Were the early Christians mainly jews who believed Jesus was the messiah or were they compromised of converts from other religions?

by Squidwards_Nose22

I'm talking really early Christians. Like within the first few decades after Jesus' death.

The_Manchurian

It's difficult to tell, but if you read Acts and Paul's letters, you will see that a big debate was whether they should continue to use Jewish law or not, as it made it difficult to convert people. Circumcision, for example, was considered repugnant by the Greeks, and the dietary laws were also unpopular. This would indicate that in the very early period they mainly Jews, who were keen on spreading out into non-Jewish society.