It has become a tenet in Christian theology emphasizing ministry, missionary work, evangelism, and baptism.
The apostles are said to have dispersed from Jerusalem and founded the apostolic sees.
Preterists believe that the Great Commission and other Bible prophecies were fulfilled in the 1st century while futurists believe Bible prophecy is yet to be fulfilled at the Second Coming.
Some students of historical Jesus hypothesize the Great Commission as reflecting not Jesus' words but rather the Christian community in which each gospel was written.
Some scholars, such as John Dominic Crossan, assert that Jesus did commission the apostles during his lifetime, as reported in the Gospels.
Others, however, see even these lesser commissions as representing Christian invention rather than history.
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