeb Joudeh → memberOf → Jerusalem Christian community ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem church
Bar-Nabas → associatedWith → Jerusalem church ⓘ
Jewish Christianity → associatedWith → Jerusalem church ⓘ
Hypomnemata → geographicalFocus → Jerusalem church ⓘ
Silas → selectedBy → Jerusalem church ⓘ
subject linked to: Silas of the Book of Acts
Nazarenes → relatedTo → Jerusalem church ⓘ
Anaphora of St. James → associatedWithChurch → Church of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem church