Fwiw the followers of Christ were first called Christians at a church Paul started in Antioch.
Acts 11.
Fwiw the followers of Christ were first called Christians at a church Paul started in Antioch.
Acts 11.
it happened when the bible was canonized in the 5th century. People in power needed a way to control people.
it happened when the bible was canonized in the 5th century. People in power needed a way to control people.
The First Council of Nicaea was at the tail end of the 4th century, if you want to call Constantine I the "Person in power".
The First Council of Nicaea was at the tail end of the 4th century, if you want to call Constantine I the "Person in power".
Thousands of years before Christ. The name, likely not. The faith was there for much longer before Jesus and had nothing to do with jews.
Thousands of years before Christ. The name, likely not. The faith was there for much longer before Jesus and had nothing to do with jews.
Becoming a Christian is not a religious act, its accepting a free gift offered to all. It's what you do after, like belonging to a "religion" or church such as Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, etc.
Becoming a Christian is not a religious act, its accepting a free gift offered to all. It's what you do after, like belonging to a "religion" or church such as Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, etc.
While the understanding of “faith in Christ as God incarnate, living a perfect life and crucified for our sins before rising again on the third day” didn’t emerge within the faith known as the “The Way” or followers of The One True God until a while after Christ died and rose again (roughly AD 30), faith in The One True God began in the Garden of Eden, and has been exercised in various methods as prescribed by God since The Beginning.
Faith in The One True God was never called “Judaism.” Judaism was a fabrication and bastardization of faith in The One True God, invented for the purpose of monetizing the so-called faith into a profitable “religion.”
Immediately prior to Christ on the Cross, followers of The One True God were expected to submit to the curse known as The Law of Moses, as given on Sinai.
Before that, they were expected to grant Abraham’s descendants peaceful existence in the Promised Land, later referred to as Canaan, and then as Israel, and eventually Palestine. The descendants of Abraham, for their part, were expected to remain in their Promised Land, and pass along their blessings to the world. However, they couldn’t even pass along their blessings within the family without envy, and the sons of Jacob sold their brother Joseph into slavery in Egypt, resulting in abandoning their Promised Land for centuries, and even ending up in bondage, themselves.
Prior to Abraham, man was expected to practice God-guided human government, as specified to Noah after the flood waters subsided. They instead built a Tower of Babel for the purpose of demonstrating their equality to God. As such, God scattered them and confused what had been one common language into many tongues.
Before Noah, Adam and Eve, and thereby mankind, had been instructed to simply be fruitful and multiply. Instead, they interbred their daughters with fallen angels, resulting in abominations called the Nephilhim, that necessitated God sending a global flood to wash out the whole world and start over with Noah, his wife, their three sons, and each boy’s wife.
Through the ages, however, it isn’t God who has changed. Man has simply failed to adhere, and God extends opportunities to try again and do better. And all were ultimately saved via Christ on the Cross becoming sin on our behalf.
While the understanding of “faith in Christ as God incarnate, living a perfect life and crucified for our sins before rising again on the third day” didn’t emerge within the faith known as the “The Way” or followers of The One True God until a while after Christ died and rose again (roughly AD 30), faith in The One True God began in the Garden of Eden, and has been exercised in various methods as prescribed by God since The Beginning.
Faith in The One True God was never called “Judaism.” Judaism was a fabrication and bastardization of faith in The One True God, invented for the purpose of monetizing the so-called faith into a profitable “religion.”
Immediately prior to Christ on the Cross, followers of The One True God were expected to submit to the curse known as The Law of Moses, as given on Sinai.
Before that, they were expected to grant Abraham’s descendants peaceful existence in the Promised Land, later referred to as Canaan, and then as Israel, and eventually Palestine. The descendants of Abraham, for their part, were expected to remain in their Promised Land, and pass along their blessings to the world. However, they couldn’t even pass along their blessings within the family without envy, and the sons of Jacob sold their brother Joseph into slavery in Egypt, resulting in abandoning their Promised Land for centuries, and even ending up in bondage, themselves.
Prior to Abraham, man was expected to practice God-guided human government, as specified to Noah after the flood waters subsided. They instead built a Tower of Babel for the purpose of demonstrating their equality to God. As such, God scattered them and confused what had been one common language into many tongues.
Before Noah, Adam and Eve, and thereby mankind, had been instructed to simply be fruitful and multiply. Instead, they interbred their daughters with fallen angels, resulting in abominations called the Nephilhim, that necessitated God sending a global flood to wash out the whole world and start over with Noah, his wife, their three sons, and each boy’s wife.
Through the ages, however, it isn’t God who has changed. Man has simply failed to adhere, and God extends opportunities to try again and do better. And all were ultimately saved via Christ on the Cross becoming sin on our behalf.
Judaism was invented when the Pharisee remnant abandoned the Torah for the Talmud in 350 AD.
Judaism was invented when the Pharisee remnant abandoned the Torah for the Talmud in 350 AD.
The Apostle Paul refers to judaism in his letter to the Galatians around AD 50, and claims his practice of murdering Christians was judaism at peak performance.
The Apostle Paul refers to judaism in his letter to the Galatians around AD 50, and claims his practice of murdering Christians was judaism at peak performance.
Christianity developed slowly, starting on the fringes of Judaism. This is an excellent documentary:
Christianity developed slowly, starting on the fringes of Judaism. This is an excellent documentary:
[From Jesus to Christ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN8FM1NCOSk)
Even when He walked the earth, faith was an important focus. Christ continued Hebrewism through to Christianity with the New Covenant. The few who stuck truly to the Old Faith welcomed Christ. Keep in mind, the setting of the Gospels is centered on the inheritors of the Old Covenant, and their crisis of faith caused by the pressures of the pharisees, sadducees, Romans, and Babylonians originally capturing Judah
Even when He walked the earth, faith was an important focus. Christ continued Hebrewism through to Christianity with the New Covenant. The few who stuck truly to the Old Faith welcomed Christ. Keep in mind, the setting of the Gospels is centered on the inheritors of the Old Covenant, and their crisis of faith caused by the pressures of the pharisees, sadducees, Romans, and Babylonians originally capturing Judah
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