Christianity is actually a branch of Judaism! WHAT?!? Christians use to refer to themselves as the "the way" following the "path", basically followers of Jesus. Jesus was actually Jewish, but the people that followed him believing specifically that he was the son of God separated from others of Jewish practice making themselves a whole new religion. (which I think is crazy because I meet mostly Christians so I find it interesting how much it has spread and how popular it is today) Jesus himself even made Jerusalem less important in Christian eyes. He predicted the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem changing it to a portable faith until his marker of his burial and resurrection happened.
I believe a huge change forming of now day Christianity is the rule of Constantine (he would kill and use the name of Jesus as his purpose). He conquered Jerusalem and saw the growing popularity of Christianity and used it. He legalized it and gathered leaders to create the Council of Nicaea that created the main laws of Christina concept, the doctrine of the Trinity. At this point there was less diversity and exclusion of all those who didn't follow these EXACT beliefs.....good or bad?
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