The Origins of Christianity By Archibald Robertson

How did Christianity begin?

According to the official teaching of the Christian Churches it originated in certain unique events which occurred in Palestine under the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius. In the reign of Augustus, the God by whom all things were made became man by miraculous birth from a virgin mother. In the reign of Tiberius the God-man, Jesus Christ, was crucified by Pontius Pilate, the Roman procurator of Judaea. After suffering death he rose from the dead on the third day and ascended into heaven, leaving behind him a Church divinely empowered to interpret his teaching until he comes again to judge the living and the dead and to inaugurate the life of the world to come.

These dogmas, contained in the Nicene Creed, were enforced on Europe during the Middle Ages. To deny them is still an offence against the common law of this country. They are taught to children at the public expense in our nationally provided schools and sedulously propagated by the radio……..