30–67 CE · Middle East · Faith
Pentecost, missionary travel and house churches carried the Christian message from Jerusalem through Asia Minor, Greece and Rome.
Atlas dossier · Christian AgeFree device narration · synchronized English captions · transcript available
Why it matters
‘Ye shall be witnesses unto me… unto the uttermost part of the earth.’ — Acts 1:8 (KJV)
Silent pan-and-zoom motion derivative of the Apostolic Church and Paul’s journeys reconstruction; not archival footage.
Enlarge and examine the picturePrimary Atlas editorial reconstruction for Apostolic Church and Paul’s journeys.
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Enlarge and examine the pictureContext crop from the same Apostolic Church and Paul’s journeys reconstruction; not an independent historical record.
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How Atlas classifies this artwork →Interpretation note
This dossier distinguishes the event’s basic chronology from later arguments about meaning, responsibility and legacy. When comparing religious, national, Indigenous or scholarly interpretations, consult the primary and institutional sources above alongside peer-reviewed historical work.
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