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Emerging from the core of a patriarchal and monotheistic culture, where it was seen as one of the many Jewish sects, the community of the disciples of Jesus Christ expanded in a multicultural and polytheist empire, establishing communities structured around the bishop and reassembled in patriarchates, founding monasteries, fashioning assorted liturgies, organizing theological traditions, producing and spreading extensive dogmatic, exegetical, historical and spiritual literature. Although initially not acknowledged as a legitimate religion, it changed into the official religion of the Roman Empire and launched the bases for a Christian civilization — the medieval Christendom. This synthesis joins the report of essential data of historical events and the reflection on its main problems and implications, pointing out the importance of the Christian view contribution for the history of mankind.