 After the apostles were all martyred, except for St. John, he died in his old age, although you could probably say he was martyred because he suffered a lot. After the last of the apostles, the deposit of faith was complete. So now the church moves into the post-apostolic period, and they're in hiding. They're being very, very discreet because of the immense pressures being placed on believers. The Christian communities are starting to emerge in different places of the Mediterranean.