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Consolidation
The Apostle Paul experienced his conversion between 48 and 50 AD and began his apostolic activities in

Masada, mosaic
Masada, mosaic

about 50 – 52 AD. Paul was not really a missionary: wherever he went, he usually found that Christians were already there. Paul’s defining characteristics were his thorough theological education, his organisational talent and his eye for what the new religion needed most in terms of theology, cult and community life.

He took the idea of a unified Christianity directly related to Jesus from the church in Antioch.