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Early Christianity

period of church history beginning with the ministry of Jesus (c. 27-30) and ending with the First Council of Nicaea (325)
Event periodization Q51644
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Summary

Early Christianity is a periodization[1]. It draws 13,541 Wikipedia views per month (periodization category, ranking #6 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: historical period[3]
  • Subclass of: Christianity[4]
  • Part of: history of Christianity[5]
  • Commons category: Ancient Christianity[6]
  • Start time: 1[7]
  • End time: 325[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Early Christianity[9]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/early-church[10]
  • History of topic: history of early Christianity[11]

Why It Matters

Early Christianity has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Ananias of Damascus Saint Apollonia Saint Nicholas Ulfilas Urban I

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0009391-rane-krestanstvi', '0226873-prvotni-cirkev']
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  2. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → —
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  3. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → c/cristianismo-primitivo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: c/cristianismo-primitivo, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007286451905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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