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Written sometime between AD 56-58 in the city of Corinth, the epistle of Romans was composed by the apostle Paul in an effort to provide the Romans a firsthand account on the Christian faith as there has been much misunderstandings about Paul’s view on the matter. He wanted to hopefully enlist the aid of the Roman Christians for his journeys to the western parts of Rome but before that he must first venture to the city of Jerusalem to fulfil a promise he made long before of providing provision for the poorer community among the Christians there. He gives great importance to reciprocating the gift of Gospel that the Jews provided the Gentiles with him providing them with a share of their monetary asset. Although this gift may seem beneficial enough, it brought to surface a multitude of questions among the Jewish officials as an acceptance of this gift meant the legitimation of Paul’s mission to the Gentiles by those of the Jewish disciples. This legitimation of his mission meant also a legitimisation of his dispute with the church in Jerusalem headed by James. This is an important issue to address as if he were to proceed to the city of Jerusalem without the approval of his mission the church would be split into two halves, which are the Jewish and Gentiles. This conflict arose from a disparity in religious views between the two groups as …show more content…

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