Liber VI · Christianity
Introduction
The Church from the apostles to the present: scripture, doctrine, worship and saints.
Christianity grew from the preaching of Jesus of Nazareth and the communities that proclaimed him as Christ after his crucifixion around 30 CE, and is now the largest religion in the world. This section covers its scriptures and how the biblical canon formed, the creeds and councils that defined Christian doctrine, the great divisions into Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches, monasticism, the sacraments and liturgy, the saints and the Virgin Mary, and the angels, demons and folk practices that connect official religion to the history of magic.
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