Early Jewish Christians referred to themselves as "The Way" (ἡ ὁδός), probably coming from Isaiah 40:3, "prepare the way of … See more

After the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christianity first emerged as a sect of Judaism as practiced in the Roman province of Judea. … See more

Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire occurred frequently over a period of over two centuries. For most of the first three hundred … See more

Jewish–Hellenistic background
The earliest Christians were an apocalyptic sect within Second Temple Judaism. The basic tenet of … See more

Traditionally, the period from the death of Jesus until the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles is called the Apostolic Age, after the See more

With the start of their missionary activity, early Jewish Christians also started to attract proselytes, Gentiles who were fully or partly converted to Judaism.
Growth of early … See more

In an ancient culture before the printing press and the majority of the population illiterate, most early Christians likely did not own any Christian texts. Much of the original church … See more