Acts tells us of the beginning of the church and its rapid growth in the first century A.D. The Pauline Epistles, written by the Apostle Paul, are letters to specific churches - giving official Christian doctrine and the practice that should follow that doctrine.
Matendo ya Mitume inatwambia mwanzo wa kanisa na ukuaji wake wa haraka katika karne ya kwanza AD.Nyaraka za Paulo, zilizoandikwa na Mtume Paulo, ni barua kwa makanisa maalum - yanayotoa mafundisho rasmi ya kikristo na mazoezi yatakayofuata mafundisho hayo.Nyaraka za Jumla zinapongeza Nyaraka za Paulo na mafundisho ya ziada na matekelezo.