Christianity

**Christianity**, also known as **Christendom** and **Christianism**, is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Its adherents, known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the Christ, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, called the Old Testament in Christianity, and chronicled in the New Testament.

## Overview

Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus' apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, North Africa, Transcaucasia, Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia, despite initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, after the Fall of Jerusalem, which ended the Temple-based Judaism, Christianity slowly separated from Judaism.

Emperor Constantine the Great legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan (313), later convening the Council of Nicaea where Early Christianity was consolidated into what would become the State church of the Roman Empire. The early history of Christianity's united church before major schisms is sometimes referred to as the "Great Church". The Church of the East split after the Council of Ephesus and Oriental Orthodoxy split after the Council of Chalcedon over differences in Christology, while the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church separated in the East–West Schism, especially over the authority of the bishop of Rome.

Similarly, Protestantism split in numerous denominations from the Latin Catholic Church in the Reformation era over theological and ecclesiological disputes, most predominantly on the issue of justification and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Following the Age of Discovery, Christianity was spread into the Americas, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world via missionary work.

## Description

Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, as well as in its doctrines concerning justification and the nature of salvation, ecclesiology, ordination, and Christology. The four largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church, Protestantism, the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy, amid various efforts toward unity. Their creeds generally hold 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; as referred to as the gospel, meaning the "good news", in scripture. Describing Jesus' life and teachings are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John with the Jewish Old Testament as the gospel's respected background.

Christianity and Christian ethics played a prominent role in the development of Western civilization, particularly around Europe from late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Despite a decline in adherence in the West, Christianity remains the dominant religion in the region, with about 70% of the population identifying as Christian. Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world's most populous continents. Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, especially in the Middle-East, North Africa and South Asia.

Among all religions, Christianity has the most different types of variations with some examples being Catholicism and Protestantism.

## Notable Christians

Many humans who work in context of the supernatural and occult are also Christians. Some notables are:

* Abigail Hawkins
* Abraham Van Helsing
* Ashley Strode
* Damien Karras
* Dante Alighieri
* Ed Warren
* Edward Grey
* Elizabeth Sherman
* Integra Hellsing
* Ivan Romanov
* Jeanne d'Arc
* Astolfo
* Johann Kraus
* Lankester Merrin
* Liz Sherman
* Lorraine Warren
* Michel de Nostredame
* Natalia Romanov
* Ota Benga
* Saint Lucia
* John
* Mary Magdalene
* Judas Iscariot
* SCP-166
* Sherlock Holmes
* Snorri Sturluson
* Trevor Bruttenholm

### Other Notable Christians

* Devon Barnett
* Marcus Keane
* Tomas Ortega
* Several employees of the B.P.R.D.
* Several hunters, at least 1/4.

### Former Christians

* Aleister Crowley
* Grigori Rasputin
* H.P. Lovecraft

## Quotes

* *"It surprises me how things turned out... We started out with just twelve... But now we are over two billion."* - John.

* *"Without wanting to appear to have any prejudice. Far be it from me. However, one thing that is very much agreed in other religions, including other Abrahamic religions, is that Christians are kind of... Fools. And I mean in the sense of ignorance. Jesus didn't mind being together with prostitutes, with the filthy, with the sinners and the sick. But many who claim to be His followers do the exact opposite of everything He did and taught. It's no use being a Christian in a church when outside it's worse than the Devil. It's my opinion."* - Delta Durand Leroy.

## Gallery

*The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the greatest event in Christianity**The cross, one of the symbols of Christianity*
## Trivia

* It is the world's largest religion with about 2.4 billion followers.

## Image Sources

* (Christian cross.png) Christian Cross pictured from Boris23
* (Redeemerofworld a.jpg) Redeemer of The World by Michael Dudash
* (Crucifix-cross-sunset-background-crucifixion-jesus-christ-127995266-afrocharts.jpg) Crucifix cross at sunset background, crucifixion of Jesus Christ by Flynt