“Not really — Christianity arose in the East, technically in Asia and for centuries, in fact arguably for most of the first millenium, the “action” was in the East. The Assyrian Church converted people as far as Mongolia, while the Marthomites were busy in Southern India etc.
Christianity is not a “Western religion””
I must disagree. From the earliest days in the church, in New Testament writings, we find believers not only in Greece and Cyprus but also in Rome. Unless you consider Rome “the East,” Christianity was not exclusively eastern.
I never said it was "exclusively" eastern. I objected to your point that it "rose in the West" -- Christianity "rose" in Asia, spread to the West but for much of the early centuries the "action" was in the East
Christianity is not "exclusively" either Eastern or Western even though it arose in the East.