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Journal of Early Christian Studies - Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2000, pp. 111-112 religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth , and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament ."[Princeton University. ]"Christianity" at Dictionary.com , Christianity , WordNet ® 2.0, Princeton University, retrieved May 18, 2006. Christians believe Jesus to be the Messiah , and thus refer to him as Jesus Christ . With an estimated 2.1 billion adherents in 2001, Christianity is the world's largest religion .Religions by Adherents Adherents.com . It is the predominant religion in the Americas , Europe , Oceania , and large parts of Africa .
Christianity began in the 1st century as a Jewish sect Acts : ; ; ; ; ; ; Romans : ; Tacitus Annales xv 44; Flavius Josephus Antiquities xviii 3; The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion , editors in chief R. J. Zwi Werblowsky and G. Wigoder (published OUP New York, 1997; ISBN 0-19-508605-8), page 158. , and therefore shares many religious texts and early history with Judaism — specifically, the Hebrew Bible , which Christians call the Old Testament (see Judeo-Christian ). Like Judaism , Christianity is considered an Abrahamic religion .
According to the New Testament (), "the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch ." (Greek accusative ; Christianous ).
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