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A 3 page essay that summaries and offers reflection on chapter 4 in Justin Gonzalez's The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. No additional sources are cited.
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this chapter, Justin Gonzalez elaborates further on the history of the early Christian church, as recorded in Acts, reminding his readers that "Hellenists" are those Jewish Christians who were open
to Hellenistic culture and the first Christians to be persecuted, which is mentioned in chapter 3. While Acts refers to how Hellenistic Christians fleeing persecution had traveled as far as
to Phoenicia, Cyprus ad Antioch, Gonzales explains that this should not be interpreted as meaning that the Christian "mission was extended to the Gentiles," at this point, because Acts specifically
states that teachers were "speaking the Word to none except Jews."i The issue of preaching to Gentiles is not faced until Act chapter 10, which is when Peter and Cornelius
lead the Jerusalem church to the "surprised conclusion: Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."ii Gonzales provides more historical detail, showing that the expansion of the
Christian message was largely due to the Hellenistic Jewish Christians who fled Jerusalem. However, he also describes how this expansion raised new issues because the church had to decide whether
those Gentiles who converted to Christianity should be compelled to follow the Law of Moses.iii As this indicates, the historical detail that Gonzales provides adds immeasurably to understanding Acts. For
example, he explains that Jews frequently referred to Gentiles who were attracted to Judaism, but who had never become converts to it, as "God-fearers," that is people who believed in
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