There was most likely one early church prophet / teacher who was black: "Simon called Niger" found in Acts 13.
They probably didn't call him black for no reason.
... The one who was reading the old testament scriptures, and begged for the passing-by saint whose name I cannot recall to teach him, right? Iirc he was then saved and baptized.
There was most likely one early church prophet / teacher who was black: "Simon called Niger" found in Acts 13. They probably didn't call him black for no reason.
There was also the Ethiopian eunuch from Acts 8, but that's about it.
... The one who was reading the old testament scriptures, and begged for the passing-by saint whose name I cannot recall to teach him, right? Iirc he was then saved and baptized.
Yup, that's the one. He and the Roman, Cornelius, were a couple of the first Gentiles to become Christians.