HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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He challenged the authority of the priests.
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He attempted to create a Jewish government.
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He gave his apostles the power to forgive sins.
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He established a number of Christian churches.
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Gospels, the Sanhedrin, an elite council of priestly and lay elders, arrested Jesus during the Jewish festival of Passover, deeply threatened by his teachings. They dragged him before Pilate to be tried for blasphemy-for claiming, they said, to be King of the Jews.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Pentecost, Peter became the leader of the apostles and travelled through Palestine and Asia Minor where he worked multiple miracles and converted many followers. Around 44 AD he left for Rome where he set up a community of which he became the first bishop.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a Christian context, a modern day “Pharisee” is someone who follows the impulse to be seen as righteous by obeying certain laws, while ignoring more important matters of the heart.
Detailed explanation-4: -He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues. He preached from Jewish text, from the Bible.