The birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as the Messiah, created a new ideology of worship. The Messiah is the savior for all people and of all sins. He or she who had faith would be saved. Faith was the key. This message was distributed to the people through the words of Jesus, and then through His Apostles after Jesus' death. Paul carried this message to the Gentiles. His missionary journeys and establishment of churches enabled the spreading of the message throughout the Roman Empire. Christianity grew in acceptance; those that believed in the Messiah separated and began to worship on their own. This marked the beginning of the split of Judaism and Christianity.
             Christianity experienced many pitfalls along the path to fulfillment. As in history, today we find ourselves learning Christ's lessons all over again. The earliest Christian worshipers endured many hardships not experienced by society today. These differences in science, technology, and lack of practicing our beliefs have caused a rift between early Christianity and Christianity today.
             As we discussed in class, Christianity borrows many aspects from Judaism. The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures, for example, were used in the early teachings, however the Christian believers interpreted the scriptures in a different manner. This interpretation leads to a fundamental shift in ideology between Jews and Christians. In addition to scripture, Christianity adopted many worship rituals practiced within the Jewish synagogue such as prayers, baptisms, and communion. Christianity of today still practices these sacred rituals. According to Paul, it is through prayer that we communicate with God. It is through baptism that we do away with distinctions, and it is through communion that we become one with the Lords Son Jesus by receiving His Body and Blood through the Eucharist and the Wine. As the Christian faith began to spread and people beg
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