The first time 'Christian' was used in The Bible is Acts 26:28 when Paul is speaking with King Agripa and Agripa says "Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian" Then in Peter 4:16 Peter refers to 'Suffering as a Christian' But.. in Acts 11:26 it says that Christians where first called so in Antioch: "And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. " *I felt the need to expound on my previous answer* email me @ red_letter_man@Yahoo.com
Acts 11:26 "The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch"
The first mention of the term Christian is mentioned in the New Testament in the book of Acts. There it is mentioned that Antioch was the first place where the term was used. The Apostles called themselves the followers of The Way.
no. the followers of him used the word christian.
"Christian" was first used in the city of Antioch. It was actually a term used negatively towards the followers of Jesus Christ.
When it was first used in Antioch, it is possible it was meant as a derrogatory term, but now it is not considered one. Christian means "follower of Christ."
As the term 'Christian' means a follower/disciple of Jesus Christ, then those He called first into His inner circle - the 12 Apostles - were the first 'Christian men.'
The term is used to refer to someone who leads an outwardly Christian life, but does not acknowledge Christ as saviour.
the term was first used by Harold hardradar
As the term 'Christian' means a follower/disciple of Jesus Christ, then those He called first into His inner circle - the 12 Apostles - were the first 'Christian men.'
The early Christian church was sometimes called the Catholic Church or universal church. A thousand years later the Orthodox Church split from the Catholic ChurchThe term "Catholic" applied to Christians in the first century. Catholicism and Christianity were often used interchangeably in the early church. Today the term Catholic and Christian mean the same thing to a Catholic Christian and different meanings for a non-Catholic Christian.
Tertullian (155-230AD)
The term "organelle" was first coined by Belgian cytologist Christian de Duve in 1950. He used the term to describe the membrane-bound structures within cells that perform specific functions.
The first use of the term "advertising" was used in the year 1655!