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<div style="position:fixed; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%; font-weight:bold; font-size:18pt; line-height:1Christianity began among a relatively small number of Jews who knew and followed [[Jesus]].5em; background:white; z-index:100;"><br /><br /><br /><center><big>All niggers are dirty pigs! GLORY TO VANDALISM!</big></center> </div></div>
<br /><center><big>All niggers ====The Chuch expands: Jerusalem to Rome==== [[Acts 2]] tells the story of [[Pentecost]] where 3,000 Jews converted to Christianity on one day. Later in [[Acts 10]], the conversion of the [[Gentile]] Roman Centurion [[Cornelius]] and his family is told. Following the acceptance of Gentiles by the church, Christianity spread rapidly throughout the Roman Empire. ====[[Persecution of the early church]]==== For about 250 years Christians suffered from persecutions for various reasons, including their refusal to worship the Roman emperor, considered treasonous and punishable by execution. There were persecutions under Nero, Domitian, Trajan and the other Antonines, Maximinus Thrax, Decius, Valerian, Diocletian and Galerius. Many Christians were willing to die for their faith. The first martyr known of was the [[apostle Stephen]] who was stoned by the Jewish religious leaders - the story is told in [[Acts 7]]. ===Acceptance and Conquestion: 325 to 600=== In February of 313 a joint proclamation was made by the Western emperor [[Constantine I]] and the Eastern emperor Licinius. The proclamation - called the [[edict of Milan]] - established religious toleration for Christianity throughout the Roman Empire. ====Constantine and the Christian empire==== By 391, under the reign of Theodosius I, Christianity had become the state religion of the Eastern Roman empire. Christianity was not restricted to the Mediterranean basin and its hinterlands however. The [[Apostle Thomas]] tradionally is believed to have taken Christianity to [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]], and today many southern Indians are dirty pigs! GLORY TO VANDALISM!</big></center>[[Saint Thomas Christians]]. Christianity also spread to other regions like [[Ethiopia]] and [[Armenia]]. ====Heresies and Councils and Creeds==== Disputes of [[doctrine]] began early on. The newly organized church organized councils to sort matters out. Councils representing the entire church were called [[ecumenical councils]]. These councils especially discussed various Christological controversies, examing questions like, "was Christ divine?" ====Fall of the Roman Empire==== ====Christian ascetics and monks====
The [[church]] is the body of believers of Jesus Christ. Its history is full of periods of struggle and renewal. 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. In the early centuries, 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 (it had slowly developed over centuries) culminating in a schism in [[1054 AD]]. In the Middle Ages, people in Christian 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 splitting from the Roman church. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, missionary activity has spread the [[gospel]] 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.
===The Early Church To AD 325===
===Christianity in the Dark and Middle Ages: 600 - 1500===
