Fearful followers of Jesus refused to accept him in the last moments of Jesus for fear of the authorities, but shortly after Jesus' death, the twelve main disciples of Jesus Christ began to preach Christianity. These disciples carried the message of Jesus Christ to Jews and non-Jews almost independently of each other.
Due to this many forms of the teachings of Jesus Christ became popular. These 12 disciples appointed their respective successors whom 'Bishop' was called In those days there was a Christian saint named Saint Paulus or Saint Paul. He was not among the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, but he was recognized in the Jewish world as 'Gospel The greatest success was achieved in promoting '. Gospels refer to the good news that Jesus Christ gave. This good message is- 'The kingdom of God is coming on earth'
Many people think that the Christianity that Saint Paul preached is very different from the teachings of Jesus. Saint Paul was a capable and learned man, but he was not a social rebel like Jesus. That is, Paul did not criticize the social traditions and beliefs of the Jews and focused himself only on theological teachings.
Paul was successful in his aim and the work of preaching Christianity began to progress. In no time, Christianity left Jerusalem and reached Rome. However, Saint Peter, the chief disciple of Jesus Christ, founded the church in Rome and Saint Peter appointed one of his disciples as bishop there. Yet the Christianity that was preached in Rome was preached by Saint Paul.
The Creation of the Bible
There are three major religious texts of the Jews called Tanakh, Talmud and Midrash. The Tanakh was composed about 1300 years before Christ and was subject to changes from time to time. A large part of this book was written by Moses. The creation of the Bible is based on the Tanakh called the 'Old Testament' of the Bible That is, called the Old Testament. It is called 'Talmud' and 'Taura' also say. The New Testament of the Bible between AD 50 to AD 100 i.e. 'New Testament' was written. It is also called 'Gospel'.
It contains the biography of Jesus Christ and the description of his teachings. Its native language 'Aram' and 'Greek' Was. The New Testament was written by four disciples of Jesus Christ, whose names are as follows - Matthew, Luke, John and Mark. Beginning of Christianity 'New Testament' considered from. The New Testament is the second part or latter half of the Bible that contains the biography, teachings, and preaching of Jesus Christ by his disciples.
There are 27 books in the New Testament, which are divided into three parts - (1) Gospels - four, (2) Acts - one and (3.) Epistle - twenty-two. Of the twenty-two epistles, 14 are related to Paul, 7 to Catholicism and 1 to Ilham. These 27 books of the New Testament are almost universally recognized in Christianity.
In AD 400, Saint Jerome presented a translation of the Bible into the 'Latin' language. This is called 'Vulgata' is called. This form of the Bible prevailed for centuries. The Catholic Bible has 46 texts in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The Protestant Bible has 39 texts in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The Orthodox Bible contains 49 texts in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
Gospel
In Christianity, the Gospel or Gospel, also known as Scripture in Islam, refers to the news of the coming of God's reign. It is basically a narrative story telling the story of Jesus Christ, his birth, his life, his crucifixion and resurrection. In various translations of the Bible it has also been referred to as the Good News, which is derived from the Greek word 'euangelion' translated into Old English. The essence of the Gospel narrative is found in the four early versions of the Bible written by four of Jesus' disciples Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Death penalty to Christian preachers
The Romans did not pay any attention to Christianity in the beginning. He understood that this too would be a sect of Judaism. Gradually the courage of Christians started increasing. He became an opponent of all other faiths. They refused to worship the images of ancient Roman gods and goddesses. Even the emperor of Rome refused to worship the idol.
So the Romans began to think of Christians as quarrelsome and narrow-minded. Not bowing down before the statue of the emperor was considered treason and for this many Christians were given the death penalty. Christians were also opposed to fighting between animals and humans for the purpose of entertainment.
Whereas it was thousands of years old tradition of the Roman people and by this time it had taken the form of religion for the Romans. Due to this Christian preachers were persecuted both by the state and the subjects and their properties were confiscated. Many Christians were thrown before the lions.
Androclus and the Lion
The story of a young monk and a lion is found in Roman Christian literature, which has been written very poignantly by the British author George Bernard Shaw in his famous play 'Androclus and the Lion'. This story throws light on the Roman civilization of that period and also depicts the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire in the first three centuries of Christ.
According to this story, a Christian monk named Androclus once found a lion in the forest with a thorn in his fore leg, due to which he was walking lame and was moaning in pain. Androclus was afraid of the lion, but when he saw the lion licking his paw repeatedly and moaning in pain, Androclus courageously removed the thorn from the lion's paw.
After some time the monk was captured by Roman soldiers on the charge of being a 'Christian' and taken to Rome as a group of slaves. Here the Roman emperor, along with his feudatories, used to sit in the Collegium and watch the battle of slaves. During this fight, the slaves' bodies used to flow out of blood and their limbs kept falling to the ground till they were alive.
Roman emperors and citizens were very happy to see those slaves in agony. If a slave refused to fight, he was released in the arena before a hungry lion, and the Romans would watch the lion pounce on the slave-man and eat his rags. The Christian monk Androclus was also brought to the same colosseum and asked to fight with another man.
The slender Androclus refused to fight. On this Androclus was pushed before the hungry lion. The hungry lion locked in the cage roared and jumped into the arena, but as soon as the lion saw that sadhu, he sat down with his paws down and extended his paw towards the sadhu.
The emperor was very surprised to see this scene, he freed Androclus and the lion. The Christian monk took that lion towards the forest.
Sacrifice for Dharma
Christian preachers considered these atrocities being committed by the Roman rulers as necessary sacrifices for religion and they gladly agreed to lay down their lives. This patient conduct of the Christian missionaries impressed the Romans and they began to listen to the Christians, as a result of which many Romans left their ancient religion to become Christian.