Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Christianity spread from the Levant, across t
Model of the Second Temple in the Israel Museum
Christ with the Two Thieves by Fra Angelico c. 1437 – c. 1446
St Paul's Pillar in Paphos
Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1570s) by Juan Fernández Navarrete
Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic movement in the 1st century in the Roman province of Judea, from where it spread throughout and beyond the Roman Empire.
Saint Paul, by El Greco
Head of Constantine's colossal statue at Musei Capitolini
Roman Chi Rho applique in bronze found in a Germanic settlement in Neerharen (Belgium), 375-450 CE, Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren)