Abstract:

Christianity became an important phenomenon in its earliest phase for the history of Anatolia. In fact, it is important to point out that the name Christianoi =the followers of Christ first emerged at Antioch, Antiochea, in the first generation of Christians. The Acts of Apostles offers the details of the journeys of St. Paul, who vastly travelled in the southern regions of modern Turkey Wallace – Williams 1998 . Paul’s travels and the later thrust of Christianity show that the regions of Anatolia which had close connections with Syria naturally became the hot-bed of this new religion MacMullen 1984 . However, in what way can we exploit the literary evidence for the impact of Christianity in the regions which were at the edges of the original missionary areas of St. Paul? It is an important question what emphasis may be placed on the literary evidence to exploit the channels of communication in the early expansion of Christianity in the geographically distant regions of its seed-bed.

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