The title of this piece might, at first glance, appear obvious to many. Yet, it is one of those questions that we take for granted without a second thought. And this would seem to have some sort of backing in experience.
After all, anywhere you go in the world, Christianity has the same form and language. And despite the denominational variants that fragments the Christian faith across the world, there is still a sense in which one might be tempted to agree that Christianity is one and hence universal. Many believers will point at the authority of scripture itself.
But more significantly, the Hebrew scripture has a teleological understanding of history that sees it as a trajectory unfolding to reveal the intention of God to humankind. God’s rule, through his anointed one—the Mashiah/Messiah—would be to end all injustices and hardship in the world. And Roman rule was perceived in that light while the Jews awaited the appearance of the anointed one.
The split between Rome and Alexandria—called the Great Schism—was already become clearer especially in terms of ministerial and theological authority and interpretation of scriptures. Thus, for instance, the Donatist controversy deepened the schism between the Roman churches and the African churches. The controversy, from the fourth to the sixth centuries AD, concerned the doctrinal understanding of the validity of the sacraments.
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