From Jesus to the Church: The First Christian Generation (Biblia.com)

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Did Jesus intend to found a church separate from Judaism? Who were the very first followers of Jesus? And how did a clash between two families—the family of Jesus on one hand and the family of high priest Annas and their aristocratic allies on the other—eventually lead to the formation of Christianity? In this study, bestselling author Craig A. Evans looks at how a tumultuous chain of events from...

In chapter 1 we asked if Jesus intended to found the Christian church. In the present chapter we must inquire into the transition from Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God to the emergence of the Christian church. In the following chapter we shall look at the nature of this church. The shift from kingdom of God to church of Christ corresponds to the shift from the Jesus who proclaims (the kingdom), to the Jesus who is proclaimed (by the church).

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