Split of Christianity and Judaism

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Christianity as a movement began within Second Temple Judaism, but the two gradually diverged over the first few centuries of the Christian Era, and the Christian movement perceived itself as a distinct religion from Judaism by the fourth century. Historians continue to debate the dating of Christianity's emergence as a religion distinct from Judaism. Philip S. Alexander characterizes the question of when Christianity and Judaism parted company (often termed the "parting of the ways") as "one of those deceptively simple questions which should be approached with great care". According to historian Shaye J. D. Cohen, "the separation of Christianity from Judaism was a process, not an event", in which the Church became "more 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...

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