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Christianity is a religion that developed during the first century C.E. Its basic teaching is that Jesus Christ fulfilled the prophecy from the Hebrew Bible and delivered us from our sins. Its followers justify their faith by citing the resurrection of the body of Christ as reassurance of his being divine. The inclusion of Christianity under the heading philosophy during the first and second century C.E. is due to Christianity emphasizing a moral code in its teachings. Christianity, like the other formal schools of philosophy, offers a general code for living. At the base of this value system we find two distinct sources. The first source is the Hebrew Bible. These teachings are primarily the Ten Commandments along with other little rules. The next source, the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospels, comes along to offer further interpretation of the rules described in the Hebrew Bible. What we are left with is a Christian set of moral principles along
with other guidance for living (often given by Jesus in the form of
vague parables). In this way, Christianity is more than a strict philosophy
but it has similar characteristics to the formal philosophies and therefore
can be classified for our use under the heading of philosophy. Christianity Historically as a Philosophy Other Links to Early Christian Philosophy
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