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Christianity</b> is the period of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> preceding the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First Council of Nicaea</a> in 325. 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href="/wiki/Baptism_in_early_Christianity" title="Baptism in early Christianity">Baptism in early Christianity</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>C</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carpocratians_(Gnostic_sect)" title="Carpocratians (Gnostic sect)">Carpocratians (Gnostic sect)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Beginnings" title="Christian Beginnings">Christian Beginnings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_persecution_complex" title="Christian persecution complex">Christian persecution complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Christianity" title="Antisemitism in Christianity">Antisemitism in Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_ante-Nicene_period" title="Christianity in the ante-Nicene period">Christianity in the ante-Nicene period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Roman_Africa_province" title="Christianity in the Roman Africa province">Christianity in the Roman Africa province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_of_goods_of_the_early_church_of_Jerusalem" title="Community of goods of the early church of Jerusalem">Community of goods of the early church of Jerusalem</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>D</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Descriptions_in_antiquity_of_the_execution_cross" title="Descriptions in antiquity of the execution cross">Descriptions in antiquity of the execution cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon" title="Development of the New Testament canon">Development of the New Testament canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_Old_Testament_canon" title="Development of the Old Testament canon">Development of the Old Testament canon</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>E</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_Christian_Necropolis_of_P%C3%A9cs" title="Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs">Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Christian_Women_and_Pagan_Opinion" title="Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion">Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Church_of_Jerusalem" title="Early Church of Jerusalem">Early Church of Jerusalem</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>H</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herculanils" title="Herculanils">Herculanils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historiography_of_early_Christianity" title="Historiography of early Christianity">Historiography of early Christianity</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>J</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Christianity" title="Jewish Christianity">Jewish Christianity</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>L</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Books_of_the_Bible_and_the_Forgotten_Books_of_Eden" title="The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden">The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>M</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_music_in_the_biblical_period" title="History of music in the biblical period">History of music in the biblical period</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>P</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papacy_in_early_Christianity" title="Papacy in early Christianity">Papacy in early Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proto-orthodox_Christianity" title="Proto-orthodox Christianity">Proto-orthodox Christianity</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>S</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Tanner_(New_Testament)" title="Simon the Tanner (New Testament)">Simon the Tanner (New Testament)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_for_the_Study_of_Early_Christianity" title="Society for the Study of Early Christianity">Society for the Study of Early Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syneisaktism" title="Syneisaktism">Syneisaktism</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>T</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamim_ibn_Murr" title="Tamim ibn 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