How Christianity entered Europe.

[dana b]

 

[dana b]

Then Christianity continued to spread throughout Europe. When you identify the twelve Christian cultures then these distances between their capital cities becomes relevent. Then these distances measured on a common school atlas become miracles!

 

[John 1720]

Thank you for the map. I think it is helpful.
May God Bless you, Pat

 

[DualWields]

This is really helpful, thanks for sharing.

 

[Spaceman 3]

Then Christianity continued to spread throughout Europe. When you identify the twelve Christian cultures then these distances between their capital cities becomes relevent. Then these distances measured on a common school atlas become miracles!

Wow! Very interesting indeed.

Apart from the reference to Micah, I'm not sure I understand the significance of the other numbers though. Can somebody please explain...?

 

[Donkick]

Yes, what is the significance of the numbers?

 

[Archie the Preacher]

The train of thought in the original post is a little - ah - ill founded. F'rinstance, Paul probably did NOT write 'Hebrews'. Currently, the general thought is Hebrews was written by Apollos - who is recorded as meeting Aquila and Priscilla in Acts 18. (Apollos was later a 'trainee' of Paul, which is why the writing sounds like Paul.)

Also, if I'm recalling correctly the epistles of Paul are not in chronological order, either forward or backwards.

Still, Paul gets the credit for being the first missionary into Europe. No argument there. The book of Acts does record the itinerary of Paul's trips. The book of Acts covers a period of nearly twenty years or so. (Which I didn't know for the longest time.)

As long as I'm being a know-it-all, the second map mentions Noah's Ark landing on Mount Ararat. In fact, the text in Genesis records the landing site as "... one of the mountains of Ararat..." Despite the popular thought, there is no reason to think Noah landed on what is now known as Mt. Ararat.

 

[PaladinValer]

Thread Resurrection of a post that supports bunk ideas of British Israelism.

Let it die.

 

[lesliedellow]

It didn't have to travel very far. It had arrived in Europe when Paul arrived in Macedonia.

 

[Albion]

It didn't have to travel very far. It had arrived in Europe when Paul arrived in Macedonia.

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That's true.

Several other thoughts:

I don't know any historians or Bible scholars who think Paul reached Spain.

There is evidence of Christianity being brought to Britain at about the same time.

 

[ViaCrucis]

The ancient Romans did something that revolutionized the speed of information in the ancient world: Roads.

With a network of roads news and information could spread faster and farther than it ever had before. Christianity took full advantage of this, and so the fledgling faith spread far and wide with astonishing speed.

Because roads.

Not only roads, but the Roman Empire was, by and large, a rather safe place. You could travel miles within the empire and feel relatively safe.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[prodromos]

Because roads.

Not only roads, but the Roman Empire was, by and large, a rather safe place. You could travel miles within the empire and feel relatively safe.

cue quotes from "Life of Brian" - What did the Romans ever do for us?