Jesus, “the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2 KJV). The followers of Jesus were first called Christians in Antioch during the middle of the first century. “The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.” (Acts 11:26, NIV)
The Roman historian Tacticus describes Christianity as a “most mischievous superstition” that started with “Christus” who “suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate.” (Annals, 15.44)
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