ABSTRACT
The events of 44 may conceivably have had the effect of releasing him-somewhat against his will, it is true-from the direction of the church at Jerusalem, and of allowing him to give himself up completely to missionary work in districts where Jews lived and to extend his travels still further. The theory that pilgrims who had heard Peter at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost brought the gospel to Rome savours far too much of fantasy and guesswork. The Christians of Rome therefore must have been subjected to some judaising influences, although they do not seem to have been effected by propaganda of a particularly judaising nature. The Ambrosiastre provides evidence that the church of Rome was not founded by an apostle. This is striking evidence in face of the tendency to attribute an apostolic origin to the great churches.
