However, by the beginning of the second century C.E., apostasy was creeping into the Christian congregation, even as Jesus and the apostles had warned. In the centuries that followed, theology and pagan doctrine submerged the Kingdom message.
यु. दूसरी सदी की शुरुआत तक, जिस तरह यीशु और प्रेरितों ने चिताया था, उसी तरह धर्म त्याग धीरे - धीरे मसीही कलीसिया में आ रहा था ।