The biblical term "
proselyte" is an anglicization of the Koine Greek term προσήλυτος/proselytos, as used in the Greek Old Testament for
Kaynak: ProselyteThe term
proselyte is often used as a synonym for religious converts, although historically it first referred solely to converts to
Kaynak: List of religious converts(See
proselyte ). Apostate is a term used by members of a religion or denomination to refer to someone who has left that religion or
Kaynak: Religious conversionJewish , either by birth, or conversion for which the biblical term
proselyte is used and referred to by historians as the Jewish Christians .
Kaynak: Early ChristianityHistorically in the Koine Greek Septuagint and New Testament , the word
proselyte denoted a gentile who was considering conversion to Judaism .
Kaynak: Proselytism8), Baptism, next to circumcision and sacrifice, was an absolutely necessary condition to be fulfilled by a
proselyte to Judaism (Yeb.
Kaynak: Council of Jerusalem