Tim - just to be clear; firstly I was not endorsing dejudge's claim of Paul’s letters dating only after 180AD. What I was disputing was that the other poster (was it Craig-B?) was making a false argument in which he was inadvertently assuming he was right to think that the letters definitely did date from c.60AD, when of course he does not actually know that at all ... far less can he know what might really have been written in any letter from c.60AD.
However apart from that - the first problem with any mention of a church at Jerusalem in any of Paul's letters, is that we only have Christian copies of those letters written from around c.200AD and later (mostly, much later iirc).
So we do not actually know if any original writing from Paul at any earlier date of around 60AD, mentioned an existing Jerusalem church building at that earlier time. We actually do not know what Paul may or may not have written at any date around 60AD.
Apart from which - is it certain that anyone writing of a Jerusalem church (either writing in 60AD or long after that date), was definitely referring to a specific stone building? Or could that have been a reference to the group of the most faithful believers in Jerusalem? Or even reference to another building used as their "church" in Jerusalem? For example look at what Paul says in Galatians of his first trip to Jerusalem (see the quote below) - he says
“ I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.”, but there he clearly does not mean he tried to destroy a building! … when he says
“the church”, he means it was the group of people and their beliefs that he tried to destroy … the
“church” he refers to there was the people and their beliefs -
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gal.+1:13-24&version=NIV
Galatians 1:13-24
New International Version (NIV)
13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.
18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas[a] and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord’s brother. 20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
21 Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. 22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they praised God because of me.
Of his second trip to Jerusalem 14 years later, iirc Paul only says that he went to the place Jerusalem and took Barnabus and Titus with him -
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+2:1&version=NIV
Galatians 2:1
New International Version (NIV)
Paul Accepted by the Apostles
2 Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
Perhaps Paul’s letters somewhere do talk of him actually being inside the stone building of the church and describing it? But you can tell me if that sort of internal evidence for the existence of the church building itself exists in any of Paul’s letters (albeit, the letters are still copies written centuries after the supposed lifetime of Paul)?.
