The First Christians: The Acts of the Apostles for Children

Focusing on the deeds and experiences of Sts. Peter, Paul, Luke, and Barnabas, author Marigold Hunt shows children that the Catholic Church which today seems so ancient and established was born in turbulent times, when merely professing belief in Christ could get you killed ÔÇö and not by rowdies and brigands, but by public officials carrying out their sworn duty.

By foot, on horseback, and on frail craft tossed in stormy seas, they do just that, preaching and teaching their way across much of the known world, winning converts and establishing churches in Palestine, Crete, Cyprus, Malta, Phoenicia, the lands that are now Turkey, and even in Rome itself, the pagan capital of the anti-Christian Empire.

Along the way, the apostles heal the sick, cast out devils, and work other miracles. They face down mobs, evade murder plots, and defend themselves in courts in city after city. In the midst of it all, Peter ÔÇö whose authority as the first Pope was accepted by all of the apostles ÔÇö settles disputes that arise among the Christians and between the new Churches.

All this and more is told in The First Christians, the thrilling ÔÇö and true ÔÇö saga of the lives and works of the first apostles of Jesus.