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Formation and Struggles: The Church AD 33–450, Part 1: The Birth of the Church AD 33–200 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This study of the formation of the church begins with the earliest Christian community in Jerusalem, led by Jesus’ disciples, and ends with the expansion of Christianity into various regions of the Roman Empire. Tracing the growing pains of the church from its birth through its separation from Judaism, to its struggle against Gnostic and pagan influences, the author demonstrates how early...

His mother Mary is mentioned by name in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) as well as in the Book of Acts. Her name appears in Luke about thirteen times, in Mark only once (Mark 6:30). Matthew and Luke tell us that the birth took place in Bethlehem during the reign of Herod (Matt 2:1; Luke 1:5, 2:4–6). Jesus was brought up in Nazareth (Matt 2:23, Luke 2:39). Around AD 27 Jesus withdrew into the Judean desert and was baptized by John, known as “the Baptist” in Jewish and Christian sources.
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