what christian religion started first?

Question

i thought i said christian

good answers but not what i am looking for, what denomination started first

Answer 1

The Roman Catholic Church was founded upon Pope Peter when Jesus told him, "You are Peter and upon you I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it."

Answer 2

Since they all claim to be the true Christian cult, they all did. The other pseudo-Christian cults were later abominations (which may have been thought to be Christian) but their cult (Catholics, Baptists, Orthodox, snake handlers, foot washers, whatever) is the one true original Christianity.

If you want a serious answer, both the Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholics would lay claim to being the oldest. Both feel that their interpretation of the Nicene Creed is correct and that the other cult are the schismatics.

Answer 3

Peace!
None other than the church founded by Jesus Christ himself - the Catholic Church.
"And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, AND NOT EVEN DEATH WILL OVERCOME IT. I will give you the keys of the kingom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." - Matthew 16,18-19 (GNB) (See also Luke 10, 16)
St. Peter was succeeded by St. Linus as head of the church. The line of succession has not been broken up to the present pope. It has withstood all trials and persecution the world has thrown at it AS PROMISED BY JESUS in the above text.
God bless!

Answer 4

I think you mean, which denomination of Christianity started first. Christianity, according to just about every scholar I've ever heard or read who's studied religion, is one religion with many denominations. That may be why people are getting confused about your question.

First, there was early Christianity and there was a lot of debate about a whole lot of ideas. Some early Christians understood Christ's ressurrection to be metaphorical and believed that the whole point of Christianity was sort of to be ressurrected, metaphorically, oneself and that that was Jesus's teachings. These Christians found the whole notion of there being a literal resurrection kind of macrabre, base and blasphemous. Many of them had a very mystical system and, for many of these, Jehovah was seen as a bumbling fool who created this Universe poorly, but there was a greater God beyond whom the Christ would lead His followers to. This mysticism was in fact fairly similar to a lot of Mysteries that were popular around the Roman Empire, such as the Isis Mysteries, the Mithraic Mysteries and Neoplatonism. In fact, early Christianity was VERY similar to the Neoplatonic philosophy of philosophers/mystics like Iamblichus. Neoplatonism believed in a Supreme Being of whom the Gods were all eminations and a Mediator. To the early Christians, this Mediator was Christ. So, it was sort of like Jewish Neoplatonism.

At the other extreme, there were early Christians who believed that Jesus was literally resurrected bodily and actually lived with the disciples for a time after His/his crucifiction. Then, there was everybody in between. Some believed that Jesus ascended to Heaven and only came to the disciples in dreams.

Early Christians were strict pacifists and refused to serve in the Roman military. Many of them also had group marriages.

Then, the Roman Emperor Constantine's mother and afterwards Constantine himself converted to Christianity. Constantine called for the Council of Nicia. Here, the first version of Catholicism was created. Constantine had archers stationed at the council with orders to kill anyone who disagreed with his concept of Christianity. Under threat of death, the bishops at the Council created a canon of Christianity. Many bishops there were branded as "heretics" for disagreeing with Constantine and the prevailing views there. When this canonization occurred, many gospels were thrown out as "apocraphal" and the four in the New Testament were the only ones allowed in.[1] Also, Christians were ordered into the Roman Legions and it was decreed that Christians didn't need to be pacifists. The resurrection was decreed to be literal.

At this point, the first version of Catholicism was created, but Roman Catholicism and what we now call East Orthadox was all one.

Later on, there was a schism between the west European Catholics, that is the Roman Catholics, and everybody else in the Church. The Roman Catholics said that everybody else was not Catholic. To this day, the so-called East Orthadox Christians consider themselves to be Catholics, but just not Roman Catholics. The Roman Catholics think that the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church and that anyone who doesn't accept him is non-Catholic. The East-Orthadox Catholics just see the Pope as one of 7 patriarchs of the church and revere him as such, but see other branches of the Church as being Catholic. In terms of what they actually do, there's little difference. It's primarily a matterof politics.

Then, England split from the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Enland was formed. This was later called Anglican or Episcapalean. There is again little difference in practice between them and the Roman Catholics, but they also don't see the Pope as being their head and today have certain major differences. For example, they very recently announced that Gays could be clergy, while Pope Benedict has a much more conservative attitude on the subject. The Anglicans / Episcapaleans are Protestant.

Many other Protestant denominations also formed.

Anyway... in answer to your question, all of the various early Christian groups (prior to the Council of Nicia) started first, as far as anyone knows.

Answer 5

Christ's Church began first. There were no denominations until the Catholics began their ThInG (Catholicism). Jesus' Apostles began HIS CHURCH in Acts 2. There were many things that were preached in that church that are not going on in the Catholic Churches or other denominations today. We should be studying and copying the examples given in the first century Church today. Have a great week.
EDs

Answer 6

Jesus THE CHRIST!

1 GOD became a man !
2 HE was perfect in all ways !
3 HE was seen by angels as HE was
originally (THE GOD), and as a man !
4 HE taught the non Jewish ( as well as many Jews) !
5 HIS teachings were (and are) believed by MANY people !
6 HE returned to HIS place - we call that place heaven !

This is The Entire Story required to become
A TRUE CHRISTIAN.

THEN ALONG CAME CONSTANTINE AND HIJACKED TRUE CHRISTIANITY AND MADE IT A POLITICAL MONEY MAKING MACHINE now based in The Vatican.

TRUE Christians still exist!

See URL below for how to find! >>

Answer 7

There is only one Christian religion....that's Christianity so that started first.

There are many many Christian denominations but they are all (or at least allegedly!) part of the Christian faith.

Answer 8

Catholicism. History shows that all other Christian bodies broke away from the Catholic Church (or broke away from a break-away).

Answer 9

Jesus and His Apostle's originally called their beleif "The Way", and they were "Folowers of the Way"... Jesus Himself IS, ofcourse, "the Way" therefore, they followed Him alone.

People that followed the Way were later called Christians...

Read the book of Acts in the Bible to get the whole story.

Peace to you.

Answer 10

Catholicism. Protestants branched off of the Catholic church.

Answer 11

The followers of Jesus, his disciples, were the first Christians. From there they spread the word to others.