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 +[[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|left|thumb|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[Christianity]] series.<br><Small>Illustration: ''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' (detail) by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602.)</small>]]
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 +"The poor wretches <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Christianity|Christians]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> have convinced themselves, first and foremost, that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, in consequence of which they despise death and even willingly give themselves into custody; most of them. Furthermore, their first lawgiver persuaded them that they are all brothers of one another after they have transgressed once, for all by denying the Greek gods and by worshipping that crucified sophist himself and living under his laws. Therefore they despise all things indiscriminately and consider them common property, receiving such doctrines traditionally without any definite evidence. So if any charlatan and trickster, able to profit by occasions, comes among them, he quickly acquires sudden wealth by imposing upon simple folk." --[[Lucian]], ''[[Passing of Peregrinus|The Death of Peregrine]]''
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-:''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)]]''+The '''history of Christianity''' concerns the [[Christianity|Christian religion]], its followers and the [[Christian Church|Church]] with its various [[Christian denomination|denominations]], from the [[Christianity in the 1st century|first century]] to the [[Christianity in the 21st century|present]].
-'''''The Da Vinci Code''''' is a [[mystery fiction|mystery]]/[[detective fiction|detective]] [[novel]] by [[United States|American]] author [[Dan Brown]], published in [[2003 in literature|2003]] by [[Doubleday]].+ 
 +Christianity emerged in the [[Levant]] (now Palestine and Israel) in the mid-1st century [[Common Era|CE]].
 +[[Early centers of Christianity|Christianity spread]] initially from [[Jerusalem in Christianity|Jerusalem]] throughout the [[Near East]], into places such as [[Syria]], [[Assyria]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Phoenicia]], [[Asia Minor]], [[Jordan]] and [[Egypt]]. In the 4th century it was successively adopted as the [[state religion]] by [[Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia|Armenia]] in 301, [[Caucasian Iberia|Georgia]] in 319, and the [[State church of the Roman Empire|Roman Empire]] in 380.
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 +Christianity became common to all of Europe in the [[Middle Ages]] and expanded throughout the world during Europe's [[Age of Exploration]] from the Renaissance onwards to become the [[major religious groups|world's largest religion]]. Today there are 2 billion Christians, one third of humanity. Christianity divided into the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] in the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]] of 1054. The [[Protestant Reformation]] split the Roman Catholic Church into many different [[Christian denominations|denominations]].
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-This novel has provoked popular interest in speculation concerning the [[Holy Grail]] legend and the role of [[Mary Magdalene]] in the [[history of Christianity]]. According to the premise of the novel, the [[Holy See|Vatican]] knows it is perpetuating a lie about Jesus' bloodline and the role of women in church, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. 
==See also== ==See also==
-* [[Christian feminism]]+* [[Christianity and Paganism]]
-* [[Constantinian shift]]+* [[History of Christian theology]]
-* [[Desposyni]] - Jesus's known family+* [[History of the Roman Catholic Church]]
-* [[Gospel of Mary Magdalene]]+* [[History of the Eastern Orthodox Church]]
-* [[The Da Vinci Game]]+* [[History of Protestantism]]
-* ''[[The Jesus Scroll]]''+* [[History of Oriental Orthodoxy]]
-* [[Smithy code]]+* [[Christianization]]
 +* [[Timeline of Christianity]]
 +* [[Roman Catholic Church]]
 +* [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]
 +* [[Protestantism]]
 +* [[Rise of Christianity during the Fall of Rome]]
 +* [[Timeline of the Roman Catholic Church]]
 +* [[Restoration Movement]]
 +* [[Timeline of Christian missions]]
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Illustration: Triumph of Christianity (detail) by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602.)

"The poor wretches [Christians] have convinced themselves, first and foremost, that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, in consequence of which they despise death and even willingly give themselves into custody; most of them. Furthermore, their first lawgiver persuaded them that they are all brothers of one another after they have transgressed once, for all by denying the Greek gods and by worshipping that crucified sophist himself and living under his laws. Therefore they despise all things indiscriminately and consider them common property, receiving such doctrines traditionally without any definite evidence. So if any charlatan and trickster, able to profit by occasions, comes among them, he quickly acquires sudden wealth by imposing upon simple folk." --Lucian, The Death of Peregrine

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The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, its followers and the Church with its various denominations, from the first century to the present.

Christianity emerged in the Levant (now Palestine and Israel) in the mid-1st century CE. Christianity spread initially from Jerusalem throughout the Near East, into places such as Syria, Assyria, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Asia Minor, Jordan and Egypt. In the 4th century it was successively adopted as the state religion by Armenia in 301, Georgia in 319, and the Roman Empire in 380.

Christianity became common to all of Europe in the Middle Ages and expanded throughout the world during Europe's Age of Exploration from the Renaissance onwards to become the world's largest religion. Today there are 2 billion Christians, one third of humanity. Christianity divided into the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church in the Great Schism of 1054. The Protestant Reformation split the Roman Catholic Church into many different denominations.


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