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Early Christianity. The earliest recorded text teaching Christianity has its roots
buried deep within Judaism. ... Christianity borrows many aspects from Judaism. ...
The Spread Of Christianity. The spread of Christianity overtime replaced the old
warrior religion changing the way of life, and at the giving it new meaning. ...
Christianity and Islam. The religions of Christianity and Judaism have
many key differences yet are also similar. Many people see ...
Christianity. Christianity Christianity is one of the major religions of mankind. ...
The Jewish teacher known as Jesus of Nazareth founded Christianity. ...
The Rise of Christianity. ... Hundreds of thousands of European Jews became socially
marginal which would cause a large marginal to convert to Christianity. ...
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Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, whom Christians call Jesus Christ, and New Testament accounts of his life and teachings. With an estimated 2.1 billion adherents in 2001, Christianity is the world's largest religion.[1]
Christianity began in the first century as a Jewish sect[2] [citation needed]. Christians call the Hebrew Bible the Old Testament (see Judeo-Christian).[3] Like Judaism and Islam, Christianity is an Abrahamic religion.
In the Christian scriptures, the term "Christian" is first attested in Acts 11:26: "And in Antioch Jesus' disciples were first called Christians" (Gr. χριστιανους, from Christ Gr. Χριστός, which means "the anointed one").
Denominations of Christianity
Within Christianity numerous distinct groups have developed with beliefs that vary widely by culture and place. Since the Reformation Christianity is usually represented as being divided into three main branches:
Roman Catholicism: The Roman Catholic Church, the largest single body — which includes several Eastern Catholic communities — as well as certain smaller communities (e.g., the Old-Catholics), with more than 1.085 billion baptized members.
Eastern Christianity: Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Eastern Orthodox Churches (including Western Orthodox churches which preserve Latin practices while accepting Orthodox theology), with a combined membership of more than 240 million baptized members.
Protestantism: Numerous denominations and groups such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed, Evangelical, Charismatic, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Anabaptists, and Pentecostals. The oldest of these separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, followed in many cases by further divisions. Some Protestants...
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