religion 4

In order to describe the historical and dogmatical development of Christianity and the Church, and consequently it’s deviations, in the period from AD 30 to AD 313, we need to start with the description of the historical, political and social settings of the world that existed during the time of Jesus. During that time the Roman republic was ruling over almost the whole Mediterranean. As a liberal Empire it was tolerant towards the two great religions …

…Jesus. For him of highest theological importance was only the proof of Jesus’ manhood and his resurrection. But Mark created the first form of literary gospel and was called a book of secret epiphanies and mysterious glimpses into Jesus’ preaching. Mathew and Luke,from Pauls gentile mission and from the Jewish Jerusalem churh respectively, unsatisfied with Marks narratives created their own by using Marks work and the ‘oracles’-individual sayings of Christ gathered into groups.