In The Third Century After Christ The

In Contrast, Christianity, While Acknowledging The Presence Of Suffering, Declares That Life Can Be Infinitely Worth Living And Opens The Way To Eternal Life In Fellowship With God Who So Loved The World That He Gave Himself In Christ.

It Is Not His Teachings Which Make Jesus So Remarkable, Although These Would Be Enough To Give Him Distinction. It Is A Combination Of The Teachings With The Man Himself. The Two Cannot Be Separated.

The Nineteenth Century Spread Of Christianity Was Due Primarily To A New Burst Of Religious Life Emanating From The Christian Impulse. . . . Never In Any Corresponding Length Of Time Had The Christian Impulse Given Rise To So Many New Movements. Never Had It Had Quite So Great An Effect Upon Western European Peoples. It Was From This Abounding Vigor That There Issued The Missionary Enterprise Which During The Nineteenth Century So Augmented The Numerical Strength And The Influence Of Christianity.

Compared With The Thousands Of Years In Which Human Life Has Been On This Planet, Christianity Is A Recent Development.

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.