>>19976900>>19976901There were two distinct groups associated with the term "Christian":
1. Followers of Simon Magus who were called Simonians originally but eventually they called themselves "Christians".
2. The messianic Israelites written about in the Book of Acts who were called* Christians at Antioch.
See:
https://biblehub.com/kjv/acts/8.htm (Acts 8:9–24);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonians;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimonyIt is well know that the Romans hated and persecuted the original messianic Israelites who survive one way or another today.
