How did Christianity begin? The world’s largest religion developed through several stages over a long period, and surprisingly, each stage along the way can still be identified through a careful reading of the Christian scriptures. The sacred writings of the Jewish people, which Christians later came to call the Old Testament, chronicle the earliest stages in this process. The polytheism in the Old Testament reflects practices common in ancient Canaan and it is to that small patch of the Middle-east that…..
