RELIGION / Christian Church / History

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

The apostles Peter and Paul are prominent as the two leading figures in early Christianity as well as in the history of the church through the centuries. They also function as focal for Christian confessions in particular ways until today. In historical approaches to the origins of Christianity following the direction of the “Tübingen School” (F. C. Baur) both Peter and Paul were considered two opposite powers that …

Reference · Wikidata

historical development of Christianity

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

The history of Christianity begins with Jesus, an itinerant Jewish preacher and teacher, who was crucified in Jerusalem c. AD 30–33. His followers proclaimed that he was the incarnation of God and had risen from the dead. In the two millennia since, Christianity has spread across the world, becoming the world's largest religion with over two billion adherents worldwide.

Book · DOAB

At the turn of the twenty-first century, Xiamen’s pursuit of World Heritage Site designation from UNESCO stimulated considerable interest in the city’s Christian past. History enthusiasts, both Christian and non-Christian, devoted themselves to reinterpreting the legacy of missionaries and challenged official narratives of Christianity’s troubled associations with Western imperialism. In this book, Jifeng Liu docume…

Full text · Open Library

Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written. This abridgment retains the full scope of the original, but in a compass equivalent to a long novel. Casual readers now have access to the full sweep of Gibbon's narr…

Image · DPLA

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