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The earliest evidence of the primacy of the Roman Church can be seen in the First Epistle of Clement written to the Corinthian church, dated around 96. [citation needed] The bishops in Corinth include Apollo, Sosthenes, and Dionysius. [112] [better source needed] Athens, the capital and largest city in Greece, was visited by Paul.
New Testament texts were written and church government was loosely organized in its first centuries, though the biblical canon did not become official until 382. Constantine the Great was the first Roman emperor to declare himself a Christian. In 313, he issued the Edict of Milan expressing tolerance for all religions.
The Western Church originally used Greek, so the need to translate the Bible into Latin did not immediately arise. The first Latin translations appeared first in North Africa (around 170) and then in Rome [a] and Gaul. Their number steadily increased and by the middle of the fourth century had reached forty.
Presbyterian Church of East Africa – 4.0 million [171] Presbyterian Church of Nigeria – 3.8 million [172] Presbyterian Church of Africa – 3.4 million [173] Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo – 2.5 million [174] Presbyterian Church of Cameroon – 1.8 million [175] Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – 1.3 ...
The first Christians were men and women who had known Jesus and who witnessed to his resurrection. [95] They were a Jewish sect with an apocalyptic eschatology. They regarded Jesus as Lord , resurrected messiah, and the eternally existing Son of God , [ 7 ] [ 96 ] [ note 8 ] expecting the second coming of Jesus and the start of God's Kingdom .
The doctrine of the Trinity, considered the core of Christian theology by Trinitarians, is the result of continuous exploration by the church of the biblical data, thrashed out in debate and treatises, eventually formulated at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 in a way they believe is consistent with the biblical witness, and further refined in later councils and writings. [1]
Tertullian, church father, apologist, first Christian writer in Latin, later a Montanist 197~230; Hippolytus, church father, sometimes termed the first Antipope, reconciled with the church and died a martyr 217~236; Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, martyr 218~258; Clement of Alexandria, church father, Bishop of Alexandria ~220
These schools eventually led to the West's first universities (created by the church) in the Middle Ages which have spread around the world in the modern day. [203] Protestant Reformers wanted all members of the church to be able to read the Bible, so compulsory education for both boys and girls was introduced.