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Jesus' teachings and claims of Christian foundation

Nairobi residents flock Uhuru Park for this year's Christmas Day celebrations on Dec 25, 2024. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Last week, on December 25, as Roman Emperor Constantine ordered in 325 C.E., 2.4 billion Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Being roughly 30 per cent of all religions, Christianity is the dominant religion in the world.

It started about 2000 years ago with the birth of Jesus when Caesar Augustus was Roman Emperor and Herod was king of Judea. Herod reportedly ordered the killing of baby boys but the earthly parents of Jesus reportedly escaped to Egypt where Jesus grew up. They then moved to Nazareth to engage in carpentry and await his time which came when he was roughly 30 years old. Tiberius was then the emperor.

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