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Christianity’s God. The "Hellenists," Greek-speaking diaspora Jews belonging to the early
Jerusalem Jesus-movement, played an important role in reaching a Gentile, Greek audience, notably at Antioch, which had a large Jewish community and significant numbers of Gentile "God-fearers." From Antioch, the mission to the Gentiles started, including Paul's, which would fundamentally change the character of the early Christian movement, eventually turning it into a new, Gentile religion. According to Dunn, within ten years after Jesus' death, "the new messianic movement focused on Jesus began to modulate into something different ... it was at Antioch that we can begin to speak of the new movement as 'Christianity'."
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suppression was the search for that part of the
Christian community that was most vulnerable to persecution, Persians who had been converted from the national religion, Zoroastrianism. As we have already seen, the faith had spread first among non-Persian elements in the population, Jews and Syrians. But by the beginning of the 4th century, Iranians in increasing numbers were attracted to the Christian faith. For such converts, church membership could mean the loss of everything – family, property rights, and life itself. Converts from the "national faith" had no rights and, in the darker years of the persecution, were often put to death. Sometime before the death of
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him with the promise that if he alone would apostatize his people would not be harmed, but that if he refused he would be condemning not just the church leaders but all
Christians to destruction. At that, the Christians themselves rose up and refused to accept such deliverance as shameful. So according to the tradition in the year 344, he was led outside the city of Susa along with a large number of Christian clergy. Five bishops and one hundred priests were beheaded before his eyes, and last of all he himself was put to death.
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a fifth column. Any lingering doubts must have been dispelled when about twenty years later when
Constantine began to gather his forces for war in the East. Eusebius records that Roman bishops were prepared to accompany their emperor to "battle with him and for him by prayers to God whom all victory proceeds". And across the border in Persian territory the forthright Persian preacher Aphrahat recklessly predicted on the basis of his reading of Old Testament prophecy that Rome would defeat Persia.
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Christianity began as a grassroots movement providing hope of a better future in the next life for the lower classes; (4) Christianity took worshipers away from other religions since converts were expected to give up the worship of other gods, unusual in antiquity where worship of many gods was common; (5) in the Roman world, converting one person often meant converting the whole household—if the head of the household was converted, he decided the religion of his wife, children and slaves.
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I rejoice to hear that the fairest provinces of Persia are adorned with...Christians...Since you are so powerful and pious, I commend them to your care, and leave them in your protection". It was enough to make any
Persian ruler conditioned by 300 years of war with Rome suspicious of the emergence of
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Gentile Christians, and Jews and Jewish Christians, rather than a sudden split. Even though it is commonly thought that Paul established a Gentile church, it took centuries for a complete break to manifest. Growing tensions led to a starker separation that was
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The scope of the Jewish-Christian mission expanded over time. While Jesus limited his message to a Jewish audience in
Galilea and Judea, after his death his followers extended their outreach to all of Israel, and eventually the whole Jewish diaspora, believing that the Second Coming would only happen
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Scythia. Gothic culture and identity emerged from various East-Germanic, local, and Roman influences. In the same period, Gothic raiders took captives among the Romans, including many Christians, (and Roman-supported raiders took captives among
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Christianity to five factors: (1) the promise of salvation and eternal life for everyone was an attractive alternative to Roman religions; (2) stories of miracles and healings purportedly showed that the one Christian God was more powerful than the many Roman gods; (3)
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For the next two decades and more, Christians were tracked down and hunted from one end of the empire to the other. At times the pattern was a general massacre. More often, as Shapur decreed, it was intensively organized elimination of the leadership of the church, the clergy. The third category of
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It is little wonder then, that when the persecutions began shortly thereafter, the first accusation brought against the Christians was that they were aiding the Roman enemy. Shah Shapur II's response was to order double taxation on Christians and to hold the bishop responsible for collecting it. He
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A second decree ordered the destruction of churches and the execution of clergy who refused to participate in the national worship of the sun. Bishop Simon was seized and brought before the shah and was offered gifts to make a token obeisance to the sun, and when he refused, they cunningly tempted
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was a severe departure from previous imperial policy that Christians were not to be sought out and prosecuted as inherently disloyal. Even under Decius, orthodox Christians were subject to arrest only for their refusal to participate in Roman civic religion, and were not prohibited from assembling
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and by AD 280. While the rulers of the Second Persian Empire (227-640) also followed a policy of religious toleration, to begin with, they later gave the largely Assyrian Christians the same status as a subject race. These rulers encouraged the revival of the ancient Persian dualistic faith of
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writes that in much of the first three centuries, even in the Latin-dominated western empire: "the Church of Rome, and most, if not all the Churches of the West, were, if we may so speak, Greek religious colonies . Their language was Greek, their organization Greek, their writers Greek, their
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became Christian earlier. With Christianity the dominant faith in some urban centers, Christians accounted for approximately 10% of the Roman population by 300, according to some estimates. Christianity then rapidly grew in the 4th century, accounting for 56.5% of the Roman population by 350.
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was the son or grandson of Christian captives from Sadagolthina in Cappadocia. In 337 or 341, Wulfila became the first bishop of the (Christian) Goths. By 348, one of the (Pagan) Gothic kings (reikos) began persecuting the Christian Goths, and Wulfila and many other Christian Goths fled to
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and established it as the state religion, with the result that the Christians were increasingly subjected to repressive measures. Nevertheless, it was not until Christianity became the state religion in the West that enmity toward Rome was focused on the Eastern Christians.
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Christianity "emerged as a sect of Judaism in Roman Judea" in the syncretistic Hellenistic world of the first century AD, which was dominated by Roman law and Greek culture. It started with the ministry of Jesus, who proclaimed the coming of the Kingdom of God. After
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1873:(Sri Lanka). The establishment of an independent patriarchate with nine subordinate metropolises contributed to a more favorable attitude by the Persian government, which no longer had to fear an ecclesiastical alliance with the common enemy, Rome.
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had been granted to all freeborn inhabitants of the empire, and with the edict of Decius enforcing religious conformity in 250, Christian citizens faced an intractable conflict: any citizen who refused to participate in the empire-wide
1624:(AD 154–223) reports that in his time there were Christian tribes in Northwest India, which claimed to have been converted by Thomas and to have books and relics to prove it. Certainly by the time of the establishment of the
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and Greek, and "Hellenists," Jews speaking only Greek, possibly diaspora Jews who had resettled in Jerusalem. With the start of their missionary activity, early Jewish Christians also started to attract
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assumed the title of "Catholicos", (Patriarch) and in AD 424 a council of the church at Seleucia elected the first patriarch to have jurisdiction over the whole church of the East, including India and
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1848:-speaking Christianity. When early Christians were scattered abroad because of persecution, some found refuge at Edessa. The missionary movement in the East began which gradually spread throughout
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knew they were poor and that the bishop would be hard-pressed to find the money. Bishop Simon refused to be intimidated. He branded the tax as unjust and declared, "
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and heretical Christians were routinely persecuted by the Empire and the many kingdoms and countries that later occupied the place of the Empire, but some
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and Rome. Over 40 churches were established by 100, most in
3274:
Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries
3007:
Greek Resurrection Beliefs and the Success of Christianity.
2955:
The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History
2717:"Greek Orthodoxy – From Apostolic Times to the Present Day"
2709:
2220:
2184:
Between 348 and 383, Wulfila translated the Bible into the
2119:
1990:
969:
3879:
3877:
2570:
2568:
2566:
1533:
regarding Christianity. The era of coexistence ended when
2778:
2776:
2500:
2488:
2476:
2035:
was partly facilitated by the prestige of the Christian
1902:
I am no tax collector but a shepherd of the Lord's flock
1682:
controversy. More significantly, in 325 he summoned the
1654:
3874:
3859:
2727:
2616:
2563:
2440:
1976:
1744:
supported the Trinitarian doctrine as expounded in the
1285:
1013:
activity spread "the Christian Way" and slowly created
3354:
Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius
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2773:
2660:
2658:
2645:
2643:
2628:
2604:
2452:
2374:
2372:
893:
Jesus calls on his followers to make disciples of and
2243:. The details of this event have been passed down by
1149:
3536:
Christianity in the Making: Beginning from Jerusalem
2861:
2849:
1560:
in the East. With the passage in AD 313 of the
3915:, Direction, Spring 2015 · Vol. 44 No. 1 · pp. 4–15
3333:
3331:
2873:
2825:
2813:
2655:
2640:
2416:
2369:
2173:) in the Roman Empire. Other Christians, including
2047:who had migrated there (with the exceptions of the
1433:depended on the survival of the body. According to
1177:geography relevant to Paul's life, stretching from
3700:Maier, P. L. (1975), "The Empty Tomb as History",
3012:
1989:who brought Christianity to Ethiopia (the city of
1981:According to the fourth-century Western historian
1926:Arsacid_dynasty_of_Armenia § Christianization
1794:. In the 5th century, it endorsed the doctrine of
1529:(253–268), who issued the first official edict of
1213:Paul was responsible for bringing Christianity to
826:Historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles
3117:Françoise Monfrin, entry on "Milan," p. 986, and
2464:
2428:
1702:, which among other things professed a belief in
784:and the resumption of their missionary activity.
733:, from where it spread throughout and beyond the
5198:
3889:
3472:
3328:
3106:Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy,
3093:Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy,
3080:Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy,
3067:Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy,
2891:
2843:
2802:
2800:
2752:. Harvard University Press. pp. 6, 108–09.
2693:
2691:
2677:
2675:
2673:
2083:) beliefs that were dogmatically defined by the
1455:
3903:
3621:When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation
3243:Ehler, Sidney Zdeneck; Morrall, John B (1967).
3142:The Jews of India: A Story of Three Communities
2384:
881:of the coming of the Kingdom of God to all the
548:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
3672:(in German), Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk
3405:497 or 499 are also possible; Padberg 1998: 53
3345:
3343:
3310:
3308:
3061:(Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 193ff.
2926:Christian Persecution, Martyrdom and Orthodoxy
2520:The Church of the Apostles found on Mount Zion
2134:, most of the Germanic peoples (excepting the
1973:, converted to Christianity, probably in 326.
4886:Architecture of cathedrals and great churches
4585:
4002:
3949:
3483:The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
2797:
2688:
2670:
1934:Christianity became the official religion of
1876:
1740:forms of Christianity, but Valens' successor
1466:Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
1056:. Early Christian beliefs were proclaimed in
695:
3559:Caesar and Christ: The Story of Civilization
3242:
1062:(preaching), some of which are preserved in
3652:Jesus: An Historian's Review of the Gospels
3539:, vol. 2, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing,
3340:
3305:
3276:, Yale University Press, September 23, 1997
3121:, the entry on "Persecutions," p. 1156, in
2250:
2027:. In the 4th century, the early process of
1802:from 428 to 431, especially following the
1694:is so classified), to deal mostly with the
1643:
1462:Anti-Christian policies in the Roman Empire
1303: Spread of Christianity to AD 325
1066:scripture. The early Gospel message spread
4009:
3995:
3614:
3515:
2782:
2580:
2446:
1736:(364-378) had personally favored Arian or
747:Historical background of the New Testament
702:
688:
37:
2302:
1663:Head of Constantine's colossal statue at
3730:
2855:
2808:A Concise History of the Catholic Church
2396:
2195:
2191:
2006:
2003:Christianisation of the Germanic peoples
1806:after the condemnation of Nestorius for
1658:
1294:
1169:
1153:
791:
780:to the status of divine Son and Lord of
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3707:
3658:
3434:
3286:"Christianity Missions and monasticism"
3138:
2903:
2610:
2506:
2494:
2378:
1698:controversy, but which also issued the
1548:was issued in 311 by the Roman emperor
1263:Split of early Christianity and Judaism
834:is called the Apostolic Age, after the
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2470:
2458:
1717:, the Roman Empire officially adopted
1328:Constantine the Great and Christianity
943:
3990:
3912:The New Perspective on Paul in Review
3810:from the original on 24 December 2021
3699:
3649:
3454:
3423:
3230:
2977:
2949:
2622:
2434:
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1766:
1655:Legalisation and Roman state religion
1256:
3865:E.P. Sanders, Jaroslav Jan Pelikan,
3845:The Catholic Church Through the Ages
3676:
3532:
3524:
3500:10.1093/acref/9780192802903.001.0001
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2867:
2831:
2819:
2749:Early Christianity and Greek Paideia
2664:
2649:
2634:
2390:
1977:Aksum Empire (Eritrea and Ethiopia )
1969:, if not earlier. The Iberian king,
1628:(AD 226), there were bishops of the
1344:and also to the inland parts of the
1286:Ante-Nicene period (2nd-3rd century)
1273:List of events in early Christianity
995:, Gentiles who were fully or partly
804:, claimed to be the location of the
3895:[Larry Hurtado (August 17, 2017 ),
3190:The Indian Christians of St. Thomas
3159:
3129:(Getty Publications, 2003), p. 378.
2327:to designate a foreigner living in
2039:amongst European pagans. Until the
1996:
1612:, Thomas visited only the realm of
869:, an event where they describe the
543:Members Church of God International
13:
3974:
3883:Larry Hurtado (December 4, 2018),
3392:, quoted in Heather and Matthews,
3372:, quoted in Heather and Matthews,
3009:New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2009.
1836:and Roman Empires in Assyria, and
1821:
1704:One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church
1518:seem not to have been persecuted.
1413:argues that Christianity replaced
1150:Paul and the inclusion of Gentiles
914:conversion on the Road to Damascus
858:, where the apostles received the
838:of the apostles. According to the
14:
5218:
3957:"Persecution in the Early Church"
3457:From the Maccabees to the Mishnah
3223:The Apostle Thomas in North India
3182:The Apostle Thomas in North India
3031:Ehrman, Bart D. (29 March 2018).
1616:in Northwest India (which is now
1332:Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism
1074:, but almost immediately also in
5181:
5180:
5169:
4297:State church of the Roman Empire
4016:
3610:, Society of Biblical Literature
3172:, pp. 1–71, 213–97; M.R. James,
2588:The Essential Catholic Catechism
2309:Catholic Encyclopedia: Proselyte
1309: Spread of Christianity to
1142:, and some in Greece and Italy.
1026:eastern half of the Roman Empire
968:. The first Christians were all
787:
669:
4280:First seven ecumenical councils
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3379:
3359:
3324:Catholic Encyclopedia: Ethiopia
3317:
3294:
3279:
3263:
3236:
3209:, pp.364–436; A. E. Medlycott,
3180:, chapter 4:30; J.N. Farquhar,
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2239:and let himself be baptised at
1525:", beginning with the reign of
1290:
1280:Bar Kokhba Jewish revolt of 132
897:all nations in the name of the
844:historical reliability of which
5147:Relations with other religions
4553:Church of the East (Nestorian)
4548:Oriental Orthodox (Miaphysite)
3441:, Cambridge University Press,
3430:. Cambridge: University Press.
3290:Encyclopædia Britannica Online
2985:. Princeton University Press.
2269:Christianity among the Mongols
2181:, died in later persecutions.
1650:Christianity in late antiquity
1425:which was compatible with the
1017:with Gentile adherents in the
553:The New Church (Swedenborgian)
498:Nondenominational Christianity
1:
3714:Christianity: An Introduction
3301:Armenian History, Chapter III
3225:, chapter 4:30; V. A. Smith,
3213:, pp.1–17, 213–97; Eusebius,
3127:Roman Syria and the Near East
2403:Christianity: an introduction
2363:
2227:following his victory at the
2206:Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren)
2126:and those loyal to the other
1759:remained Arian well into the
1490:affirm their loyalty through
1474:in the third century. As the
1456:Persecutions and legalisation
1324:Early centers of Christianity
1015:early centers of Christianity
3211:India and The Apostle Thomas
3203:India and The Apostle Thomas
3184:, chapter 4:30; V.A. Smith,
3170:India and The Apostle Thomas
3123:The Papacy: An Encyclopedia,
2924:Michael Whitby, et al. eds.
2892:Cross & Livingstone 2005
2844:Cross & Livingstone 2005
1904:." Then the killings began.
1604:in 52 AD and from this came
1340:-speaking peoples along the
1195:Paul the Apostle and Judaism
960:Biblical law in Christianity
558:Unitarians and Universalists
7:
4854:Views on poverty and wealth
3909:Stephen Westerholm (2015),
3898:"Paul, the Pagans' Apostle"
3394:Goths in the Fourth Century
3374:Goths in the Fourth Century
2524:Biblical Archaeology Review
2405:by Alister E. McGrath 2006
2351:
2265:Church of the East in China
2041:decline of the Roman Empire
1919:
1800:Patriarch of Constantinople
1779:), the Christian church of
1777:Assyrian Church of the East
1630:Assyrian Church of the East
1480:Crisis of the Third Century
1370:Royal House of the Arsacids
1348:, and beyond that into the
10:
5223:
5099:World Evangelical Alliance
5061:Traditionalist Catholicism
3757:Cambridge University Press
3744:Harvard Theological Review
3533:Dunn, James D. G. (2009),
3525:Dunn, James D. G. (1982),
3516:Van Daalen, D. H. (1972),
3455:Cohen, Shaye J.D. (1987),
3411:
3059:Cyprian and Roman Carthage
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2149:
2011:Christian states in 495 AD
2000:
1930:Christianization of Iberia
1923:
1877:Fourth-century persecution
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1523:Little Peace of the Church
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1028:, and then throughout the
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879:his eschatological message
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5094:World Council of Churches
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4581:Latter Day Saint movement
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4024:
3871:, Encyclopedia Britannica
3769:10.1017/S0017816000024779
3459:, The Westminster Press,
3435:Burkett, Delbert (2002),
3424:Brown, Leslie W. (1956).
3205:, pp.18–71; M. R. James,
3176:, pp. 364–436; Eusebius,
2340:Ecclesiastical historian
1940:Armenian Apostolic Church
1372:in Armenia, although the
1317:
1209:Circumcision in the Bible
1070:, probably originally in
889:, where on a mountain in
5122:Anti-Christian sentiment
4302:Christian biblical canon
3686:, Harper San Francisco,
3659:Koester, Helmut (2000),
3606:Finlan, Stephen (2004),
3486:(3rd Revised ed.),
3207:Apocryphal New Testament
3174:Apocryphal New Testament
3139:Yisrael, Muzeon (1995).
3065:; G.E.M. de Ste. Croix,
2983:The Rise of Christianity
2296:
2261:Christianity in Ethiopia
2251:Outside the Roman Empire
2145:
2102:of the Catholic Church.
1812:First Council of Ephesus
1792:Greek and Roman churches
1686:, effectively the first
1670:In 313, Constantine and
1644:Late Antiquity (313-476)
1578:
1554:Diocletianic persecution
1552:, officially ending the
1427:traditional Greek belief
1419:resurrection of the dead
1406:The Rise of Christianity
871:resurrected Jesus Christ
774:his death by crucifixion
5207:History of Christianity
5176:Christianity portal
4335:Investiture Controversy
3761:Harvard Divinity School
3492:Oxford University Press
3386:Auxentius of Durostorum
3366:Auxentius of Durostorum
2746:Jaeger, Werner (1961).
2219:, that had migrated to
1948:Bartholomew the Apostle
1944:Gregory the Illuminator
1589:Saint Thomas Christians
1537:launched the final and
1336:Christianity spread to
1199:New Perspective on Paul
966:Roman province of Judea
5127:Christian universalism
4518:Western Rite Orthodoxy
4363:Protestant Reformation
3823:Vermes, Geza (2008a),
3668:Kremer, Jakob (1977),
3654:, New York: Scribner's
3562:. Simon and Schuster.
3227:Early History of India
3188:, p. 235; L.W. Brown,
3186:Early History of India
2208:
2012:
1965:) extends back to the
1954:) in the 1st century.
1897:
1728:. Prior to this date,
1667:
1606:Thomasine Christianity
1314:
1269:Schisms among the Jews
1186:
1181:in the lower right to
1167:
1140:seven churches of Asia
817:
4785:Anointing of the Sick
3634:Yale University Press
3597:Ehrman, Bart (2014),
3577:Ehrman, Bart (2012),
3518:The Real Resurrection
2940:Hopkins(1998), p. 191
2683:Geography of Religion
2199:
2192:Franks & Alemanni
2010:
1892:
1662:
1585:Christianity in India
1569:Constantine the Great
1500:universal citizenship
1298:
1173:
1157:
1032:world and beyond the
932:. Based on this, the
916:is first recorded in
836:missionary activities
795:
751:Second Temple Judaism
5106:Nondenominationalism
4979:Role in civilization
4446:Independent Catholic
4388:Relations with Islam
4368:Catholic Reformation
3980:Bart Ehrman (2018),
3356:, book 2, chapter 5.
3005:Dag Øistein Endsjø.
2549:, Freiburg, 1988: 20
2526:16.3 May/June 1990,
2093:Council of Chalcedon
1828:Christianity in Iran
1692:Council of Jerusalem
1632:in northwest India,
1492:religious ceremonies
1203:Pauline Christianity
1011:Christian missionary
997:converted to Judaism
976:Jewish sect with an
972:, who constituted a
840:Acts of the Apostles
822:Acts of the Apostles
719:Second Temple Judaic
395:Independent Catholic
5152:Unlimited atonement
5137:Cultural Christians
4576:Jehovah's Witnesses
4198:Sermon on the Mount
4127:Christian tradition
4054:Lists of Christians
3946:). Yale University.
3829:, London: Penguin,
3717:, Wiley-Blackwell,
3709:McGrath, Alister E.
3663:, Walter de Gruyter
3390:Letter of Auxentius
3370:Letter of Auxentius
2846:, pp. 1243–45.
2697:Bokenkotter, p. 18.
2217:Merovingian dynasty
2152:Gothic Christianity
1722:Nicene Christianity
1539:"Great" Persecution
1342:Mediterranean coast
1175:Mediterranean Basin
1064:Christian Testament
944:Missionary activity
926:centurion Cornelius
778:exaltation of Jesus
763:Covenant (biblical)
755:Hellenistic Judaism
676:Christianity portal
533:Jehovah's Witnesses
213:History of theology
4997:Crusading movement
4265:Ante-Nicene period
3942:2016-08-12 at the
3937:lecture transcript
3931:2016-06-08 at the
3702:Christianity Today
3650:Grant, M. (1977),
3583:, Harper Collins,
3478:Livingstone, E. A.
2637:, pp. 246–47.
2625:, pp. 167–68.
2533:2018-03-09 at the
2509:, pp. 151–52.
2485:, pp. 109–10.
2257:Church of the East
2209:
2019:underwent gradual
2013:
1865:The metropolis of
1773:Church of the East
1767:Church of the East
1688:Ecumenical Council
1668:
1602:Thomas the Apostle
1511:Decian persecution
1366:Kingdom of Armenia
1315:
1257:Split with Judaism
1187:
1168:
1088:Jewish communities
956:Early Christianity
846:is disputed), the
818:
767:Messiah in Judaism
759:Jewish eschatology
723:in the 1st century
415:Church of the East
279:Early Christianity
5194:
5193:
5160:
5159:
5088:Charta Oecumenica
4598:
4597:
4588:Iglesia ni Cristo
4403:
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4383:French Revolution
4373:Thirty Years' War
4245:Apostolic fathers
4213:Great Commandment
3924:Martin, D. 2010.
3759:on behalf of the
3732:Stendahl, Krister
3693:978-0-06-065517-4
3643:978-0-300-19051-9
3616:Fredriksen, Paula
3590:978-0-06-208994-6
3569:978-1-4516-4760-0
3546:978-0-8028-3932-9
3520:, London: Collins
3509:978-0-19-280290-3
3448:978-0-521-00720-7
3417:Published sources
3201:A. E. Medlycott,
2736:, pp. 87–90.
2577:, pp. 19–20.
2547:Kirchengeschichte
2497:, pp. 64–65.
2461:, pp. 49–50.
2411:978-1-4051-0901-7
2358:Christian mission
2342:Henry Hart Milman
2231:converted to the
2229:Battle of Tolbiac
2215:and their ruling
1684:Council of Nicaea
1235:Zechariah 8:20–23
1185:in the upper left
1136:Upper Mesopotamia
1092:Mediterranean Sea
712:
711:
565:
564:
538:Latter Day Saints
523:Iglesia ni Cristo
488:United Protestant
473:Plymouth Brethren
408:Oriental Orthodox
5214:
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5183:
5174:
5173:
5017:Environmentalism
4967:Church buildings
4869:
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4684:Eastern Orthodox
4679:Eastern Catholic
4591:
4590:
4558:Eastern Catholic
4536:Eastern Orthodox
4424:
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4345:Age of Discovery
4330:East–West Schism
4228:Great Commission
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3217:, chapter 4:30;
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2021:Christianization
1997:Germanic peoples
1957:Christianity in
1952:Jude the Apostle
1804:Nestorian Schism
1715:February 27, 380
1665:Musei Capitolini
1546:Edict of Serdica
1478:experienced the
1439:Christian Church
1423:end of the world
1308:
1302:
1251:Jews rejected it
1239:Krister Stendahl
1191:Paul the Apostle
950:Jewish Christian
887:Matthew 28:16–20
873:instructing his
867:Great Commission
848:Jerusalem church
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518:Christadelphians
448:Free Evangelical
401:Eastern Orthodox
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2108:Fall of Rome
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1690:(unless the
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715:Christianity
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228:Universalism
151:New Covenant
87:Resurrection
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5142:Persecution
5077:Christendom
5070:Cooperation
5007:Charismatic
4918:Holy Spirit
4827:Natural law
4790:Holy orders
4639:Christology
4632:Holy Spirit
4501:Pentecostal
4481:Evangelical
4476:Charismatic
4320:Monasticism
4312:Middle Ages
4275:Constantine
4218:Crucifixion
4100:Foundations
3853:Web-sources
3814:12 February
3763:: 199–215.
3192:, pp. 49–59
3108:pp. 139–140
3019:Durant 2011
2880:Finlan 2004
2765:26 February
2734:Ehrman 2012
2721:ellopos.net
2681:Hitchcock,
2575:Vidmar 2005
2483:Ehrman 2014
2471:Ehrman 2014
2459:Kremer 1977
2169:(in modern
2160:Wulfila or
2140:Charlemagne
2073:Trinitarian
1967:4th century
1850:Mesopotamia
1761:Middle Ages
1719:Trinitarian
1708:Christendom
1674:issued the
1638:Baluchistan
1634:Afghanistan
1614:Gondophares
1506:supplicatio
1435:Will Durant
1431:immortality
1376:kingdom of
1362:Mesopotamia
1311:AD 600
1090:around the
1042:Mesopotamia
1030:Hellenistic
981:eschatology
978:apocalyptic
907:Holy Spirit
860:Holy Spirit
806:Last Supper
717:began as a
468:Pentecostal
350:(full list)
324:Reformation
289:Constantine
208:Christology
198:Apologetics
191:Holy Spirit
112:Foundations
82:Crucifixion
5056:Prosperity
5032:Liberation
4972:Cathedrals
4957:Pilgrimage
4942:Literature
4819:Philosophy
4755:Sacraments
4728:Four marks
4689:Protestant
4664:Born again
4461:Anabaptist
4451:Protestant
4393:Influences
4355:Modern era
4059:By country
3963:2014-03-26
3231:Brown 1956
2706:Franzen 29
2623:Cohen 1987
2600:Acts 11:26
2435:Maier 1975
2423:Grant 1977
2364:References
2325:Septuagint
2128:Patriarchs
2067:, adopted
1987:Frumentius
1971:Mirian III
1622:Bar-Daisan
1583:See also:
1535:Diocletian
1498:. In 212,
1460:See also:
1429:that true
1403:(313). In
1388:, Persia,
1322:See also:
1267:See also:
1207:See also:
1160:Saint Paul
1132:Asia Minor
1128:Alexandria
1024:-speaking
1005:Tabernacle
1001:James Dunn
993:proselytes
954:See also:
924:the Roman
905:, and the
877:to spread
802:Mount Zion
528:Irvingians
493:Waldensian
433:Anabaptist
422:Protestant
5132:Criticism
5082:Ecumenism
5046:Mysticism
5012:Democracy
5002:Anarchism
4989:Movements
4952:Mythology
4930:Catechism
4925:Education
4842:Evolution
4765:Eucharist
4748:Canon law
4706:Theotokos
4701:Mariology
4659:Salvation
4649:Tradition
4496:Methodist
4456:Adventist
4290:Chalcedon
3801:170331485
3777:1475-4517
3753:Cambridge
3626:New Haven
3396:, p. 140.
3229:, p.235;
3063:et passim
2868:Dunn 1982
2832:Dunn 2009
2820:Dunn 2009
2665:Dunn 2009
2650:Dunn 2009
2635:Dunn 2009
2586:Schreck,
2413:pp. 16–22
2391:Mack 1995
2317:Acts 2:11
1985:, it was
1961:(ancient
1914:Shapur II
1887:Shapur II
1842:Şanlıurfa
1796:Nestorius
1775:(now the
1531:tolerance
1527:Gallienus
1247:Luke-Acts
1243:Ebionites
1179:Jerusalem
1096:Jerusalem
938:Christian
875:disciples
852:Pentecost
850:began at
810:Pentecost
635:Symbolism
595:Ecumenism
585:Criticism
463:Moravian
458:Methodist
428:Adventist
299:Augustine
249:Tradition
223:Salvation
92:Ascension
5201:Category
5186:Category
5051:Pacifism
4865:features
4849:Politics
4802:Ablution
4770:Marriage
4674:Catholic
4604:Theology
4511:Reformed
4491:Lutheran
4486:Holiness
4466:Anglican
4436:Catholic
4340:Crusades
4285:Nicaea I
4235:Apostles
4208:Miracles
4203:Parables
4193:Ministry
4183:Nativity
4147:timeline
4044:Prophets
4039:Glossary
3940:Archived
3929:Archived
3805:Archived
3793:09003793
3711:(2006),
3680:(1995),
3618:(2018),
3556:(2011).
2981:(1996).
2531:Archived
2352:See also
2233:orthodox
2225:Clovis I
2171:Bulgaria
2116:dioceses
2081:orthodox
2075:(a.k.a.
2069:Arianism
2057:Lombards
1983:Rufinius
1920:Caucasus
1867:Seleucia
1834:Parthian
1781:Sasanian
1680:Donatist
1672:Licinius
1618:Pakistan
1573:Licinius
1550:Galerius
1541:in 303.
1516:Gnostics
1443:paganism
1415:paganism
1223:Philippi
1165:El Greco
1084:traveled
922:baptized
920:. Peter
653:Glossary
600:Glossary
483:Reformed
453:Lutheran
438:Anglican
372:Catholic
314:Crusades
304:Ignatius
294:Councils
259:Apostles
164:Theology
77:Ministry
67:Nativity
23:a series
21:Part of
5115:Related
4908:Trinity
4873:Culture
4837:Science
4807:Hygiene
4797:Mission
4780:Penance
4760:Baptism
4696:Worship
4669:Liturgy
4617:Trinity
4528:Eastern
4506:Quakers
4471:Baptist
4428:Western
4418:members
4188:Baptism
4142:History
4132:Worship
4034:Outline
3785:1508631
3412:Sources
3215:History
3178:History
3082:p. 107.
3043:5 April
3037:History
2928:(2006)
2202:Chi Rho
2162:Ulfilas
2130:in the
2122:in the
2087:in the
2065:Vandals
1959:Georgia
1936:Armenia
1810:at the
1724:as its
1421:at the
1394:Bactria
1390:Parthia
1378:Osroene
1358:Assyria
1338:Aramaic
1219:Corinth
1215:Ephesus
1112:Corinth
1108:Ephesus
1100:Antioch
1072:Aramaic
1059:kerygma
1050:Georgia
1046:Armenia
1038:Assyria
988:Aramaic
930:Acts 10
912:Paul's
895:baptize
891:Galilee
883:nations
856:Cenacle
798:Cenacle
741:Origins
725:in the
663:Outline
640:Worship
620:Outline
610:Liturgy
590:Culture
443:Baptist
383:Eastern
319:Aquinas
244:History
218:Mission
203:Baptism
176:Trinity
72:Baptism
4832:Ethics
4713:Saints
4622:Father
4541:Church
4153:spread
4117:Gospel
4107:Church
4049:People
3833:
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