- The Origin of Christianity - Biblical Archaeology Society
The ex Roman rev Vermes attended seminary in Hungary and Italy but has mis-stated the case “Christianity”, defined as a faith in Christ being the person of Jesus of Nazareth, was something new and unique in the culture That “faith” was “born of a virgin” and opposed the religion of Judaism
- When Did Christianity Begin to Spread? - Biblical Archaeology Society
Christianity began in the 1st century in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, ca 30-33 C E (A D ), and has existed continually ever since Perhaps not always visibly in the eyes of the world because of times of extreme persecution, but wherever, and at whatever point of time, on this earth a disciple of Jesus Christ has lived and worshiped the
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- Was Jesus a Jew? - Biblical Archaeology Society
Christianity didn’t really take hold until some 200 years after his death, when Roman Emperor Constantine (Jewish mother) declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire So yeah, I believe that Jesus, we could say for all intended purposes, was Jewish, and Christianity is a Jewish Sect
- Evidence of Early Christianity in Northern Europe
Excavations of a cemetery in the ancient Roman town of Nida, located in a suburb of modern Frankfurt, Germany, have revealed the earliest evidence for early Christianity north of the Alps The discovery—a small silver foil with a Latin inscription—highlights both the rapid spread of the fledgling religion and also opens a window onto early
- The Antonine Plague and the Spread of Christianity
Christianity is one of the most fear-based religions known to man As we all know, this is around the time the “gospels” were written I see this time as the “foot in the door” plague for Christianity with the, later, Justinian plaque being the clincher
- The Split of Early Christianity and Judaism
Christianity and Judaism, two of the world’s major religions, shared the same foundation—ancient Judaism The two religions, however, eventually split in a series of partings, becoming two separate entities There is one painting that dramatically illustrates the split of early Christianity and Judaism: Robert Campin’s Marriage of the Virgin
- The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
Since Christianity began as a sect of Judaism, the scrolls are very important for understanding the earliest Christians and their writings—the New Testament The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the caves by Qumran, a site in the Judean Wilderness on the west side of the Dead Sea
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