HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Jesus
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Mohammad
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Islam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Originally, this progression was closely connected to already established Jewish centers in the Holy Land and the Jewish diaspora. The first followers of Christianity were Jews who had converted to the faith, i.e. Jewish Christians.
Detailed explanation-2: -Early usage The first recorded use of the term (or its cognates in other languages) is in the New Testament, in Acts 11 after Barnabas brought Saul (Paul) to Antioch where they taught the disciples for about a year, the text says that “the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch” (Acts 11:26).
Detailed explanation-3: -“And it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians, ‘’ Acts 11: 26. This verse is one of my favorite in the Bible.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jesus was arrested on a charge of treason and was crucified, a common form of execution for condemned criminals. To the Romans, Jesus was a troublemaker who had got his just desserts. To the Christians, however, he was a martyr and it was soon clear that the execution had made Judaea even more unstable.