Separate Religion with centers in Alexandria,
Antioch, Corinth, Rome, etc but not in Jerusalem.
Jewish Christians are branded as heretics (by other Christians) called
Ebionites.
Christianity spreads and gains wealth and power as a social "support
group" with hierarchy. It becomes a state within a state.
There is also corruption and, most important, theological disputes
that split the church.
Arianism is the most important sect claiming that Jesus,
the son, is of similar substance to the father
while the orthodox position is that the son is of the same
substance as the father.
The theological disputes mask political and regional disputes. |