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Freeman narrates the development, diversity, and spread of Christianity with originality and verve. {��ɋ��L�~S��� -+��ព�g_. 4 EARLY CHRISTIAN HISTORY CHAP early history in an impersonal way, as a purely scholastic subject, that may be handled, and should be handled, as freely and dispassionately as the secular history of antiquity. &��CJ_@Ղ,pc�A� �� �*`f` �@�����JJ The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, Christian countries, and the Church with its various denominations, from the 1st century to the present.. Christianity originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who proclaimed the imminent kingdom of God and was crucified c. AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea. 0000002697 00000 n Cutts, A History of Early Christian Art (London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893). non-Jewish Christians to show respect to Jews as a people who had a covenant, or agreement, with God. 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Riley, " One Jesus, many Christs, "Harper SanFrancisco, (1997), Page 4. You will be able to understand the teachings of true Christianity and the guidelines by which you can prove where God’s true Church has been throughout history and WHERE IT IS TODAY. Title: A short history of Christianity Author: John Mackinnon Robertson Created Date: 7/5/2010 4:29:14 PM During the first few years of its existence, it enjoyed an enormous growth in numbers, both in Jerusalem and in the rest of Judaea and Samaria. employing modern methods in teaching ecclesiastical history. The Church was young, on fire for God, and confident they would change the world. 0000002470 00000 n 0000003582 00000 n The book explores and unpacks the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds necessary for a good historical understanding of the New Testament and the early church. E. ARLY. Sponsored link. With the exception of the . 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