Diversity existed in early Christian communities, and evidence, such as the portrait of Jesus in “the Fifth Gospel” of Thomas, supports the claim, that diversity existed in early Christian communities (Bethel, n.d.). Diversity existed in early Christian communities, due to the different issues, concerns, and crisis that plagued different communities (Harris, 2014, p. 16). However, the figure of Jesus, which was common to all the different Christian communities, and the interpretation of the word was the basis that many different communities used to combat the issues faced. Diversity resulted from the varying interpretations of the word that various different community members and the Church expressed in relation to comforting community members
