THE BRIEF

HISTORY OF
THE CHURCH
PROF. JEFF CLYDE GUILLERMO CORPUZ
 Christ and the
Apostles lived as a
community

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH

 After Christ’s death…
……. the apostles feared
for their lives
……. Their hopes
crumpled all around
them

Through Christ’s resurrection…The

apostles found new hope

The Resurrection of Christ is the

starting point of Christian Faith
 Before he ascended into
heaven, Jesus commanded
his disciples to make more
disciples, baptize them, and
instruct them in the faith.

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH

 He also promised that he will be
with us until the end of time,
and that he will be back.

“and you shall be my witnesses in

Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria
and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8)

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH

As promised by Christ,
the Holy Spirit
descended on his
Apostles after his
ascension into heaven.
The Holy Spirit builds, animates, and
sanctifies Christ’s mystical body, the
Church.

As the Spirit descended on the

Apostles, they went out from hiding
and began to undertake the
evangelizing mission Christ left them
with – so was the Church birthed on
Pentecost Sunday.
“a sound came from heaven like the
rush of a might wind, and it filled
the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared to them tongues
as of fire, distributed and resting on
each one of them. And they were
filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak in other tongues, as the
Spirit gave them utterance”

(Acts 2:2-4).
 At the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the
Apostles were transformed from being fearful
disciples into courageous preachers of the good
news.
The Holy Spirit empowered the Apostles to carry
out their mission of ….

Evangelization – the initial

proclamation of the
Gospel to non-believers
for the purpose of
converting them to faith
in the Lord Jesus

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH

First crisis of the early Church :

Should the Gentiles be accepted into the Church?

Must they also become Jewish and follow the law of

Moses?

Council of Jerusalem ( Acts 15)-

set the stage for opening Christianity’s
doors to those of any nationality or
culture

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH

 Paul argued that
Christian converts
need not pass to
circumcision and the
strict obedience of the
Jewish law because it
is Christ who is the
essence of the church

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH

 Mandate of Christ

“TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS

OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
TO ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”