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Christianity is the faith that the Galilean Jew Jesus of Nazareth, executed by the Romans around 30 CE, was raised from the dead and is the Messiah promised in the Hebrew scriptures — the Son of God through whom the world is reconciled to its maker. Key sections include: Christ ianity.; Opening What it is.; Chapter I Jesus of Nazareth.; Chapter II Paul of Tarsus.; Chapter III How the New Testament was made.; Chapter IV The empire turns.; Chapter V Nicaea, 325.; Chapter VI Chalcedon, 451.; Chapter VII Augustine of Hippo.; Chapter VIII The desert and the cloister..
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