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 * __[[file:Christianity Chart.docx]]Christianity

Location, circumstances, and time of emergence:__** Christianity originated in Palestine when it was under rule of the Roman Empire during 1st century C.E.
 * __Basic Beliefs and Cosmology:__** The Golden Rule (Do unto others as they would do unto you), the 10 commandments, and the belief in one god, the messiah, and the holy spirit.
 * __Early founders and important members:__** Jesus, also known as the Messiah, and his 12 disciples (Peter, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, Thaddeus, Simon, and Judas)
 * __Important early documents or texts:__** The old & new testaments, the 10 commandments, and the scriptures
 * __Challenges and early conflicts associated with spread:__** Christians were persecuted by the Romans, like when Nero blamed the fire of Rome on Christians. BEcuase of this persecution, Christianity was unable to spread far and it wasn't until the fourth century C. E. that Christianity was made legal.
 * __Internal conflicts or disputes and new branches because of diffusion:__** The splitting of churches such as Holy Roman Church and the Eastern Orthodox church, and the split of Methodist churches during the Civil War and slavery dispute into Methodist and Southern Methodist.