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28 or 29 John the Baptist begins his ministry in the "15th year of Tiberius" (Luke 3:1–2), saying: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Matthew 3:1–2), a relative of Jesus , a Nazirite , baptized Jesus (Mark 1:4–11), later arrested and beheaded by Herod Antipas (Luke 3:19–20), it is possible that, according to Josephus' chronology, John was not killed until 36 (JA18.5.2) [4]
The Assyrian Church of the East [a] (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East [5] [6] and officially known as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (HACACE), [5] [7] [b] is an Eastern Christian church that follows the traditional Christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East. [9]
The Photian Schism was a four-year (863–867) schism between the episcopal sees of Rome and Constantinople. The issue centred on the right of the Byzantine Emperor to depose and appoint a patriarch without approval from the papacy .
The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2: The Reformation to the Present Day. San Francisco: Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-063316-5. Holland, Tom (2019). Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 9780465093502. Latorette, Kenneth Scott (1975). A History of Christianity, Volume 1: Beginnings to 1500 (Revised). San ...
The resulting schism created a communion of churches, including the Armenian, Syrian, and Egyptian churches, that is today known as Oriental Orthodoxy. [2] In spite of these schisms, however, the imperial church still came to represent the majority of Christians within the Roman Empire. [3]
Picture showing a diagrammatic view of the schisms in Jainism along with the timeline. The first schism in Jainism happened around the fourth century BCE, leading to rise of two major sects, Digambara and Svetambara, which were later subdivided in further sub-sects. [3]
The Anuradhapura Cross discovered in Sri Lanka strongly suggests a strong presence of Nestorian Christianity in Sri Lanka during the 6th century AD according to Humphrey Codrington, who based his claim on a 6th-century manuscript, Christian Topography, that mentions of a community of Persian Christians who were known to reside in Taprobanê (the Ancient Greek name for Sri Lanka).
