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''Synopsis:'' The [[church]] is the body of believers of Jesus Christ and since it was formed after the resurrection . Its history is full of periods of Jesus, major events struggle and conflict, often over matters of [[doctrine]] have resulted in significant rifts in the churchrenewal. Initially , the early Christians spread the good news of [[Jesus ]] throughout the Roman empire and small congregations of Christians sprang up in many towns. [[Rome]] soon became the geographical centre of the church. HoweverIn the early centuries, there was debates about the nature of [[God]] caused great debates, however the church mostly stayed unified until a major rift finally occurred between the Church in Greece and the one in Rome that (it had slowly developed over centuries ) culminating in a schism in [[1054 AD]]. LaterIn the Middle Ages, people in sixteenth centuryChristian lands formed armies to "defend" the Holy Lands of Israel from Islamic control. In the mid second millenium, there was a renewal of awareness of the Bible spawning the Reformation, with Christians in northern Europe split splitting from the Roman church. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, an event known as missionary activity has spread the [[Reformationgospel]]around the world. Today there seems to be a bewildering array of [[denominations]]. Some of the larger ones include [[Roman Catholicism]], the [[Greek]] and Russian [[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox]] churches and the wide variety of [[Protestant]] churches. ==Main article== The history of the Christian church is full of times of struggle and renewal. In the early centuries, debates about the nature of [[God]] caused great division. In the Middle Ages, people in Christian lands formed armies to "defend" the Holy Lands. In the mid second millenium, there was a renewal of awareness of the Bible spawning the Reformation. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, missionary activity has spread the [[gospel]] around the world.

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