In this series we previously mentioned the first 3 of the early Church Councils: the Jerusalem Council, the Nicean Council and the Council of Constantinople. Before we continue with others that followed, we will take an opportunity to respond to recent questions from readers about whether early Christians believed in reincarnation and if it was ever included in the theology of the Roman Church.

In this series about the evolution of
Christianity we noted previously
that first on a list of church councils

Church councils have been about discussing and settling matters of church doctrine and practice. The list of councils should include, but often doesn’t, the first one which is referred to as the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15 and Galatians 2).

It is becoming clear to me and many others that the early Christians were not people who all thought alike or even interpreted Jesus’ teachings in the same way. The Greek word, “ecclesia” translated as …