Christian beliefs date back thousands of years before Christ.
Many prophets predicted the coming of Christ, as written in multiple books of the Old Testament, according to Christian belief.
Many theologians believe that Jesus was crucified between 30 and 33 AD
The first Christians were Jews who came to believe Jesus was the Messiah. Gentiles (non-Jews) also made up a large majority of its followers, as is the case today.
392 AD – Christianity becomes the official religion of the Roman Empire.
1054 – Disputes about the Pope’s role and authority caused a split in Christianity between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. The split still exists today.
1517 – Martin Luther, a German monk, started a movement called the Reformation when he criticized certain church practices as well as the supremacy of the pope. This divided Western Christianity into the Roman Catholic Church and Protestantism.
Aphorism CITY 