World’s First Church?
June 10, 2008
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Posted by Ray Fowler
Updates from Todd Bolen:
● Earliest Church in Jordan
● Just Another Byzantine Church
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From the Christian Post:
Archaeologists unearthed in Jordan what they believe to be the world’s first church, according to a report Monday.
“We have uncovered what we believe to be the first church in the world, dating from 33 AD to 70 AD,” said Abdul Qader al-Hussan, the head of Jordan’s Rihab Center for Archaeological Studies, to The Jordan Times …
Hussan said his team has evidence to believe “this church sheltered the early Christians – the 70 disciples of Jesus Christ.” These 70 early Christians are said to have fled persecution in Jerusalem, particularly to Rihab, and founded churches in northern Jordan …
The underground church has been described as a cave with several stone seats believed to have been for the clergy and a circular shaped area, thought to be the apse – an area which usually contains the altar.
Categories: Archaeology, Persecution
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