Where did Christianity originally start?
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Who started Christianity?
Answer: Christianity started at Pentecost by the power of the Holy Spiriton the apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ after His death. Theyspread His gospel throughout the known world approximately 2000years ago. Christianity, as far as this world is concerned, was manifested atthe time Christ die…d on the cross. It was prophesied in the book ofIsaiah. Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish thatwhich I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sentit. Jesus Christ is what Isaiah is prophesying. John 1:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darknesscomprehended it not. The Word entity of the Holy Trinity was manifested to the world inthe likeness of men. Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it notrobbery to be equal with God: Philippians 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took uponhim the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbledhimself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of thecross. Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, andgiven him a name which is above every name: Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under theearth; Philippians 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that JesusChrist is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. "made in the likeness of men" is referring to his earthlyexistence. Man consist of three separate entities: soul, flesh, andspirit. Christ, being found in fashion of man also had threeentities: soul, flesh, and spirit. But the difference is, His soulwas not the same as ours. His soul was the "Word" entity of theHoly Trinity. So we find that Christ was truly a man; but notmerely a man. Though He appeared as a man, His being was stillDivine. So, as Isaiah prophesied, the Word was sent forth. At the timeChrist died on the cross His soul, flesh, and spirit separated. Theterms relating to death in the Greek have a prefix "apo"; meaningto "separate". When this happened He cried out: Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loudvoice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God,my God, why hast thou forsaken me? As his soul "The Word" was separating from His flesh and spirit,His human nature was crying out to God. At this point, the "Word"was coming into the world while His human flesh died and His humanspirit returned to God. (see Ecclesiastes) Now that the "Word" is in the world today, it is accomplishing whatit was sent to do. The purpose is for the "Word" to take upresidency in the souls of believers today. This is what being "bornagain" is all about. When the "Word" takes up residency in a humansoul a transformation takes place. This is not just mere Christianrhetoric. This is a REALITY. The person becomes a new creation. Ashis soul becomes one with the Truth of the Word, old things passaway and all things become new. To fulfill Isaiah's prophecy, the Word will prosper by enteringmore and more souls every day. It will not return void. It willreturn to God with the souls it resides in. Being a Christian is much more than reciting the sinner's prayer. Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shallenter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of myFather which is in heaven. Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have wenot prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils?and in thy name done many wonderful works? Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Not everyone waving a Christian flag is a Christian. But to thosethat truly believe from their innermost being, will see eternity inheaven. ---------------- Another Answer: According to Matthew 16:18, Jesus said to Peter, "You,Peter, are the rock upon which I will build my church." However,scholars widely question the authenticity of this allegedquotation; and many scholars (even some who don't question itsauthenticity) question the meaning of this statement,since the Greek term, "ekklesia," which was used there for"church," signified, in that time, any sort of anassembly, even a political one; and a Jewish assembly (or - as itwas then called - "sunagoge") was also a type of"ekklesia." Did Jesus start a Jewish sect? Christianity isn't that.So, this statement, even if it was authentic, doesn't answer thequestion: Who started Christianity - and when,and where, and why? The only other Scriptural candidate for Jesus's having authorizedChristianity is Matthew 28:18-20, in which the resurrectedJesus is quoted as ordering his followers, "Go throughout the worldto make all peoples my disciples by baptizing them in the name of[the Trinity] the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." However,this statement contradicts Matthew 5:17-20, which quotesJesus as saying "Do not think I have come to do away with the Lawof Moses, ... for it will be eternally binding," and the firstthree of the Ten Commandments permanently ban any such thing as theTrinity, and clearly demand worshipping only the Father,never to include any second object. Even more emphatically, theThird of the Ten Commandments says "Do not take the name of God invain," and so this alleged baptismal order was clearly inviolation. Furthermore, the early Christian church didn't considerthis alleged statement from Christ to be binding, and as late asthe 16th Century this order was widely understood as having beendirected only at Jesus's disciples in his own time, not at futuregenerations, and the obligation was thought to have been fulfilledby them. In any case, the statement doesn't assert that a personwho fails to comply with it will be viewed less favorably by God,or denied salvation. Moreover, only relatively recently did thestatement come to be called "The Great Commission," and consideredas the start of Christianity. This change of belief occurred at thetime critical scholarship on the Bible first emerged, TheEnlightenment. It's not how Christianity had seen itself during thereligion's first 1,600 years. And if Jesus didn't create Christianity, if a differentperson created it, then would Jesus have approved of what thatindividual was doing? Might Christianity even have been created byan enemy of Jesus? Not only might this havehappened; it did happen. The following press release summarizes the event that startedChristianity: who did it, and when, and where, and why, and how:Did St. Paul Confess to Starting Christianity violating Jesus'sIntent? New Book Says He Did. How did Christianity start by worshiping a Jew while it negated andclaimed to replace Judaism? Paul said in Galatians 2:16 "Godapproves only people who possess Christ-faith, never people whoobey God's commandments." That doctrine is Christianity (salvationvia Christ-faith) replacing Judaism (salvation via obeying God'slaws). And yet Matthew 5:17-18 quotes Jesus himself as having said,"Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses.... As long as heaven and earth shall last, not the least point northe smallest detail of the Law will be done away with." Jesus wasteaching Judaism, but Paul - who never even met Jesus - said inGalatians 2:16-21 that the death and resurrection of Jesus meantthat obeying God's commandments was no longer the way to pleaseGod. The subsequent conversation is being move to the discussion page. ( Full Answer )
When did Christianity start?
Bot answer: Christianity started with Judaism. There are many arguments on whendid Christianity start. Some theories are Christianity started whenJesus crucified, some are were when Adam and Eve were set into theworld. An other argument is that Christianity slowly started andbecame popular from a… belief based off of Judaism. Another view: According to Matthew 16:18, Jesus said to Peter, "You,Peter, are the rock upon which I will build my church." However,scholars widely question the authenticity of this allegedquotation; and many scholars (even some who don't question itsauthenticity) question the meaning of this statement, sincethe Greek term, "ekklesia," which was used there for "church,"signified, in that time, any sort of an assembly, even apolitical one; and a Jewish assembly (or - as it was then called -"sunagoge") was also a type of "ekklesia." Did Jesus start aJewish sect? Christianity isn't that. So, this statement, even ifit was authentic, doesn't answer the question: Who started Christianity - and when, and where, and why? The only other Scriptural candidate for Jesus having authorizedChristianity is Matthew 28:18-20, in which the resurrectedJesus is quoted as ordering his followers, "Go throughout the worldto make all peoples my disciples by baptizing them in the name of[the Trinity] the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." However,this statement contradicts Matthew 5:17-20, which quotesJesus as saying "Do not think I have come to do away with the Lawof Moses, ... for it will be eternally binding," and the firstthree of the Ten Commandments permanently ban any such thing as theTrinity, and clearly demand worshiping only the Father,never to include any second object. Even more emphatically, theThird of the Ten Commandments says "Do not take the name of God invain," and so this alleged baptismal order was clearly inviolation. Furthermore, the early Christian church didn't considerthis alleged statement from Christ to be binding, and as late asthe 16th Century this order was widely understood as having beendirected only at Jesus' disciples in his own time, not at futuregenerations, and the obligation was thought to have been fulfilledby them. In any case, the statement doesn't assert that a personwho fails to comply with it will be viewed less favorably by God,or denied salvation. Moreover, only relatively recently did thestatement come to be called "The Great Commission," and consideredas the start of Christianity. This change of belief occurred at thetime critical scholarship on the Bible first emerged, TheEnlightenment. It's not how Christianity had seen itself during thereligion's first 1,600 years. And if Jesus didn't create Christianity, if a differentperson created it, then would Jesus have approved of what thatindividual was doing? Might Christianity even have been created byan enemy of Jesus? Not only might this have happened;it did happen. And the most thorough documentation of itoccurs in the New Testament itself, as we shall see. Before it is possible to know whether Jesus (or anyone else)started Christianity, or when Christianity started, or where itstarted, or why it started, or how it started, we must first have asatisfactory definition of "Christianity." Paul essentiallydefined "Christianity" (without even using the term) when he saidin Galatians 2:16 "God approves only people who possessChrist-faith, never people who obey God's commandments." That doctrine is Christianity (salvation via Christ-faith), andit's replacing Judaism (salvation via obeying God's laws).And yet Matthew 5:17-18 quotes Jesus himself as having said,"Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses.... As long as heaven and earth shall last, not the least point northe smallest detail of the Law will be done away with." Jesus wasteaching Judaism, but Paul - who admitted that he had never evenmet the living Jesus - said in Galatians 2:16-21 that thedeath and resurrection of Jesus meant that obeying God'scommandments was no longer the way to please God. After having applied modern courtroom analytical methods toinvestigate the evidence concerning the start of Christianity, Ihave identified the exact occasion at which Christianity (this doctrine : salvation via Christ-faith) actuallystarted. Paul knew he was violating Jesus' will when alleging, in Galatians 2:16, Romans 3:28, and elsewhere, that Godnow demanded faith in Christ, instead of obedience to God's laws. I have found that in the year 49 or 50, Paul culminated a 14-yearconflict he had had with Jesus' brother James, by perpetrating a coup d'etat against him and overthrowing him as the leaderof the Jewish sect that Jesus had established 20 years earlier. Ifind that, according to Paul's own reluctantly made admission in Galatians (especially Galatians 2:12), Jesus hadappointed James, not Peter, as Jesus' successor to lead Jesus'followers, and that the central conflict between Paul and Jamesconcerned Judaism's signature commandment, Genesis 17:14, atwhich God was alleged to have said to Abraham "No uncircumcised manwill be one of my people." In the broader passage there, Genesis 17:9-19, God had offered to Abraham the Jewishcovenant or agreement to sign, and said that it would be everlasting or eternal , and that the way it was to be signed was by circumcision. Every one of God's men must becircumcised, and would have any male child circumcised on his 8thday. Abraham complied, and thus Judaism - obedience to God'scommandments or laws - started, according to the account in JewishScripture (which Jesus' followers accepted as reporting history,not merely as a myth). Paul, however, had been bringing Gentile men into Jesus' sect for17 years without requiring them to be circumcised. Accordingto Paul's account in Galatians , he first met James in thethird year of his ministry, and his practice of accepting into thesect uncircumcised men was accepted both by James, and by Peter,Peter being at that time the chief person evangelizing to Gentiles.However, by the time of the 17th year of Paul's ministry, Paul hadbrought in such a large number of uncircumcised men, so that Jamescalled Paul back to Jerusalem to defend his practice. According to Galatians 2:10, the decision reached there was for Paul tocontinue what he was doing, so long as Paul continued raising fundsto support the poor in Jerusalem - Jesus' disciples and theirfollowers. It's important to place these events in the broader context of thewar that then was raging between Rome and the Jews, which wasdescribed in Josephus' works. Jews were at that time a conqueredpeople, who had lost their independent Israel, and who were beingruled by kings appointed by Rome: the Herodian family were beingimposed as their rulers. Jesus claimed to be the authentic king ofthe Jews, and this claim was sedition against Rome. It alsothreatened Roman Law, because Jesus was teaching that the Law camefrom God, not merely from Rome's Emperor or Caesar. This is whyRome had Jesus crucified, as a warning to any other Jew who mightbe so bold as to challenge Rome's authority to make all the lawsand to appoint the kings. According to Josephus ( Antiquities 18:2:2), Rome also appointed the chief priest, in Jerusalem,Caiaphas. This is the actual reason why Caiaphas seized Jesus andhanded him over to Rome's appointed Governor, Pontius Pilate, fortrial on the charge of sedition against Rome. Caiphas thus washired by Pilate, and did his bidding. Moreover, Jesus' followerswere considered suspect, because they were followers of this manwho had been convicted and executed for sedition by Rome. Thishistorical background is essential to understand, in order tounderstand why Jesus' remaining followers, in Jerusalem, werepolitically vulnerable, and were very poor. With this as background then: immediately after the council inJerusalem, in the 17th year of Paul's ministry, James in Jerusalemsent Peter to Paul in Antioch (current-day Antakya Turkey) to tellPaul the bad news that James had changed his mind and wouldrequire, after all, that Paul's men be circumcised, in accord withthis "eternal" and "everlasting" commandment (see Genesis 17:13&19). Paul in Antioch refused to comply, and announcedChristianity, the doctrine he stated in Galatians 2:16-21. Here is why he refused: During the First Century, when therewas no such thing as anesthesia, and also when neither antibioticsnor antiseptics existed, any operation, even a circumcision, wasboth a frightful terror and a threat of death (from infections). Toimpose this medical operation upon a male baby on its 8th day, asJews routinely did in accord with Genesis 17:11, was verydifferent from demanding that full-grown Gentile men subjectthemselves to this terror and possible death. That's the reason whyJames had, for 17 years, not demanded that Gentile membersbe circumcised. But now, according to both Acts and Galatians , there were so many uncircumcised men who werecalling themselves followers of Jesus, so that, in Acts 21:21, and elsewhere, Jews were rioting against Paul demanding himto have his men circumcised. According to Acts 15:1, thecouncil in Jerusalem had been called by James precisely to considerthis highly contentious circumcision-issue: Genesis 17:14. Galatians 2:12 indicates that James changed his mind soonafter the council and sent Peter to tell Paul to have his mencircumcised, after all; and sent a follow-up team to arrive thatevening to check up on whether Peter did his job. Peter wasreluctant to do it. James had selected Peter for this missionbecause Peter had been Paul's teacher 14 years earlier, and did asPaul did now: accepted uncircumcised men into the sect. (See, forexample, Acts 11:2.) James chose Peter to deliver to Paulthe bad news because James knew that Paul knew that, if even Peternow accepted the necessity of imposing Genesis 17:14, Paulwould have no continuing support at all from Jerusalem unless Paulimposed circumcision upon his men. Galatians 2:11-21 presents Paul publicly having stoodagainst his own teacher, Peter, and against the otherrepresentatives sent by James, and having announced( Galatians 2:16) that God no longer required obedience toGod's laws, and that from now on, mere Christ-faith is all that Godrequires in order to send a person to heaven instead of to hellafter death. The event recounted in Galatians 2:11-21occurred in the year 49 or 50, in Antioch. This was the first timethat Christianity (the doctrine announced by Paul in2:16-21) had been announced by anyone, and so it shocked anddismayed both Peter and the other representatives from James. When Paul called James' bluff on this occasion, and refused tocomply, James was actually trapped: James' small and vulnerablegroup in Jerusalem needed the contributions and the other supportto continue coming from Paul's far larger number of far-better-offfollowers throughout the Roman Empire. Thus, James mutely foldedhis cards; and, from that moment onward, Paul tacitly took overeffective control of what originally had been the Jewish sect thatJesus had started and that James had inherited. This event in the year 49 or 50, the first-ever occasion on whichChristianity (the doctrine that Paul announced in Galatians 2:16-21) was announced, constituted Paul's coup d'etat against James, and the break with Judaism, the start ofChristianity. Paul did it in order to save his career fromcollapse, to avoid having almost all of the men whom he hadconverted to Judaism leave him, as they would have done in order toavoid a medical operation in an era which knew no anesthesia,antibiotics, or antiseptics. After that occasion, Paul wrotethe letters by which he is known, and he wrote these letters insuch a way that he intentionally glossed over the question as towhether they still were Jews. The authors of each of the four canonical Gospel accounts of"Jesus" ( Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ) were actuallyfollowers of Paul, and not at all followers of Jesus/James. Theywrote the actions and the words of "Jesus" to support Paul'sagenda, including the Trinity, and the minimization of James. (Paulintroduced the Trinity because he needed the Holy Ghost, Jesus'sghost, since Paul's sole authorization to preach for "Jesus" came from that ghost .) In turn, the later followers of Paul,during subsequent generations, assembled the New Testament, andwrote James out of the "historical" picture altogether. Peter wasretroactively identified, by Paul's followers, to have been theleader whom Jesus had appointed; and the reason for this is thatPeter had been Paul's teacher, and that the emerging Roman CatholicChurch needed someone to serve as the "historical" link backto Jesus, since Paul himself had never met Jesus. So, the short answer to the question is that Christianity wasstarted by Paul, in the year 49 or 50, in order to salvage hiscareer as a missionary for the Jewish sect that Jesus had started.Paul, in the 17th year of his career, was faced with choosingbetween retaining his members or else repelling them by demandingthem to go under the knife in an era which lacked anesthesia,antibiotics and antiseptics. He chose to retain his members, eventhough he knew that by his abandonment of the Jewish covenant hewas teaching the opposite of what Jesus had taught, whichwas Judaism. The authors of the four Gospels were Paul's followers,who manufactured a "Jesus" that embodied Paul's agenda, not the agenda of Jesus. Another answer: It started when Jesus was dead and several hundred years later.Jesus was a Jew and he was not Christian, rather believed inJudaism. Here is a story of the founder of Christianity. Jesus was not the founder of Christianity as we know it today. Mostof the New Testament doesn't even concern the historical Jesuswhile the main influence is the Apostle Paul and through the churchhe founded at Ephesus a Greek convert named John. Paul never metJesus in the flesh, he only claimed some spiritual visions andproceeded to Hellenize the teachings of Jesus (who preached ageneric form of Judaism), until he created Pauline Christianity.Because there are no known writings from Jesus or His actualApostles, most of what He really taught is remains controversial.Also see the disputed Gnostic Gospels. But according to Paul, Jesus' teachings are not relevant tosalvation. While Jesus is regarded by Christians as the founder ofthe faith, Paul's role in defining Christianity can't be ignoredand trumps Jesus on theology. "Paul is regarded as the greatinterpreter of Jesus' mission, who explained, in a way that Jesushimself never did, how Jesus' life and death fitted into a cosmicscheme of salvation, stretching from the creation of Adam to theend of time." The doctrines of Christianity come mostly from theteaching or influence of Paul, a Pharisee(?) who rejected hisPharisaic Judaism. His worship was that of a "Christ" totally unrelated to the JewishMessiah, a nationalist (and human) figure that was supposed to freethe nation from foreign (Roman) rule. Paul would later be placedover his Jewish-Christian rivals by a Gnostic heretic namedMarcion. See Marcion. The Church in its struggles with both Marcionand the Gnostics was forced to define itself and launch an internalwar to silence opponents. Another answer: The Bible clearly states that Jesus came to establish HisFather's Church - called the Church of God a dozen times inScripture - on Pentecost, June 17, 31 A.D.. God's specially called Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul tells usthe only way to salvation if through Jesus Christ: Romans 6:23 (NKJV): 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ephesians 2:4-10 (NKJV): 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love withwhich He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have beensaved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in ChristJesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceedingriches of His grace in His kindness toward us in ChristJesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and thatnot of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works,lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created inChrist Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that weshould walk in them. 1 Corinthians 1:18 (NKJV): Christ the Power and Wisdom of God 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those whoare perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power ofGod . 2 Corinthians 2:15 (NKJV): 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who arebeing saved and among those who are perishing. And there are many other Scriptures from Paul and the otherwriters. .
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Christanity started about 2000 years ago when jecus christ wasborni th year 0AD. :) Christianity began almost 2,000 years ago. Jesus Christ of Nazarethbegan his teachings and the idea spread from there into what isknown as Christianity today. In 30 A.D. About 2000 years ago. ( Full Answer )
When was Christianity started?
After Christ's death when Peter decided to gather all followers of Jesus and to tell them to follow His teachings.
How did Christianity start?
First answer: Christianity began when Jesus gave his disciples what is called the Great Commission, which says to go out into all the world and preach the gospel (or good news) to everyone. This began to be implemented when the obedient followers received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, as Jesus ha…d promised. This 'Power from on high' was specifically promised for the purpose of fulfilling Jesus' Great Commission. The second answer: According to Matthew 16:18, Jesus said to Peter, "You, Peter, are the rock upon which I will build my church." However, scholars widely question the authenticity of this alleged quotation; and many scholars (even some who don't question its authenticity) question the meaning of this statement, since the Greek term, "ekklesia," which was used there for "church," signified, in that time, any sort of an assembly, even a political one; and a Jewish assembly (or - as it was then called - "sunagoge") was also a type of "ekklesia." Did Jesus start a Jewish sect? Christianity isn't that. So, this statement, even if it was authentic, doesn't answer the question: Who started Christianity - and when, and where, and why? The only other Scriptural candidate for Jesus having authorized Christianity is Matthew 28:18-20, in which the resurrected Jesus is quoted as ordering his followers, "Go throughout the world to make all peoples my disciples by baptizing them in the name of [the Trinity] the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." However, this statement contradicts Matthew 5:17-20, which quotes Jesus as saying "Do not think I have come to do away with the Law of Moses, ... for it will be eternally binding," and the first three of the Ten Commandments permanently ban any such thing as the Trinity, and clearly demand worshiping only the Father, never to include any second object. Even more emphatically, the Third of the Ten Commandments says "Do not take the name of God in vain," and so this alleged baptismal order was clearly in violation. Furthermore, the early Christian church didn't consider this alleged statement from Christ to be binding, and as late as the 16th Century this order was widely understood as having been directed only at Jesus' disciples in his own time, not at future generations, and the obligation was thought to have been fulfilled by them. In any case, the statement doesn't assert that a person who fails to comply with it will be viewed less favorably by God, or denied salvation. Moreover, only relatively recently did the statement come to be called "The Great Commission," and considered as the start of Christianity. This change of belief occurred at the time critical scholarship on the Bible first emerged, The Enlightenment. It's not how Christianity had seen itself during the religion's first 1,600 years. And if Jesus didn't create Christianity, if a different person created it, then would Jesus have approved of what that individual was doing? Might Christianity even have been created by an enemy of Jesus? Not only might this have happened; it did happen. And the most thorough documentation of it occurs in the New Testament itself. How did Christianity start by worshiping a Jew while it negated and claimed to replace Judaism? This question will be answered when we identify the specific event that started Christianity, which we are doing here. Paul said in Galatians 2:16 "God approves only people who possess Christ-faith, never people who obey God's commandments." That doctrine is Christianity (salvation via Christ-faith) replacing Judaism (salvation via obeying God's laws). And yet Matthew 5:17-18 quotes Jesus himself as having said, "Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses. ... As long as heaven and earth shall last, not the least point nor the smallest detail of the Law will be done away with." Jesus was teaching Judaism, but Paul - who admitted that he had never even met the living Jesus - said in Galatians 2:16-21 that the death and resurrection of Jesus meant that obeying God's commandments was no longer the way to please God. After having applied modern courtroom analytical methods to investigate the evidence concerning the start of Christianity, I have identified the exact occasion at which Christianity (the doctrine of salvation via Christ-faith) actually started. Never before have these modern analytical methods been applied to this evidence. I have found that in the year 49 or 50, Paul culminated a 14-year conflict he had had with Jesus' brother James, by perpetrating a coup d'etat against him and overthrowing him as the leader of the Jewish sect that Jesus had established 20 years earlier. I find that, according to Paul's own reluctantly made admission in Galatians (especially Galatians 2:12), Jesus had appointed James, not Peter, as Jesus' successor to lead Jesus' followers, and the central conflict between Paul and James concerned Judaism's signature commandment, Genesis 17:14, at which God was alleged to have said to Abraham "No uncircumcised man will be one of my people." In the broader passage there, Genesis 17:9-19, God had offered to Abraham the Jewish covenant or agreement to sign, and said that it would be everlasting or eternal, and that the way it was to be signed was by circumcision. Every one of God's men must be circumcised, and would have any male child circumcised on his 8th day. Abraham complied, and thus Judaism - obedience to God's commandments or laws - started, according to the account in Jewish Scripture (which Jesus' followers accepted). Paul, however, was bringing Gentile men into Jesus' sect for 17 years without requiring them to be circumcised. According to Paul's account in Galatians , he first met James in the third year of his ministry, and his practice of accepting into the sect uncircumcised men was accepted both by James, and by Peter, Peter being at that time the chief person evangelizing to Gentiles. However, by the time of the 17th year of Paul's ministry, Paul had brought in such a large number of uncircumcised men, so that James called Paul back to Jerusalem to defend his practice. According to Galatians 2:10, the decision reached there was for Paul to continue what he was doing, so long as Paul continued raising funds to support the poor in Jerusalem - Jesus' disciples and their followers. It's important to place these events in the broader context of the war that then was raging between Rome and the Jews, which was described in Josephus' works. Jews were at that time a conquered people, who had lost their independent Israel, and who were being ruled by kings appointed by Rome: the Herodian family were being imposed as their rulers. Jesus claimed to be the authentic king of the Jews, and this claim was sedition against Rome. It also threatened Roman Law, because Jesus was teaching that the Law came from God, not from Rome's Emperor or Caesar. This is why Rome had Jesus crucified, as a warning to any other Jew who might be so bold as to challenge Rome's authority to make the laws and to appoint the kings. According to Josephus ( Antiquities 18:2:2), Rome also appointed the chief priest, in Jerusalem, Caiaphas. This is the actual reason why Caiaphas seized Jesus and handed him over to Rome's appointed Governor, Pontius Pilate, for trial on the charge of sedition against Rome. Caiphas was hired by Pilate, and did his bidding. Moreover, Jesus' followers were considered suspect, because they were followers of this man who had been convicted and executed for sedition by Rome. This historical background is essential to understand, in order to understand why Jesus' remaining followers, in Jerusalem, were politically vulnerable, and were very poor. With this as background then: immediately after the council in Jerusalem, in the 17th year of Paul's ministry, James sent Peter to Paul to tell Paul the bad news that James had changed his mind and would require, after all, that Paul's men be circumcised. Paul refused to comply, and announced Christianity, the doctrine he stated in Galatians 2:16-21. Here is why he refused: During the First Century, when there was no such thing as anesthesia, and also when neither antibiotics nor antiseptics existed, any operation, even a circumcision, was both a frightful terror and a threat of death (from infections). To impose this medical operation upon a male baby on its 8th day, as Jews routinely did in accord with Genesis 17:11, was very different from demanding that full-grown Gentile men subject themselves to this terror and possible death. That's the reason why James had, for 17 years, not demanded that Gentile members be circumcised. But now, according to both Acts and Galatians , there were so many uncircumcised men who were calling themselves followers of Jesus, so that, in Acts 21:21, and elsewhere, Jews were rioting against Paul demanding him to have his men circumcised. According to Acts 15:1, the council in Jerusalem had been called by James precisely to consider this highly contentious circumcision-issue: Genesis 17:14. Galatians 2:12 indicates that James changed his mind soon after the council and sent Peter to tell Paul to have his men circumcised, after all; and sent a follow-up team to arrive that evening to check up on whether Peter did his job. Peter was reluctant to do it. James had selected him for this mission because Peter had been Paul's teacher 14 years earlier, and did as Paul did now: accepted uncircumcised men into the sect. (See, for example, Acts 11:2.) James chose Peter to deliver to Paul the bad news because James knew that Paul knew that, if even Peter now accepted the necessity of imposing Genesis 17:14, Paul would have no continuing support at all from Jerusalem unless Paul imposed circumcision upon his men. Galatians 2:11-21, presents Paul publicly having stood against his own teacher, Peter, and against the other representatives sent by James, and having announced ( Galatians 2:16) that God no longer required obedience to God's laws, and that from now on, mere Christ-faith is all that God requires in order to send a person to heaven instead of to hell after death. The event recounted in Galatians 2:11-21 occurred in the year 49 or 50. This was the first time that Christianity (the doctrine announced by Paul in 2:16-21) had been announced by anyone, and it shocked and dismayed both Peter and the other representatives from James. When Paul called James' bluff on this occasion, and refused to comply, James was actually trapped: James' small and vulnerable group in Jerusalem needed the contributions and the other support to continue coming from Paul's far larger number of far-better-off followers throughout the Roman Empire. Thus, James mutely folded his cards; and, from that moment onward, Paul tacitly took over effective control of what originally had been the Jewish sect that Jesus had started and that James had inherited. This event in the year 49 or 50, the first-ever occasion on which Christianity (the doctrine that Paul announced in Galatians 2:16-21) was announced, constituted Paul's coup d'etat against James, and the break with Judaism, the start of Christianity. Paul did it in order to save his career from collapse, to avoid having almost all of the men whom he had converted to Judaism leave him. After that occasion, Paul wrote the letters by which he is known, and he wrote these letters in such a way that he intentionally glossed over the question as to whether they still were Jews. The authors of each of the four canonical Gospel accounts of "Jesus" ( Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ) was actually a follower of Paul, and not at all a follower of Jesus/James. They wrote the actions and the words of "Jesus" to support Paul's agenda, including the Trinity, and the minimization of James. (Paul introduced the Trinity because he needed the Holy Ghost, Jesus' ghost, since Paul's sole authorization to preach for "Jesus" came from that ghost .) In turn, the later followers of Paul, during subsequent generations, assembled the New Testament, and wrote James out of the "historical" picture altogether. Peter was retroactively identified, by Paul's followers, to have been the leader whom Jesus had appointed; and the reason for this is that Peter had been Paul's teacher, and that the emerging Roman Catholic Church needed someone to serve as the "historical" link back to Jesus, since Paul himself had never met Jesus. --------- So, the answer to the question "How did Christianity start?" is that Christianity was started by Paul in order to salvage his career, so as to prevent the loss of almost all of the men he had converted to the Jewish sect that Jesus had started. Very few men in his congregations would have stayed if told that in order to stay they must go under the knife in that era which lacked anesthesia, antibiotics, and antiseptics. The authors of the four Gospels were followers of Paul, not of James/Jesus, and placed Paul's agenda into the mouth and actions of their "Jesus." Another answer: Y'shua of Natzaret historically, factually, physically rose from the dead proving He had the power to give life and overcome death (John 3:3-8; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:23) Another answer: When Jesus died for our sins, the people who believed it became the first Christians. His disciples then went and spread the word. Christianity is named after Jesus and is based on His life and teachings but particularly on His death and resurrection. Christianity started after thejews and Romans saw that christ had risen from the dead and , the desciples went all over the world to spread the word of christ.Christianity started as soon As the Lord our God created Adam and Eve! "Those who believeth in him shall have everlasting life" When the first man and woman disobeyed God their fellowship withGod was broken, this is sin. God made away for them to maintaintheir fellowship with Him in spite of the fact the man and thewoman (and their children) continued to sin. This was by offeringan animal as a sacrifice. Later in the history of mankind God chosethe nation of Israel to be an example of a godly nation and Godgave a set of laws and a sacrificial system to Israel so they whenthey failed to keep Gods moral laws they could make atonement fortheir sins. But Israel turned away from God and turned God's lawand sacrificial system into religion. When the time was right God came to earth as the man Jesus Christ.Jesus was the 'lamb of God'; he was a sacrifice for sin, for allsin, for all people. One day God will judge everybody's sin toescape this judgment a person must believe Jesus died in theirplace. After His resurrection Jesus spent 40 days with His disciples andduring this time he presumably taught them about the purpose of Hislife and death. When Jesus left this world He told His disciples to go into theworld and tell and teach people about Him and so Christianityspread throughout the known world. This was the beginning of Christianity. 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How did Christianity originate?
From the birth, teachings, and death of Jesus Christ. >It may surprise many people but Christianity originated not in the middle east but in what is now modern day Turkey.< Please provide a link to proof for this statement. According to the Bible itself, this originated in Jerusalem, Galilee, Dam…ascus, the surrounding areas of the Dead Sea- All in modern day Israel. What you are saying here is a borderline anti-christian statement, and I don't think we want to offend anybody. ( Full Answer )
Why did Christianity originate?
The reasons for the coming of Christ from whom Christianity originated are given in the following passages of Scripture. The exact nature of the fall of Adam and Eve related below is a matter for debate but Jewish history and subsequent events confirm that this event or an event of a similar nature …took place which necessitated the coming of Christ. From the beginning God made us in His image and therefore able to share in His Divine nature but when Adam and Eve, being tempted by the serpent/devil, disobeyed God by " eating of the fruit of the tree of tree of the knowledge of good and evil" their eyes were opened and God said, "'Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever' therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man; and at the east of the Garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." (Genesis Chapter 3) God promised the serpent/devil "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." (Genesis Chapter 3) He promised a "Redeemer" from the children of Eve who would restore our link to Him. Until that time came He sent the prophets as mediators between Himself and his people to spread the Law and keep alive the promise He made. "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. "You shall have no other gods before me...." (Exodus Ch 20) "Fear not... the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. ….. For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the LORD, your Redeemer .(Isaiah Chapter 54) "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfil the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring forth for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land" (Jeremiah Chapter 33) At the appropriate time the Redeemer came in the person of Jesus Christ, son of the Living God born of the Virgin Mary, a descendant of Eve, who is our King and ruler of the Kingdom of Heaven. Answer Christianity as we know it today was codified in 325 at the Council of Nicea. Before that date, it was a variety of Judaism that believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah of Israel. The apostles were Jewish men who studied with Jesus, and were firmly convinced that he was The Anointed One which was promised by God in the Old Testament. The book of Acts in the New Testament records their reactions and journeys in spreading their beliefs to Jew and Gentile. The big split between Christianity and Judaism came about 135 CE during the Bar Kokhba Revolt. The Christians did not believe that Bar Kokhba was the Messiah, as they already knew that Jesus was. But the leadership of Judaism pushed for Bar Kokhba as Messiah, and the Christians did not participate in the revolt. This led to the division of Jew and Christian as it is today. Answer Christianity originated in order to bring the Law of Moses to the European pagans. To make the law attractive to them, Christianity's images are all pagan, from the virgin birth of Jesus to his ritual sacrifice and resurrection, because these are familiar ideas that the pagans could recognize and understand. Later, of course, the founders of the church mistook the package - wrapped as it was in pagan imagery - for the Law itself that the package was intended to contain: Love one another and treat each other with justice and mercy. And so instead of justice and mercy we have holy wars and inquisitions, where bloody fools argue and kill each other over meaningless doctrinal distinctions about the wrapping material covering the Law of peace and love they have forgotten inside. God laughs, but Jesus weeps. Religious strife breaks his heart. God planned "Christianity" from before the foundation of the world. First He called a people, the Jews and they were to evangelize the world, telling of a Messiah to come. Finally down through the ages the Messiah did come in the person of Jesus. The Jewish people did not believe Jesus was the Messiah and had Him crucified. But Jesus's disciples/ Apostles did believe Jesus was the Messiah and on Pentecost the Holy Spirit of God entered their hearts and the Christian church began. Christianity started and will continue because we (Christians) believe in their heart that Jesus is the Son of God and is the Savior of the world. Jesus said, "The gates of hell will not prevail against the church" . My translation. Christianity never 'started.' It has always been there, as God has also, being outside of time. As man followed God, a name was put to the followers: Christians. So Christianity is defined. ( Full Answer )
What is the origin of Christianity?
Answers as given by different Wi kiAnswers contributors: Answer According to Christians, Christianity wasfounded by G-D. It is the doctrines and teachings of Jesus Christ.Christians believe that Jesus is the Christ, or the Messiah. AfterHis death and resurrection, his disciples (like Peter and… Paul)spread His gospel abroad. To understand what Christianity is, though, look at the root wordChristos, which is Greek for Christ. The Christ was the "anointedone," to be anointed means to be chosen by G-D for royalty orpriesthood. While Christ is from the Greek, Messiah comes from theHebrew "Meshiach," also meaning the "anointed one." A "Christian"and a "Messianic" Believer by definition must be one and the same. Answer It is essential that Paul be included in discussions of theorigins of Christianity. Without the work that Paul did,Christianity might not have caught on anywhere. He made severalmissionary journies that are documented in the Book of Acts, and healso played a major role in opening the Christian church to thenon-Jewish communities of the day. Most study bibles have sectionsoutlining Paul's journies, and they make for a very exciting timein the early history of the church. Paul's letters, independent ofthe journeys he made, also play a major role in the disseminationof Christian teaching. Answer JUDAISM Answer Christianity was a religion evolved from the Ancient EgyptianReligion of Sun worship between 2 and 3 thousand years ago. First it is important to point out that Jesus Christ as worshippedby Christians has only ever appeared in religious texts which arenot considered to be a reliable source of history by main streamhistorians. He has never appeared in any actual historicaldocuments and so there is considerable doubt as to whether heactually existed as described in the bible at all. As far as the origin of Christianity goes there are many documentsI can reference but the documentary "Zietguist" does this for usvery well so I will quote a summary from the text: "Furthermore, the character of Jesus, a literary and astrologicalhybrid, is most explicitly a plagiarization of the Egyptian Sun-godHorus.For example, inscribed about 3500 years, on the walls of theTemple of Luxor in Egypt are images of the enunciation, theimmaculate conception, the birth, and the adoration of Horus. Theimages begin with Thaw announcing to the virgin Isis that she willconceive Horus, then Nef the holy ghost impregnating the virgin,and then the virgin birth and the adoration.This is exactly thestory of Jesus' miracle conception. In fact, the literarysimilarities between the Egyptian religion and the Christianreligion are staggering." Answer For Christians, Christianityoriginated as the disciples (and later, the apostles) spread thenews of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, building up afledgling church which has grown into what it is today. These men,who fled from the scene and denied their association with Jesuswhile he was being crucified, preached with a boldness that wentagainst the Jewish traditions in which they had been raised. Originally, these followers called themselves followers of "theWay" (Acts 9:2), after Jesus's words " I am the Way, the Truthand the Life. No one comes to the Father but by me. " Sometimeafter Christ's death and resurrection, a new term arose, that being"Christian". The first use of this word "Christian" to refer tochrist's followers is recorded in Acts 11:26 as having been used inAntioch, a city in Syria. The term comes from the Greek wordmeaning Messiah "Christos" and the latin ending "ianus". Thecombination of these two words means "belonging to Christ". Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.Christians believe that Jesus was the son of God, was able toperform miracles, and was resurrected after being crucified. ( Full Answer )
Start of Christianity?
i am a Muslim so i will tell you the way i learnt it,once the angel Jibreel (Gabriel) came to Maryam (Mary) and said you will have a son and she said how can i?I haven't touched a man.Jibreel(Gabriel) said by the will of god anything can happen and call him Isa(Jesus).so she got pregnant then when h…e was to be born she went to her people,on the way she gave birth to Isa (Jesus) and was in pain against a date tree and Jibreel (Gabriel) came and said if you are hungry have some food so the dates fell from the trees and he said if you are thirsty drink so so from near her feet water came from the ground she was ashamed and she fasted in silence when she went there and people were saying Maryam (Mary) how could you do such a thing and so and so.so she pointed to her baby and he spoke and said I am isa the servant and messenger of god.sorry i forgot the rest.and they were shocked and so when he was a man he became a prophet.the Romans wanted to kill him but god saved him and took him alive to heaven and he is still there waiting to come down in amosque in damascus and one of his friends offered to mu crucified and with him was crucified were prophets Yahya (Jacob) and Zakariya (Zacheriya) after people changed his book the Injeel (Gospel) and so did the people of Musa (Moses) to his book the Torat (Torah) and they made lies and said that he died on the cross and he was the son of god. ( Full Answer )
Where did Christianity start?
(Acts 11:25-26) . . .So he went off to Tarsus to make a thoroughsearch for Saul [26] and, after he found him, he brought him toAntioch. It thus came about that for a whole year they gatheredtogether with them in the congregation and taught quite a crowd,and it was first in Antioch that the disciples… were by divineprovidence called Christians. This was written about 44-46 c.e. and is the first occurrence of agroup with the name Christians. Christianity started with the teachings of Jesus, who lived in whatis now called the Holy Land--currently Israel/Palestine. Answer: Christ's church was founded in Jerusalem . Theaccount is found in Acts 2 . it was acually later turned into christianty but his original ideawas to reform the Jewish religion sort of like the reformation butwith Judiasm Christianity began in Israel in the city of Bethlehem. _________ The above contributions discuss the origins of the human practiceof Christianity as a religion. The Word, as identified in the firstchapter of John, is with God always and from the beginning, and soin a deep sense Christianity has no beginning at all but existseverywhere and in all of time. From a Christian perspective, it came from the area that today wecall Israel. Others have hypothesized a variety of other places,such as India, China, and most notably (for it's oddness), Britain. Another view: Christianity started in Jerusalem. Additional Comment : Some scholars have said the birth of Christianity started inJerusalem on Pentecost, which they dated to June 17, 31 A.D. (Acts 11:25-26) . . .So he went off to Tarsus to make a thoroughsearch for Saul [26] and, after he found him, he brought him toAntioch. It thus came about that for a whole year they gatheredtogether with them in the congregation and taught quite a crowd,and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divineprovidence called Christians. This was written about 44-46 c.e. and is the first occurrence of agroup with the name Christians. Christianity started with the teachings of Jesus, who lived in whatis now called the Holy Land--currently Israel/Palestine. Answer: Christ's church was founded in Jerusalem . Theaccount is found in Acts 2 . it was acually later turned into christianty but his original ideawas to reform the Jewish religion sort of like the reformation butwith Judiasm Christianity began in Israel in the city of Bethlehem. _________ The above contributions discuss the origins of the human practiceof Christianity as a religion. The Word, as identified in the firstchapter of John, is with God always and from the beginning, and soin a deep sense Christianity has no beginning at all but existseverywhere and in all of time. Answer: We can probably say where Christianity began - in Jerusalem, butbecause Christianity is based on the death, burial and resurrectionof Jesus Christ as the lamb of God then Christianity didn't beginuntil after Jesus was resurrected and possibly not until after thegiving of the Holy Spirit - as the indwelling Holy Spirit is theearnest of a Christians coming redemption. Messianic Jewish View : Though Constantineofficially made Christianity the state religion of the EasternRoman Empire, Theodosius was the last Roman Emperor of both theWestern and Eastern Roman Empire that issued the edict on February27, 380 CE which declared the formation of a Universal Church andnot just any kind of Christian, a declaration which attempted tounify Arianism (i.e., a form of Christianity that denied Christ'sdeity) with the Roman Catholic Church (i.e., the more accepted formof Christianity that embraced the Trinitarian Doctrine). Accordingto Roman law, it was illegal to practice a religion that was notformally recognized by the Roman Empire and most historians of theday recognized early Christians (i.e., the Ebionim and theNetzarim) as Jews who followed the teachings of a Jewish scholar. Christianity began in the middle east in the area of Israel. Thisis not terribly far from where they think the Garden of Eden waslocated. History of Christianity -- how did it all start? Christianitystarted about 2000 years ago in Judea (present-day Israel) withJesus Christ and His faithful group of disciples. During thisperiod, Judea was a cross-cultural mecca of bustling cities andfarms. The emperor of Rome was the ruler. The Jews at that timehated Roman rule -- it was but another reminder of the historicaloppression they faced as a people. The polytheistic culturalbeliefs of Rome were also pagan and intrusive to Jewish life. SomeJews saw that their only hope was to conform to this change. Othersbecame religious zealots who formed pockets of guerrilla resistanceagainst Rome. Still others withdrew themselves into the Judeanwilderness to study the Jewish law and wait for the eventual comingof their promised Messiah (savior). Answer: The account relating the beginning of Christianity is moreexplicit about the reasons why Jesus' disciples abandoned theirancestors' religion. In a very persuasive speech, the apostle Peterinvited his audience to "get saved from this crooked generation" byrepenting of their sins and getting baptized in the name of JesusChrist. (Acts 2:37-41) One of the most remarkable examples was thatof Saul, a Jewish persecutor of Christians. While on the road toDamascus, he saw a vision of Christ, after which Saul became aChristian and came to be known as the apostle Paul.-Acts 9:1-9. The majority of early Christians did not have such a spectacularexperience. Still, all had to abandon either Judaism or the worshipof various pagan gods. Those who accepted Christianity did so infull knowledge of the facts, often after having had longdiscussions about the role of Jesus as the Messiah. (Acts 8:26-40;13:16-43; 17:22-34) Those early Christians were clearly informed ofthe need to make changes in their lives. The invitation was givento all, both Jews and non-Jews, but the message remained the same.To please God, it was necessary to follow a new form of worship,that of Christianity. ( Full Answer )
How was Christianity started?
Christianity was started from Jesus christ, after Jesus had died his deciples kept teaching Christianity and it romed the world from people moving other places and spreading their belief.
When and where did Christianity start?
There were no Christians on earth until the Day of Pentecost whenthe Holy Spirit entered the disciples on that day. His entering waspermanent at that time. The church and Christianity started at thattime. This happened in Jerusalem 50 days after Jesus was crucifiedat the time of Passover. Another …answer: The word " Christianity " isn't in the KingJames Version of the Bible. The term " Christians " wasfirst used by people in the city of Antioch in reference to thedisciples of Christ, and as a result of the work Paul did there[Acts 11:26]. " Christianity " is a general term coined by men, later, tolabel another of one of the world's many religions; in this case,one that touts the name of Christ. It's a " general term ,"in that there are hundreds of denominations and beliefs regardingChrist under this label, as the varied beliefs and sects of anyother religion in the world. What has come to be known in the world as " Christianity "is perhaps the very first thing about which Jesus warned Hisdisciples: "...the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us... whatshall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world [age]?And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed thatno man deceive you . For many shall comein My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceivemany ." (Matt.24:4-5 KJV ) Paul fought off many attempts of Satan to deceive and pervert thechurches he was planting among the Gentiles... and he struggledwith it until he died, and was " taken out of the way ."Until Paul was taken out of the picture... there was nomulti-denominational religion known as " Christianity "...but the struggling Gentile churches that kept Paul busy... and thatinspired his letters of instruction and teaching, that would oneday become the meat and potatoes of the " New Testament ." "Don't be fooled by what they say. For that Day will not come untilthere is a great rebellion against God [within His church] and theman of lawlessness is revealed - the one who brings destruction...And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed onlywhen his time comes. For this lawlessness is ALREADY AT WORKSECRETLY, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding itback [Paul's monumental efforts in and among God's church] stepsout of the way." (II Thess.2:3-7 NLT NewLiving Translation ) There is no term of " Christianity " within the pages of theBible. There is only Jesus', Paul's, and the other disciples'warnings to beware of people claiming to represent Christ... butwho fail to obey and do the works of Christ: "Pray, too, that we will be saved from wicked and evil people, fornot everyone believes in the LORD. But the LORD is Faithful; Hewill make you strong and guard you from the evil one. And we areconfident in the LORD that you are practicing the things wecommanded you , and that you always will . May the LORDbring you into an ever deeper Understanding of the Love of God andthe endurance that comes from Christ." (II Thess.2:4-5 NLT ) ( Full Answer )
Where did Christianity originated?
Answer .
Christianity started in the city of Bethlehem when a small child called Jesus Christ was born.
Where and who started Christianity?
JESUS in the Holy Land - he got about a bit so difficult to pin down "where"
Why was Christianity started?
Christianity as we know it today was codified in 325 at the Council of Nicea. Before that date, it was a variety of Judaism that believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah of Israel..
The apostles were Jewish men who studied with Jesus, and were firmly convinced that he was THE Annointed One whic…h was promised by God in the Old Testament. The book of Acts in the New Testament records their reactions and journeys in spreading their beliefs to Jew and Gentile..
The big split between Christianity and Judaism came about 135 CE during the Bar Kokhba Revolt. The Christians did not believe that Bar Kokhba was the Messiah, as they already knew that Jesus was. But the leadership of Judaism pushed for Bar Kokhba as Messiah, and the Christians did not participate in the revolt. This led to the division of Jew and Christian as it is today. ( Full Answer )
What started Christianity?
Roman Catholic Answer God started Christianity by sending His Son, Our Blessed Lord, to teach, but ultimately to suffer and die for us on the cross. The Christian Church was established from the side of Our Blessed Lord as He hung dead on the cross when the soldier pierced His side with a sword. Th…e apostles were commissioned as its first leaders when the risen Christ sent them out, and it was shown to the world at Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit. ( Full Answer )
Where did Christianity originate?
Christianity originated in the city of Jerusalem in present-day Israel. The founder of Christianity, Jesus Christ, was born in the small town of Bethlehem, just a few miles southwest of Jerusalem. He was raised in the town of Nazareth in the region of Galilee, about one hundred miles north of Jerusa…lem. However, prophecy demanded that the Messiah come to Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9). The New Testament records Jesus riding into Jerusalem and only a few days later being crucified there. Two days later, on the third day, Jesus was raised from the dead. Jesus told his apostles to wait in Jerusalem for the sending of the Holy Spirit. Forty-nine days after his resurrection, on the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles as Peter preached the first public gospel sermon. All this is recorded in Acts chapter two. From its birth, with three thousand baptisms of the first day, the church rapidly grew in Jerusalem, later spreading to Judea, Samaria and Galilee in the following few years. Once the first non-Jews were baptized (Acts 10) the church rapidly spread outside what were traditionally Jewish lands into all the Roman Empire and beyond during the next three or four centuries. A question arises, which is can we know from sources outside the New Testament whether the accounts in the New Testament are accurate history. This is a broad question, but the general consensus of historians is that the broad background of the history described above is accurate. Both the Jewish historian Josephus (late first century), as well as the avowed religious Jews who wrote the Talmud (second through fourth centuries) agreed that Jesus was a real person who did indeed die in Jerusalem. All the evidence we have points toward the fact that the earliest preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ included the central teaching of his resurrection in Jerusalem. Therefore, it can be stated with confidence that the Church of Jesus Christ (Christianity) began in Jerusalem. In the area now known as Israel/Palestine. ( Full Answer )
When was the Christianity started?
During Jesus' ministry. The disciples could be considered the 1st Christians. Around 2010 years ago.
Where is the origin of Christianity?
Where is the origin of Christianity? Jesus is the origin of Christianity. He is in heaven, at the right hand of the Father, and with his people. Where was the origin of Christianity? Jesus lived in the Roman province of Galilee and spend much time in Judea. These are in the land that is now I…srael and the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Jesus died and was resurrected just outside Jerusalem, which would be in today's Jerusalem. ( Full Answer )
What is the origins of Christianity?
Jesus Christ is the entire basis for Christianity. Scripture tellsus that He came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Additional Answer: The founder of Christianity is Jesus of Nazareth, who Christiansknow as "the Christ," which means savior.
Where did Christian music originate from?
Gregorian Chant .
I think David because he made most of the book Psalms, and Psalms are pretty much songs about God.
What are the dates of origin of Christianity?
\nChristianity became the faith of the followers of Jesus Christ from the year 33 AD when Jesus established His Church in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost.
Who was the originator of the Christian religion?
God through his Son Jesus. Those who chose God to live by HIS commandments have all ways been christians since Adam.
Where was Christianity originated from?
The Christian view point is this: .
"Jesus dying on the cross and rising from His grave. People witnessed it, and many came to believe." .
The historians view point is this: "Christianity was a religion evolved from the Ancient Egyptian Religion of Sun worship between 2 and 3 thousand years ago…. " First it is important to point out that Jesus Christ as worshipped by Christians has only ever appeared in religious texts which are not considered to be a reliable source of history by main stream historians. He has never appeared in any actual historical documents and so there is considerable doubt as to whether he actually existed as described in the bible at all. As far as the origin of Christianity goes there are many documents I can reference but the documentary "Zietguist" does this for us very well so I will quote a summary from the text: "Furthermore, the character of Jesus, a literary and astrological hybrid, is most explicitly a plagiarization of the Egyptian Sun-god Horus.For example, inscribed about 3500 years, on the walls of the Temple of Luxor in Egypt are images of the enunciation, the immaculate conception, the birth, and the adoration of Horus. The images begin with Thaw announcing to the virgin Isis that she will conceive Horus, then Nef the holy ghost impregnating the virgin, and then the virgin birth and the adoration.This is exactly the story of Jesus' miracle conception. In fact, the literary similarities between the Egyptian religion and the Christian religion are staggering." I recommend you watch the whole movie or read the transcript for more complete information. ( Full Answer )
Do Islam and Christianity have the same origins?
Yes All God religions; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; are founded by God the Creator. This explains the many similarities among the three religions ritual worships including fasting, praying, Alms giving, ... etc although practiced differently as well as the similarities in religious morals.
Origin of the christian cross?
The cross came from the Romans. They would crucify people as a punishment for crime. Jesus, although He committed no crimes, was sentenced to death on a cross. He allowed Himself to be nailed to it (He was giving His life in place of you and I for the forgiveness of our sins, should we choose to acc…ept it) Jesus died on the cross, was placed in a tomb and 3 days later rose fromt the dead, conquering death and Hell. That is where the Christian cross originated. But some Christians place too much emphasis on the symbol and forget about Jesus. ( Full Answer )
Was England originally a Christian country?
Yes! England is originally Christian country since middle ages. History of Religion in England England has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, with a sophisticated megalithic civilization arising in western England some 4,000 years ago. The great megaliths like Stonehenge date to thi…s period. That ancient civilization was replaced around 1,500 years later by Celtic tribes migrating from Western and continental Europe, mainly from France, collectively known as "Britons." The Romans arrived with Julius Caesar's raid in 55 BC, and then the Emperor Claudius' conquest in the following century. The whole southern part of the island became a prosperous part of the Roman Empire until early in the 5th century. Numerous Roman temples and other structures have been discovered across southern England that date to this period, and it was during this time (about 200 AD) that Christianity first arrived in England. Germanic tribes arrived in the 5th and 6th centuries, enveloping the majority of modern day England in a new culture and language. These invaders and conquerors - the Saxons, Angles and Jutes - had followed Nordic pagan religions, which still leave traces in English Christian traditions to the present day. Christianity became established in England in the 6th century with the mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury. Pope Gregory issued practical mandates concerning heathen temples: he desired that temples become consecrated to Christian service and asked Augustine to transform pagan practices, so far as possible, into dedication ceremonies or feasts of martyrs, since "he who would climb to a lofty height must go up by steps, not leaps" (To Mellitus, in Bede, i, 30). The Reformation reached England shortly after the time of Luther, and religious reform coincided with King Henry VIII's politically-motivated break with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534. The turmoil of the Reformation embroiled England in religious wars with Europe's Catholic powers, notably Spain, but the kingdom preserved its independence as much through luck as through the skill of charismatic rulers such as Elizabeth I. Elizabeth is also the one who oversaw the establishment of the general character of English Christianity as a via media (middle way) between Catholicism and Protestantism. ( Full Answer )
What is Christian origin?
If you mean the origin of Christianity, the arrival of Jesus. A few years later led to the origin. This occurred around 1 B.C. - 1 A.D.
Christian baptism and its origins?
Hebrew purification rites which derive from the earlier practice of bathing to cleanse oneself at days end when the Hebrews were a nomadic group( this is also practiced among the nomadic Arab peoples). It was emphasised by God to his people through Moses in his delineation of the rites required to p…urify oneself before entering the temple of God (this was to make the person worthy of coming into the presence of the most high). ( Full Answer )
What is Christians origin?
The origin of Christianity is read about in the Bible. Jesus cameto earth and started teaching. He gathered a group of men aroundhim and taught them for about 3 years. Later they would be called,"The Apostles". After Jesus died and rose again, these Apostleswent around and taught other people what t…hey had learned aboutJesus. We read this in ACT 11:26. " and when he had found him, he broughthim to Antioch. And it came about that for an entire year they metwith the church, and taught considerable numbers; and the discipleswere first called Christians in Antioch." ( Full Answer )
Why did Muhammad start Islam when his family was originally Christian?
\nHe had a revelation revealed to him by the Angel Gabriel while the cave called Hira. Since then, he influenced people to convert into Islam for their own good.
Why did Christianity started?
God started Christianity. He was the one who made everyone, and the reason you are here today. We, the people worship him and give him praise for what he has done for us.
How and when did Christianity start?
Christianity started with the teachings of Jesus Christ in the late 20s AD and early 30s AD.
What did Christianity start as?
Christianity started as Christianity. Christianity did not develope from some other belief into what it is today. People were first called Christians in Antioch, probably this was at first a term of reproach.
In what year and what country did Christianity originate?
Some have dated the start of Christianity - God's Church - on the 1st Pentecost in 31 A.D. in Jerusalem - part of the modern nation state of Israel.
What day and origin is Christianity?
The origin of Christianity is not really mentioned and it is from the time of Jesus and the Pentecost. First Christian is those who follow Jesus his apostles and disciples. .
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What did Christians originally believe in?
The best way I can answer this question in a few words is this.Early Christians believed in the teachings of Jesus. This includedthe belief that God's kingdom under Jesus would free mankind fromSatan's influence and bring man back to a good relationship withGod.They were thus neutral in political co…nflicts, avoidedinvolvement in warfare, and focused on preaching about this kingdomas did Jesus and his followers. ( Full Answer )
Where and when did Christianity originate?
The answer is : The beginning of Jesus' ministry. For the Jew: the answer is : The beginning of Paul's ministry. I think the Bible is your best source for this answer.
What is the main origin of Christianity country?
Roman Empire. As the Jewish lands where at this time occupied by this Empire. Modern day middle east.
What is the origin or history of the dove in Christianity?
WhenNoah built the ark, and he was on it for 30 days and nights, he sent out a dove to see if land was near. When the dove came back with the leaf of a tree, he knew land was near.
What is the christian region of origin?
The place that Christianity started is the garden of Eden. All we know about it's location is that it's in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
When did Christianity start and why?
Christianity started when Jesus the Christ died on the cross of Calvary and resurrected three days later. Fifty days after Passover when Jesus was crucified on the Day of Pentecost the Church officially started. Why did it start? God in heaven is the Creator and sustainer of the universe (all things…). The short version is that God wanted Christianity to begin. Why? God created man and woman and put them in the Garden of Eden. He created them for Himself. They sinned and man and woman died spiritually. They were separated from God at that moment. Every one born since that time has been born spiritually dead and separated from God. Down through the ages since then God has begun a long process to bring man back to Himself. He started with Abraham in order to begin a new nation, Israel, one that was separate from the rest of the world and through this nation God brought fourth the Messiah (Jesus Christ). Approximately 2000 years ago Jesus the Christ (Messiah) lived on the earth having come down from heaven. He died on the cross as a sinless man in order to pay for the sins of man and provide a way for man to come back to God. Jesus was the God/ Man, fully God and fully Man Even though Jesus Christ died for man's sin, righteousness is not imputed automatically to man. Man has to accept Jesus Christ as His personal Savior in order to be saved from the wrath to come. The bible plainly tells man that Jesus Christ is the Savior and that there is no other way to approach God that through Him in salvation. ( Full Answer )
What is the Christian concept of original sin?
Another answer from our community: The concept of 'original sin' is actually a pre-Christianconcept . Christianity only began after Christ Jesus died andwas resurrected. The original sin was long before that. It happenedin the Garden of Eden before any of mankind was even born. Adam & Eve were di…rect creations by Jehovah God. God createdthem as perfect human children of his. They were created with 'freewill'. Yet they were also created 'in God's image'. One mustunderstand both these concepts first. When mankind was created,they were not granted 'immortality'. They were merely given'existence' without a pre-determined life-span to limit theirexistence. Their life-span would be hinged to their obedience totheir Maker. Disobedience of any sort would be considered 'sin'.Never before in all Universal History of perhaps billions of yearshad anyone (angels) ever disobeyed their Maker. They all retainedtheir being 'in God's image'. Then, all of a sudden, 3 of God's creations disobeyed God; theysinned. (Satan, Adam, Eve). The rest of mankind are offspring ofAdam & Eve, born after the original sin. The original sin is simply: Disobedience to the Creator. At that point, Adam really SOLD mankind out from under God. Mankindwas sold into slavery of sin, and it's accompanying consequencesof: sickness, old age, and finally death. But Jehovah God made arrangements for the undoing of sin &death. Again, it will involve 'obedience'. Christ Jesus is theChief Agent of everlasting life being brought back to mankind. Thisis not about living in heaven; it's about regaining what weoriginally lost, life on earth. ( Full Answer )
What do Christians believe about the origin of life?
Usually people think very short-sighted about this thing we call'LIFE'. Regarding the ORIGIN of LIFE: Jehovah's Witnesses as Christiansbelieve that LIFE 'has always been', because Jehovah God has alwaysbeen. Jehovah God is ETERNAL in both directions, He has nobeginning of life. Then at some point i…n time, God decided to 'create'. The firstthing He created was 'something like himself'. God is a spirit; andhe created another spirit, just like himself, in his image, in hislikeness. That would be the very first ANGEL. Perhaps this is theorigin of life the questioner is thinking about. This happened longbefore there was anything 'physical'. Before the Universe wascreated, Angel-LIFE existed. Of course, God creates HISTORY MARKERS; often by 'beginning' acreation. Thus the Bible briefly records another HISTORY MARKER.Genesis 1:1 says: "In the beginning, God created the heavens andthe earth." Of course this was really not the first things God evercreated. The heavens and earth are not even considered -- 'LIFE'.Life existed before this 'beginning'. The word 'beginning', doesnot even apply to Jehovah God due to his Eternal nature. Genesis 1:1 refers to the creation of NON-LIFE things. God invented'physical' things. He created the stars, galaxies, planets; and Godthen also invented the 'FORCES' that keeps the Universe insynchronized motion (like gravity, magnetism, E=MC2, the speed oflight, etc etc many other forces we don't even know about yet.) God did not give 'LIFE' to these physical things; But he did givethem LAWS. The 'forces' are its LAWS. They have no free choice;they orbit as they've been programmed. Then, at another time in HISTORY, God decided to invent acompletely different KIND of LIFE. He decided to create Physical'beings' and infused them with 'LIFE. This had never been donebefore. No doubt, the angels were absorbed with interest, watching,and marveling. The very first physical form of LIFE God created was 'PLANT-LIFE'.So this was the very first ORIGIN of PHYSICAL LIFE. But Plant-LIFEwas limited. It could not see; could not walk, fly, or swim. It wasa form of life without a heart, without a brain. But they couldgrow; and they could re-produce. Absolutely amazing when you thinkabout this unique form-of-LIFE. But they were not given 'free-choice'. They could not develop'personality'. They were created like LIVING robots; bound byvarious laws. Next, Jehovah decided to create another COMPLETELY Different KINDof LIFE. He created 'ANIMAL-LIFE'. Animal life was given eyes. Theycould move about, with either legs, wings, or feet. But they couldnot move as fast as Angel-LIFE. Animal LIFE was given a heart; a brain; even personality. While they had some sort of basic 'choice' ability; they reallywere programmed by laws, to perform as they do. God also now invented 'sex'. Animals were created male and female,and could reproduce little baby animals. Absolutely incredible. What a WISE and POWERFUL Creator Jehovah God is. Next, Jehovah decided to create another COMPLETELY different KINDof LIFE. He said: "Let us make (this thing called) MAN(-KIND)."Perhaps this is the 'origin' of life the questioner is thinkingabout. Jehovah created mankind as male and female. He have us the abilityto move about. He gave us a heart; a brain; and the ability todevelop our own personality. He gave us what's called 'freechoice'. But God still gave us LAWS which must be followed. We arebound, for example, by the need to breathe. If we use our freechoice to stop breathing, there will be consequences - - - ourexistence will end. God also gave us the ability to re-produce, thru the use of 'sex'.But God also created Laws regarding the use of sex. All God's Laws regarding LIFE and NON-LIFE, are GOOD. They areperfect laws. ( Full Answer )
Where do christianity religion worship and where did it originated?
God originated the Christian religion to bring humanity back to Him through salvation, and the good Christian walk. Christians can worship in a Christian church or wherever it is that they happen to be.
Where was the place of origin of Christianity?
The Eastern Mediterranean, such as Israel and surrounding countries like Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, and it spread across the entire Mediterranean - as the apostles frequently used sea to spread the Gospel (documented in the Book of Acts).
How the christians explains the origin of evil?
After Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden they were cast out. They had not been able to eat of the tree of life and therefore they did not live forever. Their sin remained with them. Ever since that time every person who has been born has be born spiritually dead. That means that the spirit of… God is not in them and they have a sin nature. Sin is where evil comes from. Some people although they are sinners appear to be very, very nice but they are still spiritually dead. And then some sinners continually sin and their sin becomes more evil until they think evil thoughts continually. They become so evil murder is nothing to them. They have no conscience or respect for life. Evil caused by sin is why our world is like it is today with murder, adultery, robbing, stealing, lying and the list goes on. The only way to escape being spiritually dead and becoming evil is to accept God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to be your Savior. Only God through Jesus Christ has the power to change your life and forgive you your sin. Sin is the origin of evil. When you accept God's salvation through jesus Christ not only does your life here on earth change, but you receive eternal life in the life hereafter. ( Full Answer )
Where is Christianity originated in?
Most scholars would say Jerusalem, Israel. It began on Pentecost Sunday, June 17, 31 AD, by many accounts.
What is the origin of the Trinity Doctrine of Christianity?
While the Bible does not actually lay out the nature of theTrinity, it is present in Scripture. 1 John 5:7 says: (NIV) 7 Forthere are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (In this context, theWord and the Son are synonyms because of John… 1:1.) The development of the Trinity, in terms of the currentunderstanding begins in the teachings of the Ecclesia or EarlyChurch. Ignatius of Antioch provides the first usage of the Trinity(Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) in 110 C.E. when exhorting obedienceto God. Theophilus of Antioch was the first to use the term"Trinity" in 170 C.E. and Tertullian wrote the first defense of theidea in the early 200s in an essay against the Praxean Heresy. Theidea was eventually codified in the Nicene Creed of 325 C.E. whichdescribed the three elements of the Trinity and their relations toeach other. The functions and purpose of the Holy Spirit would befurther clarified over the remainder of the century. The Trinity and its formation was one of the most divisivearguments within the Ecclesia and spawned many heresies. Mostprominently were those of the Arianists, who believed that Jesuswas a human who carried the term "Son of God", the Adoptionists,who believed that Jesus was a human who became Divine at the momentof his baptism, and Sabellianists, who argued that "the Father","the Son", and "the Holy Spirit" were just different names for thesame being and were not differentiable. The Nicene Creed dispelledthese heresies by claiming that the Son was co-eternal with theFather (rejecting Arianism and Adoptionism since both assert thatJesus did not exist before his birth) and that the Father, Son, andHoly Spirit were differentiable (rejecting Sabellianism since itasserts that there is no difference between the terms). ( Full Answer )
When and where was Christianity started in?
Many will say 17 June 31 AD, on Pentecost Sunday, near the UpperRoom in the city of Jerusalem, Israel.
What place of origin was Christianity begun?
Jesus preached in Galilee and Jerusalem. He was crucified in Jerusalem, and that was the first Christian church. They were first call "Christians" in Antioch.