Well, considering the First Amendment guaruntees Freedom Of Religion, we probably do not face prosecution for worshiping the wrong God.
The Catholic Missionaries who came to the new world in the 16th century built the first Churches.
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches both have defensible claims to be the 'original' Christianity. Both churches can be traced back to the second century at least. Both churches recognise the other as a sect.
Back in the first century women held and played an important key role in the hard work of the churches. But not many women or men were given any titles.
The oldest Protestant churches can be dated back to the fifteenth century. They are Unitas Fratrum, which was the original name of the Moravian church) and the Moravian Church. Protestant churches usually date their inception to around the sixteenth century.
Douglas A. Foster has written: 'Will the cycle be unbroken?' -- subject(s): Churches of Christ, Forecasts, Twenty-first century
The earliest Christians met in pprivate houses because they did not have the funds to construct special churches, nor the number to justify them. However, there is evidence of possibly two purpose-built Christian churches from as early as the first century. By the third century, church buildings were becoming quite common.
student and lay movements in the 19th century & conferences suggested a fellowship of churches. leaders for more than 100 churches voted for WCC in 1937 - 1938, but was delayed due to WWII. After the war the council came into being at the first assembly in 1948. There were 147 member churches and it evolved in profile and identity in the 1960's.
The first known pipe organ was built in the 3rd century BCE by the Greeks. It evolved over the centuries and became a popular instrument in churches during the Middle Ages.
St. Thomas, the apostle established the first Christian Churches in India in the mid-first century, from Wikipedia: According to Indian Christian traditions, the apostle Thomas arrived in Kodungallur (also Muziris), Kerala, established the Seven Churches and evangelized in present day Kerala and Tamil Nadu.[17]
AnswerArchaeologists believe they have found the world's oldest church in northern Jordan. If tests confirm that it dates back to between AD33 and AD70, it would make it the earliest known place of Christian worship by about 200 years. This find suggests that larger Christian communities already had formal places of worship even in the middle of the first century CE.It seems more common for the early Christians to worship in house churches, if only because of the cost of constructing and maintaining dedicated churches. By the third century, the Christian Church was becoming quite prosperous, and formal churches began to replace the house churches. In the fourth century, Constantine constructed numerous grand churches on the basilica model.
Roman Catholic AnswerSince Pope Pius X, at the turn of the century, beginning of the twentieth century, the age for First Holy Communion was lowered to the age of reason. So children receive their first Confession, followed by their first Holy Communion around the age of seven or eight.
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