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  2. Christian Church - Wikipedia

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    Medieval illustration of the ecclesia from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century). In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or the original institution established by Jesus Christ.

  3. History of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The fall of the Byzantine Empire ended the institutional Christian Church in the East as established under Constantine, though it survived in an altered form. Various catastrophic circumstances, combined with growing criticism of the Catholic Church in the 1300–1500s, led to the Protestant Reformation and its related reform movements.

  4. Church of Antioch - Wikipedia

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    Followers of Jesus as the messiah trace the origin of the term Christian to the church established at Antioch. The first church was founded by Jesus Christ, before Pentecost on a mountain top with the disciples while Christ was still alive. According to verses 19–26 of Acts 11, Barnabas went to Tarsus in search of Saul and brought him to ...

  5. Christianity in the 1st century - Wikipedia

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    There was a slowly growing chasm between Gentile Christians, and Jews and Jewish Christians, rather than a sudden split. Even though it is commonly thought that Paul established a Gentile church, it took a century for a complete break to manifest.

  6. Early Christianity - Wikipedia

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    According to church tradition, [142] the Armenian Apostolic Church was founded by Gregory the Illuminator of the late third – early fourth centuries after the conversion of Tiridates III. The church traces its origins to the missions of Bartholomew the Apostle and Thaddeus (Jude the Apostle) in the 1st century.

  7. Timeline of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Shortly after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Nisan 14 or 15), the Jerusalem church was founded as the first Christian church with about 120 Jews and Jewish Proselytes , followed by the events of Pentecost (Sivan 6) Ananias and Sapphira incident, Pharisee Gamaliel's defense of the Apostles (Acts 5:34–39),

  8. Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, [395] and that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles. [396] It maintains that it practises the original Christian faith, as passed down by holy tradition.

  9. Church of England - Wikipedia

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    The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the origin of the Anglican tradition, with foundational doctrines being contained in the Thirty-nine Articles and The Books of Homilies. [2] Its adherents are called Anglicans.