They recognized that Jesus was teaching and directing the congregation through a governing body, composed of the apostles and older men in Jerusalem.
पहिल्या शतकातील ख्रिश्‍चनांना एकाच उगमापासून प्रोत्साहन मिळत असल्यामुळे त्यांच्यात ऐक्य होते.