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Traditional founder Religious tradition founded Historical founder(s) Life of historical founder Of Divine origin (Hinduism) Hinduism: Krishna: c. 12th century BCE Abraham (covenant with God) Moses (religious law) Judaism: Yahwists [n 1] c. 13th [1] [2] [3] to 8th century BC [n 2] Laozi: Taoism: Zhuang Zhou: 369 BC – 286 BC
The history of Christianity begins with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who was crucified and died c. AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea. Afterwards, his followers, a set of apocalyptic Jews , proclaimed him risen from the dead .
He developed a Christian Platonism [9] and has been described by scholars as "the founder of what was to become the great tradition of Christian philosophical theology." [25] Due to his teaching on salvation and divine judgement in passages such as Paedagogus 1.8 and Stromata 7.2, Clement is often regarded as one of the first Christian ...
A New History of Early Christianity. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-17083-2. González, Justo L. (1987). A History of Christian Thought. Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon (revised ed.). Abingdon Press. ISBN 978-0-687-17182-8. González, Justo L. (2010). The Story of Christianity. Vol. 1 The Early Church to the Dawn ...
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (c. 27 –29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles (c. 100) and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. [citation needed] Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ministry of Jesus.
2009 Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience is issued, signed by over 150 American religious leaders 2009 Anglican Church in North America is founded by former Episcopalian churches 2009 Pope Benedict XVI issues apostolic constitution Anglicanorum coetibus , establishing personal ordinariates for Anglican Use Catholics
Monarch of the United Kingdom: King Charles III is the supreme governor of the Church of England, [4] which places him as the titular leader of Anglican Christians in England. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England. Archbishop of Canterbury: Justin Welby is the principal leader of the Anglican Communion.
According to Christian tradition, the Christian Church was founded by Jesus. In the Gospel according to Matthew, the resurrected Jesus gathered his Twelve Apostles together, issued the Great Commission, and selected Simon Peter as their leader, proclaiming "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven". Many modern scholars, including some ...