CHRISTIAN
Title first applied to the disciples in Antioch (Acts 11:26). Agrippa used it when addressing Paul (Acts 26:28). Peter accepts this, saying that suffering “as a Christian” is cause for thanksgiving (1 Pet. 4:16).
It was not long before the outward profession of Christ became separated from true faith in Him in the great mass that bears the name of Christianity in the world, and in practice this great mass became anything but followers of Christ. , as evidenced by Scripture and history.
To learn what Godly Christianity is we must turn not to the great professing body, but to the Scriptures, which testify of the falling away which had even then begun to take place.