Pillars of the Church, in the first Christian century, seems to have referred to the leaders of the Nazarenes, as the Jerusalem Jesus movement was called, principally, the Family of Jesus, later known as the Desposyni, including his bothers James, Joses or Joseph, Simon or Simeon, and Jude or Judas, and possibly his mother, Mary, and his leading Apostles, principally Cephas or Peter and the Apostle John. in Galatians 2:9 (KJV) Paul refers to "... James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars..." The leadership of the developing community seems to have been maintained in Jerusalem at least till the first Jewish Revolt of 66-70 CE, when the leaders of the movement were questioned by Domitian and dismissed as unimportant. It may have survived until the destruction of Jerusalem by Emperor Hadrian at the time of the Bar Kochba revolt of 135 CE, after which Jews were forbidden to live near Jerusalem.-1... The Desposyni (from Greek (desposunos) of or belonging to the master or lord[1]) was a sacred name reserved only for Jesus blood relatives. ... Saint James the Just (יעקב Holder of the heel; supplanter; Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ), also called James Adelphos, James of Jerusalem, or the Brother of the Lord and sometimes identified with James the Lesser, (died AD 62) was an important figure in Early Christianity. ... Joses, in Hebrew, means He that forgives. Joses is one of the brothers of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Mark 6:3 and its parallel passage in Matthew 13:54 - 57. ... Simeon of Jerusalem, son of Cleophas was the leader of the church of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Jewish Christians, and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem. ... It is generally accepted that Aramaic was the mother tongue of Jesus. ... Saint Peter, also known as Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha — original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose from among his original disciples. ... Saint John commonly refers to two (perhaps three) founding Saints of Christian religious doctrine: John the Baptist, also known as John of Jerusalem, who baptised Jesus at the start of Jesus ministry. ... The Epistle to Galatians is a book of the Bible New Testament. ... This page is about the version of the Bible; for the Harvey Danger album, see King James Version (album). ... Paul of Tarsus (b. ... It is generally accepted that Aramaic was the mother tongue of Jesus. ... John the Apostle (יוחנן The LORD is merciful, Standard Hebrew Yoḥanan, Tiberian Hebrew Yôḥānān), also known as John the Revelator, was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. ... It has been proposed below that Great Jewish Revolt be renamed and moved to First Jewish-Roman War. ... Domitian bust in the Louvre Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman emperor of the gens Flavia. ... A bust of Hadrian. ... Simon bar Kokhba was a Jewish military leader who led a revolt against the Romans in AD 132. ...

The leadership of this group seems to have originally passed to James until his martyrdom in about 62 CE, and hence, after the Jewish Revolt to Simeon and then Jude and subsequently to Jude's sons. There seems to have been some degree of conflict between this group and Paul of Tarsus, as initially, under the orders of the previous Jewish High Priest Annas, Paul (then Saul) had persecuted the movement, and after his conversion on the Road to Damascus, due to his statements in Antioch denying the importance of Jewish dietry law, and circumcision, which were both considered important by the Pillars of the Church, who summoned Paul, possibly in the spring of 51 CE, to appear before a Council of Jerusalem and explain his actions. It appears from Acts of the Apostles, after hearing both sides, James as leader ruled that some kind of compromise was reached, permitting non-Christian converts to the movement to remain uncircumcised, and insisting upon the observance of the Mosaic Law to Jewish Christians. Paul seems to have used this as a belief that Kosher provisions for the Eucharist were not necessary, a view to which Pater in visiting Syria later insisted upon. The account in Acts of the Apostles seems to reflect a Pauline point of view, and seems dismissive of the concerns of the Jerusalem Pillars. This conflict may also account for some of the statements of the Gospels which suggests that Jesus denied that his family understood his message. It may also account for the split amongst Jewish Christians, between the Ebonim, who rejected the virgin birth and possibly the resurrection, and the Nazarenes who accepted these Pauline beliefs. Simeon of Jerusalem, son of Cleophas was the leader of the church of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Jewish Christians, and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem. ... Paul of Tarsus (b. ... The term High Priest may refer to particular individuals who hold the office of ruler-priest in local regional or ethnic contexts. ... Annas is a Jew mentioned in the Gospels as being high priest (Kohen) from AD 7 to 4, as well as president of the Sanhedrin before which Peter and John were brought (Acts 4:6). ... The Road to Damascus is a Biblical reference to the conversion of a persecutor of Christians named Saul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus in the Roman province of Syria in 36 C.E. According to the Acts of the Apostles, Jesus appeared to Saul and he immediately converted... Antioch on the Orontes (Greek: Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη, Αντιόχεια η επί Ορόντου or Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη; Latin: Antiochia ad Orontem, also Antiochia dei Siri), the Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch was an ancient city located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River about 30 km from the sea and its port, Seleucia Pieria. ... The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ... Circumcision cuts some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. ... This article or section should be merged with Council of Jerusalem Jerusalem Council is a council that the apostles and elders of the Jerusalem ecclesia (church or congregation) in the first Century took place to render a decision as to whether non-Jewish believers in Christ needed to be circumcised... The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ... Torah, (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or especially law. It primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh–the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the Five Books of Moses, but can also be used in the general sense to also include both the Written... The database did not find the text of a page that it should have found, named Pater. If it is a recently changed page, trying again in a minute or two will usually work. ... The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... Jewish Christians (sometimes called also Hebrew Christians or Christian Jews, but see below for differences) is a term which can have two meanings, a historical one and a contemporary one. ... The Ebionites (from Hebrew; אביונים, Ebyonim, the poor ones) were an early sect of mostly Jewish followers of Jesus, which flourished in the early centuries of the Common Era, one of several ancient Jewish Christian groups that co-existed from the 1st to the 5th century CE in and around the... -1...

By CE 150, the term "Pillars of the Church" no longer applied to Jesus family, as the importance of the movement seems to have declined with the increasing growth in the numbers of Gentilic converts to Christianity, and to the rejection of Jewish Apocalyptic writing by Yochanan ben Zakkai and Yavne. Some so as far as to claim that Rabbi Akiva's statements in favour of Bar Kochba were calculated to split the early Jewish Christians and bring the Nazarenes into disrepute. Caught between the revivalised rabbinical Judaism and Catholic and Gnostic Christianity, leadership of the Jerusalem community passed henceforth to Greeks. A deputation from the family is said to have approached Pope Sylvester, who dismissed their claims. The term "Pillars of the Church" was subsequently used by Bishop Irenaeus of Lyon to refer to the four canonical gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The word Gentile from the Latin gentilis, can either be a translation of the Hebrew Goy/גוי or of the Hebrew word Nochri/נכרי. In the most common modern use it refers to the former being derived from the Latin term gens (meaning clan or a group of families) and it is... This article is becoming very long. ... Look up Apocalypse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Yochanan Ben Zakkai was a Talmudic Rabbi, living at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. Categories: People stubs ... Yavne (Hebrew יבנה, Arabic يبنة Yibnah) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ... Akiba ben Joseph (or Rabbi Akiva, Rebbi Akiva, c. ... Simon bar Kokhba was a Jewish military leader who led a revolt against the Romans in AD 132. ... Jewish Christians (sometimes called also Hebrew Christians or Christian Jews, but see below for differences) is a term which can have two meanings, a historical one and a contemporary one. ... -1... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Pope Silvester may refer to: Pope Silvester I (314–335) Pope Silvester II (999–1003) Pope Silvester III (1045) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... An engraving of Irenaeus (ca. ... The Gospel of Matthew (literally, according to Matthew; Greek, Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον) is one of the four Gospel accounts of the New Testament. ... The Gospel of Mark, ascribed to Mark the Evangelist, is traditionally the second Gospel of the New Testament. ... The Gospel of Luke is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ... The Gospel of John is the fourth gospel in the canon of the New Testament, traditionally ascribed to John the Evangelist. ...