Development of Christianity

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This paper discusses how Christianity emerged from Judaism and changed as it came into contact with other belief systems. The writer examines the apostle Paul's role in spreading Christianity to Greece and Asia Minor and how his journeys influenced the relationship between Christianity and the surrounding cultures. The writer also discusses how the way Jesus was seen changed as Christianity developed from being a persecuted sect to being an official theology. The writer explains that in examining Christianity and conceptions of Jesus throughout the Christian age, societal and religious shifts as they occur synchronously must be taken into account.

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"The apostle Paul still left a definitive and lasting impression on Christian history and the way Jesus was thought of by the mass numbers that Paul was able to convert in Greece and Asia Minor. Paul, who received a vision of Jesus that blinded him, and then was miraculously healed, became one of the first Christian evangelists, spreading the word of Jesus throughout his lifetime. His traditional pattern of teaching was to begin speaking at a local synagogue, get thrown out, and continue to preach to the masses in more bucolic areas, establishing small churches through the teachings of Jesus that were later expanded in other evangelical trips."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Schneider, J.R. (2002). The Good of Affluence. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans

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