When did the Christianity begin?

[rhern]

When did the Christianity begin?

What is the statement of faith?

 

[HTacianas]

When did the Christianity begin?

What is the statement of faith?

You're going to get differing opinions on when Christianity began. Somewhere between the annunciation and the day of Pentecost after the crucifixion.

The statement of faith is the Nicene Creed.

 

[Albion]

The church, the religion (as opposed to Jesus' earlier life and teachings) was founded about AD 33.

There are several statements of faith that are almost universally accepted among all the Christian denominations--the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed.

 

[mkgal1]

You're going to get differing opinions on when Christianity began. Somewhere between the annunciation and the day of Pentecost after the crucifixion.

Exactly. There are all sorts of ways we can consider a point of beginning. We could even say there is NO actual beginning as Christ is eternal and His plan was always to be with creation.

 

[Albion]

But the question was about the start of the religion--that entity. This is essentially to ask about the start of the church.

By the testimony of the Bible and by the general agreement among Christians, we place it at Pentecost Sunday or at least mere days prior to it. The bigger question could then be, "When was that?" AD33 or 31 are the usual calculations.

 

[GodsGrace101]

When did the Christianity begin?

What is the statement of faith?

You have good answers so far.
Another idea would be the Last Supper when Jesus instituted Communion and that requires a church and a Church.

But I tend to agree with after the resurrection and at Pentecost.

 

[timothyu]

It was just another day until a dove settled over a man being baptised in a river. The beginning of it all as His time had come. The religion is another matter of less importance.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

When did the Christianity begin?

What is the statement of faith?

Christianity has no beginning and no ending. It has always existed because Jesus Christ of Nazareth is Christianity and He has always been King of the Kingdom of God.
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.


Blessings

 

[rhern]

Christianity has no beginning and no ending. It has always existed because Jesus Christ of Nazareth is Christianity and He has always been King of the Kingdom of God.
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.


Blessings

Did Moses call the Israelites, Christians? and if yes, why?

 

[mkgal1]

But the question was about the start of the religion--that entity. This is essentially to ask about the start of the church.

Well - I see "religion" as humanity's interpretation of God, but I'm still siding with Maria's answer above. Jesus didn't come to start a new religion - He fulfilled what had been relayed through all the prophets.

 

[mkgal1]

Did Moses call the Israelites, Christians? and if yes, why?

That label - as best as we know - originated first as a derogatory name in Antioch - around 42 AD (recorded in Acts 11).

The Israelites were Israel - the people of God. That same name "Israel" (People of God) continues in those who are faithful and loyal to Him (His church - the Body of Christ).

Acts Bible Timeline

 

[BNR32FAN]

You're going to get differing opinions on when Christianity began. Somewhere between the annunciation and the day of Pentecost after the crucifixion.

Or perhaps in the beginning before creation

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Did Moses call the Israelites, Christians? and if yes, why?

No the designation of "Christian" was started in the 1st century, in Antioch. Jesus Christ of Nazareth is God in the Flesh, He is the I AM and He is the one who spoke to Moses and the remnant followed Him. Thus the act of being Christian was apparent then as it is now.

 

[mkgal1]

Another possible way to define the beginning of Christianity is in 90 AD - Christians were excluded from worship in Jewish synagogues.

Quoting Orthowiki: 90 Council of Jamnia (Javneh) marks final separation and distinction between the Jewish and Christian communities, including rejection of the Septuagint widely then in use among the Hellenized Jewish diaspora; Jewish canon of Scripture closed; in the Eighteen Benedictions, Judaism's central prayer, a sentence is included in the Twelfth Benediction cursing the "Nazarenes", but it was no longer recited after the definite separation of Christians from the synagogue in the next century. - Timeline of Church History (Apostolic Era (33-100)) - OrthodoxWiki

 

[Albion]

Well - I see "religion" as humanity's interpretation of God, but I'm still siding with Maria's answer above. Jesus didn't come to start a new religion - He fulfilled what had been relayed through all the prophets.

No, but when someone asks about our religion, it is not the time to start in with philosophical fine points that were not what the questioner had in mind. The object is to be as clear with the answer as possible.

 

[mkgal1]

No, but when someone asks about our religion, it is not the time to start in with philosophical fine points that were not what the questioner had in mind. The object is to be as clear with the answer as possible.

But it's not that simple. I believe errors exist when we separate Christianity from our roots - the ancient Jewish faith.

What were you saying "no" to?

 

[Albion]

But it's not that simple. I believe errors exist when we separate Christianity from our roots - the ancient Jewish faith.

Could be, but that wasn't the question asked.

What were you saying "no" to?

To this:

I see "religion" as humanity's interpretation of God,...

What were you saying "no" to?[/QUOTE]

 

[mkgal1]

Could be, but that wasn't the question asked.

The question was just "when did Christianity begin?". Now we've circled back to how that's not a question with a clearly defined answer. There's not really a "right" or "wrong" answer to that question. It's more of an open-ended question that allows for discussion and varying ideas.

 

[rhern]

Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

 

[rhern]

How many meetings did Jesus have with Gentiles that were recorded in the Bible. {please give Chapter and verse}

It is recorded that He talked with the Canaanite woman,
the soldier who's son would die but Jesus said to him, he will live; and They came to Him.

Was there any record in the Bible of Jesus approaching and conversing with a gentile?