Jesus of Nazareth. Paul of Tarsus, after his conversion on

the road to Damascus, worked tirelessly to establish

Christianity among both Jews and God-fearing Gentiles of the

Diaspora. Clues in the New Testament indicate that there was

a significant rift between Paul and the Jewish leadership

early in the history of the Church. It is primarily Paul's

writings which has most influenced the Church today.

Christians span the globe and are present on all the

inhabited continents and in most of the world's societies.

As Christianity is a universalizing religion, it embraces

Most Christian denominations and sects teach that man is

sinful and can never inherit eternal life in the presence of

God as a result of the sins of our first parents, Adam and

Eve,as well as our own personal sin. It thus became

necessary for God to become man in the person of Jesus

Christ who as the Son of God was sinless and unblemished.

His purpose was to suffer and die in atonement for the sins

of all who accept his sacrifice for sin. Individual

salvation is dependent upon the acceptance of this

atonement. The Church is the Bride of

Islam and the Baha'i World Faith. The book of Genesis

1940s, Adolph Hitler and the German Nazi party drew on

of the Godhead. "...because Jesus, whom God sent as a

respect for earlier prophets and belief in their teachings:

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