A gentile is anybody who is not a Jew. So a gentile Christian is a Christian who is not a Jew.
I think it was Jew... I don't think there were Christians then.
Jesus was born and raised as a Jew but followers of his teachings (which differ from Judaism) called themselves Christians (Followers of Christ).
Jews are not Christians. Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah. Jews (and remember- Jesus was a Jew himself) believe that the Messiah has not yet come.
The reason that most Christians say this is because Jesus actually was a Jew and since the term Jew is more specific and more relatable today than Hebrew, most Christians prefer it. Initially, at around 1000 BCE, you had the Israelite Tribes which were commonly known as "the Hebrews". However, the Israelite Tribes split into two main kingdoms: Israel and Judea. The term "Jew" came to refer to the people of Judah, of whom Jesus was a descendant.
There's very little reason or logic in religious issues.
Christians believed that Jesus was part of a new covenant between God and his followers. Jesus said that he did not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it (he still was an observant Jew). Christians found new ways to practice the faith that were not traditional Jewish practices, and were critical of some of the ways that the Law was being observed at the time.
No. Jesus, while a Jew himself, explicitly taught that his New Gospel did not require one to be a Jew. Thus, to be a follower of Jesus' teaching, one did not have to first be a Jew. In fact, the vast majority of converts to the new Christianity were Gentiles (i.e. non-Jews).
Christians believe that our religion was brought to us by the Lord Jesus Christ who was a Jew, and the first Christians were all Jews. The Jews were the apple of God's eye and are still very precious to Him.
Jesus the Jew was created in 1973.
No because (Christians POV , Judaism POV) Jesus was raised to be Jew and his parents were Jews too.
No, the Jewish faith believes Jesus was a regular human being. The Catholic faith believes that Jesus is the Son of God. Answer: Actually, there is a middle ground of sorts. Look into the Messianic Jewish church. However, most Jews AND Christians consider messianic Jews as Christians.