1st century in religion

The 1st century would see the establishment of Buddhism in China with the White Horse Temple constructed in AD 68 under the patronage of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han dynasty.{{Cite book |last=Leffman |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dA_QbQiZkB4C&pg=PA307 |title=Rough Guide to China |author2=Simon Lewis |author3=Jeremy Atiya |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2003 |isbn=1-84353-019-8 |page=307}}

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Judea in the 1st century would see the foundation of Christianity by Jesus of Nazereth and Jesus' crucifixion.

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• 1 AD: Birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar.{{cite book

| first = Georges

| last = Declercq

| title = Anno Domini: The origins of the Christian Era

| location = Turnhout, Belgium

| publisher = Brepols

| date = 2000

| isbn = 978-2503510507

| pages = 143–147

}}{{cite journal

| first = Georges

| last = Declercq

| journal = Sacris Erudiri

| volume = 41

| pages = 165–246

| title = Dionysius Exiguus and the introduction of the Christian Era

| location = Brussels

| publisher = Brepols

| date = 2002

| issn = 0771-7776

| doi = 10.1484/J.SE.2.300491

| quote = Annotated version of a portion of Anno Domini

}} However, most scholars think that Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC. Furthermore, most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier (see Chronology of Jesus).{{cite book

| first = James D. G.

| last = Dunn

| series = Christianity in the Making

| volume = 1

| title = Jesus Remembered

| publisher = Eerdmans Publishing

| date = 2003

| page = 324

| isbn = 978-0802839312

}}

• 8 AD: Finding in the Temple: Jesus is found in the Temple of Jerusalem reasoning with the learned men of Judea.Luke 2.
• 29 AD: According to the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:1-2), the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus probably began in this year.Colin Humphreys, The Mystery of the Last Supper Cambridge University Press 2011 {{ISBN|978-0-521-73200-0}}, page 65 Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist.
• 29 AD: Jesus is executed by crucifixion, according to Roman Catholic tradition.{{cite web |publisher=Catholic Encyclopedia |title=Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ |url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08377a.htm}} and Tertullian's chronology.An Answer to the Jews, ch.8, which places it in the year when Lucius Rubellius Geminus and Gaius Fufius Geminus served as Consuls
• 30 AD: 7 April (Good Friday) – Jesus is crucified (according to one dating scheme). He is later reported alive by his disciples.
• 33 AD: April 3 – According to Colin Humphrey's account, Jesus of Nazareth's Last Supper takes place.{{Cite book|first=Colin J.|last=Humphreys|title=The Mystery of the Last Supper|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2011|isbn=978-0521732000|pages=77 and 189}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-13114124|title=Last Supper 'was on a Wednesday'|date=April 18, 2011|location=United Kingdom|publisher=BBC}}
• 67 AD: Buddhism comes to China with the two monks Kasyapa and Dharmaraksha.{{cite book |last1=Julch |first1=Thomas |title=The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel: Aspects of the Relationship between the Buddhist Saṃgha and the State in Chinese History |date=2016 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004322585 |page=47}}
• 67 AD: Buddhism is officially established in China with the founding of the White Horse Temple.
• 100 AD: The Gospel of John is widely believed to have been written.Asimov's Guide to the Bible, page 954.

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