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  2. Christianity in the 1st century - Wikipedia

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    The true end of ancient Jewish Christianity occurred only in the 5th century. [226] Gentile Christianity became the dominant strand of orthodoxy and imposed itself on the previously Jewish Christian sanctuaries, taking full control of those houses of worship by the end of the 5th century. [223] [note 20]

  3. Jewish Christianity - Wikipedia

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    At first, these Jewish Christians, originally the central group in Christianity, were not declared unorthodox but they were later excluded from the Jewish community and denounced. Some Jewish Christian groups, such as the Ebionites , were accused of having unorthodox beliefs, particularly in relation to their views of Christ and gentile converts.

  4. List of converts to Christianity from Judaism - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from Judaism after the split of Judaism and Christianity. Christianity originated as a movement within Judaism that believed in Jesus as the Messiah. The earliest Christians were Jews or ...

  5. Conversions of Jews to Christianity - Wikipedia

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    A list of 32 Jewish families and 18 unmarried Jews who had recently converted was given by David Friedlander to Prussian State Chancellor Hardenberg in 1811. [9] In the eight old Prussian provinces between the years of 1816–43, during the reign of Frederick William III. , 3,984 Jews were baptized, among them the many of richest and most ...

  6. History of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The Roman province of Judea in the 1st century AD. Christianity emerged in the Roman province of Judea during the first-century. [1] The first Christian communities were predominantly Jewish. [2] [3] The religious, social, and political climate in Judea was extremely diverse and characterized by turmoil. Judaism itself included numerous ...

  7. Split of Christianity and Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Most historians agree that Jesus or his followers established a new Jewish sect, one that attracted both Jewish and gentile converts. According to New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman, a number of early Christianities existed in the first century CE, from which developed various Christian traditions and denominations, including proto-orthodoxy. [13]

  8. Jewish history - Wikipedia

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    Babylonia, where some of the largest and most prominent Jewish cities and communities were established, became the centre of Jewish life all the way up to the 13th century. By the first century, Babylonia already held a speedily growing [92] population of an estimated 1,000,000 Jews, which increased to an estimated 2 million [117] between the ...

  9. Christianity and Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Christianity began as a movement within Second Temple Judaism, but the two religions gradually diverged over the first few centuries of the Christian era.Today, differences of opinion vary between denominations in both religions, but the most important distinction is Christian acceptance and Jewish non-acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah prophesied in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition.