Christianity
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Testament as sacred and authoritative Scripture. Christian ethics derive to a large extent from the Jewish tradition as presented...cent.). They were handled resolutely by the church; the teachers of novelty were expelled (excommunicated). For 250 years...1961; repr. 1967); A. Finkel, The Pharisees and the Teacher of Nazareth (1964); H. Marrou et al., The Christian...