Christian Origin: Social, Political, Cultural and Religious background of the origin of Christianity in Roman Palestine:
Christianity developed out of Judaism in the 1st century C.E in Roman-occupied Palestine, a Jewish province of the Roman Empire. It is founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are called "Christians." Christianity has many different branches and forms with accompanying variety in beliefs and practices.
The three major branches of Christianity are Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism, with numerous subcategories within each of these branches. The first century of the Common Era was a time of political instability, insurgency, and suffering. Poverty, taxation, famine, and epidemics of disease had made life intolerable for many. In the year of Jesus' birth, the Roman authorities had punished an armed uprising by crucifying approximately 2,000 people.
Christianity grew from a 1st-century Jewish following to a religion that existed across the entire Greco-Roman world and beyond. Early Christianity may be divided into 2 distinct phases:
1. the apostolic period, when the first apostles were alive and led the Church,
2. and the post-apostolic period, when an early episcopal structure developed, and persecution was periodically intense.
The Roman persecution of Christians ended in AD 313 when Constantine the Great adopted the religion, and who in 325 instituted it as the Roman Empire's state religion following the First Council of Nicaea, the beginning of the period of the First seven Ecumenical Councils.
Christianity developed out of Judaism in the 1st century C.E in Roman-occupied Palestine, a Jewish province of the Roman Empire. It is founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are called "Christians." Christianity has many different branches and forms with accompanying variety in beliefs and practices.
The three major branches of Christianity are Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism, with numerous subcategories within each of these branches. The first century of the Common Era was a time of political instability, insurgency, and suffering. Poverty, taxation, famine, and epidemics of disease had made life intolerable for many. In the year of Jesus' birth, the Roman authorities had punished an armed uprising by crucifying approximately 2,000 people.
Christianity grew from a 1st-century Jewish following to a religion that existed across the entire Greco-Roman world and beyond. Early Christianity may be divided into 2 distinct phases:
1. the apostolic period, when the first apostles were alive and led the Church,
2. and the post-apostolic period, when an early episcopal structure developed, and persecution was periodically intense.
The Roman persecution of Christians ended in AD 313 when Constantine the Great adopted the religion, and who in 325 instituted it as the Roman Empire's state religion following the First Council of Nicaea, the beginning of the period of the First seven Ecumenical Councils.
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