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Christianity in the 1st century continued the practice of female Christian headcovering (from the age of puberty onward), with early Christian apologist Tertullian referencing 1 Corinthians 11:2–10 and stating "So, too, did the Corinthians themselves understand [Paul]. In fact, at this day the Corinthians do veil their virgins.
Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church or Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325. Christianity spread from the Levant , across the Roman Empire , and beyond.
[27] [28] [29] In the first century it reached ancient Greece, [30] and probably Alexandria, Egypt. [31] [32] Paul was one of several apostles who spread Christianity in the first century, making at least three missionary journeys and founding numerous churches in Asia Minor; [17] [33] [34] Christianity in Antioch is mentioned in his epistles. [35]
In its first few centuries, Christians made up a small minority of the population of the Roman Empire. The religion attracted little attention from writers with other religious beliefs, and few artifacts have been found to document Christianity in its earliest days.
Christianity "emerged as a sect of Judaism in Roman Judea" [1] in the syncretistic Hellenistic world of the first century AD, which was dominated by Roman law and Greek culture. [2] It started with the ministry of Jesus, who proclaimed the coming of the Kingdom of God.
1 AD: Birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar. [2] [3] However, most scholars think that Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC.
Christianity has through Church history produced a number of Christian creeds, confessions and statements of faith. The following lists are provided. The following lists are provided. In many cases, individual churches will address further doctrinal questions in a set of bylaws .
364 – Rome returns to Christianity, specifically the Arian Church; c. 364 – Vandals (Arian Church) 376 – Goths and Gepids (Arian Church) 380 – Rome goes from Arian to Catholic/Orthodox (both terms are used refer to the same Church until 1054) 402 – Maronites (Nicene Church) 411 – Kingdom of Burgundy (Nicene Church)