Noun

(en-noun)

An Abrahamic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and various scholars who wrote the Christian Bible.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity . Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}

* 2002 , The Atlas of Great Jewish Communities: A Voyage Through History , page 27:

As a result, Christianity developed as a separate religion from Judaism.

Christendom

Noun

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(Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.

*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 739:

*:From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.