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1 day ago · Christianity developed during the 1st century AD as a Jewish Christian sect with Hellenistic influence of Second Temple Judaism. An early Jewish Christian community was founded in Jerusalem under the leadership of the Pillars of the Church, namely James the Just, the brother of Jesus, Peter, and John.
- History of Christianity
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- Christianity in the ante-Nicene period
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- History of Christianity
4 days ago · Introducing Early Christianity by Laurie Guy Laurie Guy provides an illuminating, broad-brush survey of the early church in its first four centuries. Her highly readable account is a welcome supplement to chronological histories of the early church, providing something of an aerial view that lets us see patterns in the historical terrain.From the apostolic fathers to the great ecumenical ...
- Catherine Langholff
- 2020
3 days ago · Its origins can be traced back to the first century CE in the region known today as the Middle East, where it began as a small Jewish sect. With the teachings of Jesus Christ at its core, Christianity quickly spread throughout the Roman Empire and beyond, profoundly shaping countless civilizations’ cultural, social, and political landscapes.
5 days ago · 1604 – Jesuit missionary Abbè Jessè Flèchè arrives at Port Royal, Nova Scotia. 1605 – Roberto de Nobili goes to India [142] 1606 – Japanese shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity. 1607 – Missionary Juan Fonte establishes the first Jesuit mission among the Tarahumara in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Northwest Mexico.
3 days ago · As Christianity enters its third millennium, it faces the sharpest decline in the number of people attending church congregations compared to the total population. In Romans 1:13, the Apostle Paul states that God’s people should not be ignorant that the purpose for leaders within the collective church body, beginning with himself as the example, is so the people’s lives would be fruitful ...
3 days ago · The newly emerging picture of Roman-period Nazareth as a place of substantial religiosity does, however, resonate not only with the emergence of its most famous son, Jesus, but also with the fact that, in the mid-first or second century, it was chosen as the official residence of one of the high priests of the by-then-destroyed Temple in ...
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