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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Origin of Christianity

Origin of Christianity - When did Christianity Begin?  The first Christians were the Jewish followers of Jesus.

It is worth noting that by following Jesus, they were kicked out of the Synagogue - essentially banned from their entire community and shunned by their society.

This is not a path anyone would choose without strong convictions about Jesus.



Origin of Christianity

By 40 AD, the Believers in Antioch, Syria, were ccalled Christians because they were followers of Christ which in Greek word means Messiah.

Jesus had 2 Apostles; one of whom betrayed Him and was later replaced. These Apostles were given a commission to spread the Word about Jesus and His message to all the world.

The Acts of the Apostles tells about the Origin of Christianity and beginnings of this mission, ending about 60 AD.

The Roman historian Tacitus mentions Christians as existing in Rome in 64 AD, when they were wrongly blamed by the insane Emperor Nero for starting the "great fire" of that year.

Nero eventually ended his own life in suicide.

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