The Jewish Bible predicts the coming of a savior who will rid the world of evil. Christians believe that this Messiah was Jesus of Nazareth. That belief caused Christianity and Judaism to become separate religions. A thousand years later, Christianity split into the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox denominations, and 500 years after that, Protestantism split from Catholicism. However, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism are not viewed as separate religions but as three branches of the same religion: Christianity.

In one paragraph, describe the split that caused Judaism and Christianity to become separate religions