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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. 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 ...

  4. Jewish Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Jewish Christians were the followers of a Jewish religious sect that emerged in Judea during the late Second Temple period (first century AD). These Jews believed that Jesus was the prophesied Messiah and they continued their adherence to Jewish law .

  5. 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]

  6. Hebrew Christian movement - Wikipedia

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    The first identifiable congregation made up exclusively of Jews who had converted to Christianity was established in the United Kingdom in 1813; [4] a group of 41 Jewish Christians established an association called "Beni Abraham", and started meeting at Jews' Chapel in London for prayers Friday night and Sunday morning; [5] In 1885, the first Hebrew Christian church was established in New York ...

  7. 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.

  8. Catholic Church and Judaism - Wikipedia

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    The first Christians were Jewish and the early spread of Christianity was aided by the wide extent of the Jewish diaspora in the Roman Empire. Although Jesus was not accepted as the messiah by Jewish leaders, worshipers of the diverging religions initially co-existed within the Jewish synagogues, reading the Jewish scriptures, singing the ...

  9. Early Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The first followers of Christianity were Jews who had converted to the faith, i.e. Jewish Christians, as well as Phoenicians, i.e. Lebanese Christians. [1] Early Christianity contains the Apostolic Age and is followed by, and substantially overlaps with, the Patristic era .