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In the historiography of early Christianity, the "Great Church" was the period of about 180 to 313, between that of primitive Christianity and that of the legalization of the Christian religion in the
The Church Fathers in an 11th-century depiction from Kyiv
Irenaeus (2nd century – c. 202)
Emperor Constantine and bishops with the Creed of 381.
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles and is thus also known as the Apost
Great Church
…In the historiography of early Christianity, the "Great Church" (Latin: ecclesia magna) was the period of about 180 to 313, between that of primitive Christianity and that of the legalization of the Christian religion in the Roman Empire, corresponding closely to what is called the Ante-Nicene Period. "It has…
Jesus Washing Peter's Feet, painting by Ford Madox Brown (1852–1856), Tate Britain, London
The Cenacle on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, claimed to be the location of the Last Supper and Pentecost
The Crucifixion, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1745–1750, Saint Louis Art Museum
James the Just, whose judgement was adopted in the apostolic decree of Acts 15:19–29, as depicted in a Neo-Byzantine icon.