The Christian Churches, starting with the Catholic Church after the Council of Nicaea of 325 AD, require their members to believe in the Gospels, and to accept the leadership of their clergy. Those who so believe are possible candidate to Salvation. No special knowledge is required, only faith.

Initially, at least according to those who accept that there were more gospels than the four included in the New Testament, the way to Salvation requires some personal work, and not only faith.

This document reviews the Christian religious history from its beginning as it is known and described, not only in the New Testament, but also in the Gospels that have not been included in it by the Fathers of the Church who participated in the Nicaea Council.

The life, beliefs and teachings of the Apostles, as well as of Jesus Christ, can be described in two ways:

- Their traditional versions are to be found in the New Testament, and only there. This is, of course, the present Christian Churches' doctrine according to which Jesus Christ was a living person sent to earth to redeem our sins.

- However, a historical review of all the writings of the early centuries AD shows that there were other and different views, that for many ancient writers and philosophers, Jesus Christ was never a living person but a symbol similar to those that existed before in the various Mystery Schools. [read more]

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