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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. [ 3 ][ web 1 ] After his death by crucifixion, some of his followers are ...
The history of Christianity began with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who was crucified and died c.AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea. Afterwards, his followers, a set of apocalyptic Jews, proclaimed him risen from the dead.
Christianity has been practiced in Europe since the first century, and a number of the Pauline Epistles were addressed to Christians living in Greece, as well as other parts of the Roman Empire. According to a 2010 study by the Pew Research Center, 76.2% of the European population identified themselves as Christians.
301 – Christianization of Armenia. 301 - Foundation of San Marino. c.313 – Caucasian Albania (Udi) [ 2 ] c.319 – Christianization of Iberia (Georgia) [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] c.325 – Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopian Orthodox Church) 337 – Roman Empire (baptism of Constantine I) 361 – Rome returns to paganism under Julian the Apostate.
The traditional social stratification of the Occident in the 15th century. Church and state in medieval Europe was the relationship between the Catholic Church and the various monarchies and other states in Europe during the Middle Ages (between the end of Roman authority in the West in the fifth century to their end in the East in the fifteenth century and the beginning of the modern era).
477–799. Justinian I depicted on a mosaic in the church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy. 480: Traditional birth of Benedict, author of a monastic rule, setting out regulations for the establishment of monasteries. 496: Clovis I, pagan king of the Franks, converts to the Catholic faith.
The connection of Christianity to the Roman Empire was both a factor in encouraging conversion as well as, at times, a motive for persecuting Christians. [2] Until the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes who had migrated there (with the exceptions of the Saxons, Franks, and Lombards, see below) had converted to Christianity. [3]
The jewelled cover of the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, c.870, a Carolingian Gospel book. The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century. [ note 1 ] They marked the start of the Middle Ages of European ...