Christianity began as a movement within Second Temple Judaism, but the two religions gradually diverged over the first few centuries of the Christian Era, and the Christian movement perceived itself a
Marriage of the Virgin by Robert Campin, circa 1420, illustrates the symbolic foundation of Christianity on Judaism through the depiction of Mary and Joseph's marriage at the unfinished portal of a Gothic church, built upon the Romanesque Temple of Jerusalem.
The Cenacle on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, claimed to be the location of the Last Supper and Pentecost
Bloch Sermon On The Mount
The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council is a council described in chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles, held in Jerusalem c. AD 48–50.
Split of Christianity and Judaism
…and more gentile, and less and less Jewish". Conversely, various historical events have been proposed as definitive points of separation, including the Council of Jerusalem and the First Council of Nicaea. Historiography of the split is complicated by a number of factors, including the diverse and syncretic range of religious…
Stained glass window at Norwich Cathedral with Saint Paul, Jesus and James the Less. The lower right image shows the Council of Jerusalem.
James the Just, whose judgment was adopted in the Apostolic Decree of Acts 15:19–29, c. 78 AD: "we should write to them [Gentiles] to abstain only from things polluted by idols and from fornication and from whatever has been strangled and from blood..." (NRSV)
The apostles dispute at the Council (Jim Padgett, 1984)
The letter to the Gentiles is composed (Jim Padgett, 1984)