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God created human beings; human beings created religion. And yet it is religion that claims to come and show human beings who God is!

What are the origins of the Christian religion?

The Christian religion appeared on earth some 2,000 years ago, at a time when the territory of Palestine was under the domination of the Roman army. Christianity began as a movement for change within Jewish society. The central figure of the Christian religion is a young man, the son of Jewish peasants, who was called Jesus. But, as we will see further on, it was not Jesus who named the religion “Christianity”; nor, during his lifetime, was Jesus called Jesus Christ. We will set out in detail what we find in the historical documents that show who named the religion, where and in what era, and under what conditions Christians came to establish its fundamental principles and spread it: first in the lands surrounding Palestine, within the Roman Empire, and finally far beyond, onto the African continent and overseas into Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

Source: “Viv Bondye! Aba Relijyon!”, page 49