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  2. Bible - Wikipedia

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    "Bible scholars claim that discussions about the Bible must be put into its context within church history and then into the context of contemporary culture." [140] Fundamentalist Christians are associated with the doctrine of biblical literalism, where the Bible is not only inerrant, but the meaning of the text is clear to the average reader. [237]

  3. Historical background of the New Testament - Wikipedia

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    The New Testament (the half of the Christian Bible that provides an account of Jesus's life and teachings, and the orthodox history of the early Christian Church) The Talmud (the main compendium of Rabbinal debates, legends, and laws) The Tanakh (the redacted collection of Jewish religious writings from the period)

  4. History of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The early part of this period was only indirectly influenced by the Bible which was not, by itself, authoritative. The church, as a body of members, had authority, and the Pope had authority. [283] This enabled the church to produce a massive hagiography and multiple forgeries on law, tradition, history, and legend.

  5. Christianity in the 1st century - Wikipedia

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    The Church Fathers are the early and influential Christian theologians and writers, particularly those of the first five centuries of Christian history. The earliest Church Fathers, within two generations of the Twelve Apostles of Christ, are usually called Apostolic Fathers for reportedly knowing and studying under the apostles personally.

  6. Historicity of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Sharply differing perspectives on the relationship between narrative history and theological meaning present a special challenge for assessing the historicity of the Bible. Supporters of biblical literalism "deny that Biblical infallibility and inerrancy are limited to spiritual, religious, or redemptive themes, exclusive of assertions in the ...

  7. Early Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Thus the Edessan church traced its origin to the Apostolic Age (which may account for its rapid growth), and Christianity even became the state religion for a time. The Church of the East had its inception at a very early date in the buffer zone between the Parthian and Roman Empires in Upper Mesopotamia, known as the Assyrian Church of the ...

  8. History of Christian theology - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Historiography of early Christianity - Wikipedia

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    In the traditional history of the Christian church, the Apostolic Age was the foundation upon which the entire church's history is founded. [122] The Apostolic Age is particularly significant to Restorationism which claims that it represents a purer form of Christianity that should be restored to the church as it exists today.