Not all early Christians followed Paul. The church in Jerusalem under James was at odds with Paul on a number of subjects. There were also more radical groups outside Jerusalem that combined Christianity with Greek philosophy, having women preaching and leading congregations, and incorporating various mystical beliefs that didn’t originate in Judaism or the teachings of Jesus.
Christians in the 1st century? So people that followed Paul after he wrote the earliest texts around 50-60AD?
Peter himself.
And then before the turn of the 5th century, the 10th century, the 15th century… Christians do love those round numbers.
The Yahweh cult was a doomsday cult wasn’t it?
Yeah, there was a series of crazy cults by the 20th century too. But they were a much smaller share of the people.
Not all early Christians followed Paul. The church in Jerusalem under James was at odds with Paul on a number of subjects. There were also more radical groups outside Jerusalem that combined Christianity with Greek philosophy, having women preaching and leading congregations, and incorporating various mystical beliefs that didn’t originate in Judaism or the teachings of Jesus.
Matthew 16:28 - “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Jesus himself said that his own followers would be alive to see the end of the world. Hence the medieval legend of The Wandering Jew.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew