When Contrasted With The Much

Christianity Is Usually Called A Religion. As A Religion It Has Had A Wider Geographic Spread And Is More Deeply Rooted Among More Peoples Than Any Other Religion In The History Of Mankind.

The Most That One Of Jewish Faith Can Do - And Some Have Gladly Done It - Is To Say That Jesus Was The Greatest In The Long Succession Of Jewish Prophets. None Can Acknowledge That Jesus Was The Messiah Without Becoming A Christian.

When Contrasted With The Much Longer Time That Life Has Been Present, The Course Of Christianity Thus Far Is But A Brief Moment.

The History Of Christianity, Therefore, Must Be Of Concern To All Who Are Interested In The Record Of Man And Particularly To All Who Seek To Understand The Contemporary Human Scene.

Although When Christianity Appeared The Total Population Of The Planet Was Only A Fraction Of That Of The Twentieth Century, Most Of The Earth's Surface Was Quite Outside The Mediterranean World, Persia, India, And China.