s and early church
             councils, which established much of the doctrine now
             considered dogma in the Church today. As of 1986, at least
             one book of the Christian Bible has been translated into
             1,848 languages of the world. A book has been compiled by
             the United Bible Societies which lists languages
             alphabetically, chronologically, and geographically Of the
             present missionary efforts by many of Christianity's sects,
             biblical translation is just one of many.
             Symbols: The most well known symbol of Christianity is
             the cross, or crucifix, symbol of the death and resurrection
             of Jesus Christ. An ancient symbol of Christianity is the
             fish formed by two intersecting arcs. Often the Greek word
             for fish, IXTHYS, appears within being an acronym for "Jesus
             The three major branches of Christianity are Roman
             Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism. There
             are, arguably, other sects such as Mormonism claiming this
             distinction due to major departures from orthodox doctrines.
             Although the differing divisions and sects of Christianity
             may celebrate differing holidays, place emphasis on certain
             holidays rather than others, or may use a differing
             calendar, the major holy days of Christianity are: Lent,
             Christianity arose as an obscure Jewish sect, and through
             the dedicated missionary efforts of such persons as the
             Apostle Paul was distributed throughout the Mediterranean
             basin. Church tradition suggests that each of the remaining
             Apostles of Jesus taught in such diverse places as the
             British Isles and India. After years of official persecution
             by the Roman Empire, Christianity was embraced as the state
             religion by Emperor Constantine.Several important church
             councils were held during this time period to decide on
             controversies over doctrine. Eventually, the decisions of
             these councils provided guidelines to determine orthodoxy or
             heresy. The many divisions and sects now found in
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