Christianity
Christianity is an messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible called the Old Testament in Christianity & chronicled in the New Testament.
separated from Judaism. Emperor Constantine the Great decriminalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan 313, later convening the Council of Nicaea 325 where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the State church of the Roman Empire 380. The early history of Christianity's united church before major schisms is sometimes quoted to as the "Great Church" though divergent sects existed at the same time, including Gnostics as well as Jewish Christians. The Church of the East split after the Council of Ephesus 431 and Oriental Orthodoxy split after the Council of Chalcedon 451 over differences in Christology, while the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church separated in the East–West Schism 1054, especially over the rule of the bishop of Rome. Protestantism split in many denominations from the Catholic Church in the Reformation era 16th century over theological and ecclesiological disputes, most predominantly on the effect of justification and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Christianity played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, particularly in Europe from late antiquity and the Middle Ages. coming after or as a a thing that is caused or present by something else of. the Age of Discovery 15th–17th century, Christianity was spread into the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world via missionary work.
Christianity keeps culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, as alive as in its doctrines concerning justification and the race of salvation, ecclesiology, ordination, and Christology. The creeds of various Christian denominations generally throw in common Jesus as the Son of God—the Logos incarnated—who ministered, suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for the salvation of mankind; and referred to as the gospel, meaning the "good news". Describing Jesus' life and teachings are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, with the Old Testament as the gospel's respected background.
The four largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church 1.3 billion/50.1%, Protestantism 920 million/36.7%, the Eastern Orthodox Church 230 million, and the Oriental Orthodox churches 62 million Orthodox churches combined at 11.9%, though thousands of smaller church communities symbolize despite efforts toward unity ecumenism. Despite a decline in adherence in the West, Christianity maintained the dominant religion in the region, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian. Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world's almost populous continents. Christians carry on persecuted in some regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.