How did Christianity split from Judaism and form a separate religion?

Answer 1

Jesus Christ was born to a Jewish virgin named Mary. His earthly stepfather Joseph was also Jewish. This is where the term "Gods Chosen People" originates. God chose the Jewish people for the birth line of Jesus. Jesus began his ministry at about age 30, he chose twelve disciples to follow him as he taught and mentored them. As his stature and reputation grew, many Jews began to believe his teachings and his miracles. This angered and threatened the power of the established Jewish leadership. Jesus was not the Messiah they were seeking. They had envisioned a mighty warrior ala David, not a gentle carpenter's son who taught forgivness and love. After his betrayal, death on the cross and resurrection, Jesus fame grew even more as the bible indicates that about 600 people saw him after he had risen from the dead. Before ascending into heaven from the Mount of Olives, Jesus told his disciples to go forth and spread the word to all parts of the earth. Then, on the day of Pentecost, Peter delivered a mighty sermon whereby thousands were converted to "Christianity." There was also another devout Jew named Paul who thinking he was doing God's will, severely persecuted Christians at every opportunity. He was present when Stephen's preaching of the truth so angered the Jewish leaders that they stoned him. Paul sought permission to travel to Damascus in order to continue his persecution of Christians. It was on the road to Damascus where Paul received his vision from the Lord Jesus Christ who told him to stop his persecution and to deliver the gospel to the Gentile nations. Paul was a Jew but he was also a citizen of Rome which gave him special rights and protections which would prove to be an asset later in his ministry. Paul was mentored initially by Annanias (sp?) and then led into the Arabian wilderness where he was taught by the spirit. Paul's missionary journey's are covered in several of the New Testament books. Paul's story begins in the book of Acts which was penned by Luke. After a mighty ministry, Paul was eventually beheaded in Rome because of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. For the "complete" story, read the Bible. It's all there for you.

Answer 2

A:In the early decades of Christianity, Christians continued to worship in the Temple (until its destruction in 70 CE) and in the synagogues. Pagans regarded Christianity as a sect of Judaism, as no doubt did the Christians themselves. Tensions between mainstream Jews and Christians resulted in Christians being banned from synagogues in 85 CE, the year that Christianity could be regarded as separating from Judaism. From this time, the Jews were required to condemn the Christians, to ensure that Christians did not quietly attend Jewish services without disclosing their true religious beliefs.

Answer 3

Christianity didn't really develop from Judaism.

Jesus said you can't put new wine in old wine skins.

Matthew 9:17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

Here Jesus is saying to try to mix law and grace would be like putting new wine into old wineskins. The pressure caused by the fermentation of the new wine would burst the old skins because they had lost their elasticity. The life and liberty of the Gospel ruins the wineskins of ritualism.

The writer of Hebrews also says that Christ is a "living way"; as opposed to the dead carcasses of slain beasts, and to the dead and killing letter of the law (Judaism). Christ gives life to all his people; and all that walk in him.

Heb 10:20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

Answer 4

Christianity's split from Judaism was created in two steps:

1. Non-Jews were welcomed into Christianity without accepting the yoke of the Jewish law. This created a non-Jewish Church that virtually had nothing more to do with Judaism.
2. Jews who accepted Jesus' message were excluded from the Jewish synagogues, even if they continued to keep the Jewish law, initially on an ad-hoc basis, but more definitively after AD 70.

See the related question below: "How did Christianity become separate from Judaism?"

Answer 5

Christianity was a sect of Judaism during its early years, being one of the four identifiable divisions of Judaism in the period before the fall of Jerusalem, and the destruction of the temple in that city. The members of these divisions were known as Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and Nazarenes = Christians.

After the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70, the leadership of the Jews fell to the Pharisees, with the centre of authority being established in Jamnia, in Galilee. Here Gamaliel II, the head of reconstituted Jewish Sanhedrin authorised a curse on the Minim being added to the benedictions. This curse is thought to have been directed against Nazarenes.

It is likely that the Nazarenes were already somewhat estranged from the other Jewish groups before that date, but it is likely that the inclusion of this curse meant that this estrangement became unrepairable.

Answer 6

Jewish people didn't accept the savior Christ as their Messiah, at the time. However many Jewish people are beginning to care about where they will go in eternity and are converting to Messianic Judaism to keep their Jewish roots, while accepting Christ as their savior.

Answer:

The above answer is wrong. Throughout the ages, relatively few Jews have become Christians. And those who do accept Jesus can no longer be considered Jewish, no matter how much of the Torah they attempt to observe.

Answer 7

Paul's epistles betray no ill-will between the early Christians and Jews. For a long time, Christianity appears to have been considered a sect of Judaism.

However, from at least the middle of the first century, there appears to have been friction between Christianity and mainstream Judaism, as evidenced in the four gospels, where each succeeding gospel, in chronological order, shows increasing hostility to the Jews. Much of this seems to come from the Christians blaming the Jews for the death of Jesus.

The Christians continued to attend the synagogues, thus demonstrating their belief that they were actually Jews, even if many of them no longer followed the religious laws of Judaism. Finally, around 90 CE, the Christians were banned from the synagogues, and those Jews attending were required to demonstrate their faith by cursing the Christians. By this time, Christianity had grown sufficiently to survive as a separate tradition, even though itself splintered into many competing sects.

Answer 8

Christians never split from Judaism. The early leaders of Christianity stopped trying to convert Jews, and switched to converting Gentiles, who then became the Christians of today.

Answer 9

The Christian acquisition of power came from the conversion of Emperor Constantine. Before that, it was a fledgling minority religion that was only slowly gaining converts.

Answer 10

around 150CE

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