The demand of the Judaizers that Gentile converts comply with the
whole Law of Moses;
The referral of the dispute to the Apostles and elders in Jerusalem;
The proceedings of the Council of Jerusalem;
The promulgation of the Council’s decree and the continued
resistance of the extreme Judaizers.
Further reading:
Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15;
The Catholic Encyclopaedia (1911, vol. VIII, pp. 537-538);
Warren H. Carroll, The Founding of Christendom (A History of
Christendom), Vol. 1, Christendom Press, 1985, pp. 413-415;
Rev. D. I. Lanslots, The Primitive Church, TAN Books and
Publishers, 1926, pp. 149-155;
Fr. John Laux, Church History, TAN Books and Publishers, 1930,
pp. 18-20.
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