The split was a long-term process, in which the boundaries were not clear-cut.

Etymology

Early Jewish Christians (i.e., the Jewish followers of Jesus) referred to themselves as followers of "The Way" (? ????: he hodós), probably coming from , "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

According to , the term Christian was first used in reference to the disciples of Jesus

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