Christianity is a religion, which began as an extension of Judaism,
and further distanced itself from some beliefs of Judaism upon the birth
of their long-awaited saviour and Messiah, Jesus Christ. Regarding
magic, Christianity, as a whole, was never too close to it or supportive
to people who associated themselves with anything remote to
witchcraft.

The majority of Muggles who have accepted this
religion have frowned heavily upon magic for ages. In the earlier years
of Christianity, witchcraft was regarded as a sin, which needed to be
repented of and confessed, as a step to atonement and forgiveness.

Enter
the Medieval times, where magic was not only forbidden to practice,
but those who were thought to possess any magical abilities were
prosecuted and sentenced to death. In 785, the Council of Paderborn
explicitly outlaws belief in witches and the Western Church claims
witchcraft as a heresy. In the Middle Ages, things get even worse, as
Church sanctions magic, and places it in the same league as Satanism,
the worship of the Devil. Witch hunts begin, and for 200 years, various
people, wizards and not, were sentenced to death and burned alive.

Even
though Christianity placed itself as furthest as possible from magic, it still believed in people who possessed abilities out of the
ordinary. There were various instances throughout the centuries, when a
person was able to see visions (early forms of Divination) and possess healing
properties. Those were claimed to have been bestowed with a Divine Gift, and were given
the title of Saints or Angels. According to Christian texts and beliefs,
people like these were blessed with said Gifts from God himself, and
were to be seen as those who would bring humanity closer to Paradise.

Another
branch of Christianity that embraces practice of magic is the sect of
Esoteric Christians. According to them, they are two types of magic that
one can associate with: theurgy (divine magic), or goetia (demonic
magic). Believers embrace some aspects of witchcraft, such as alchemy and
astrology. In the subject of alchemy, a famous Esoteric Christian is
alchemist Nicholas Flamel, maker of the Philosopher's Stone, a stone
with amazing properties, such as the ability to produce the Elixir of
Life and the transformation of any metal into gold.

Even though
Esoteric Christianity teaches that some Muggles are able to accept magic
into their life, the Ministry of Magic, per the Statute of Secrecy of
1692, disapproves of wizards embracing this sect, and will arrest them
if they are caught on the act, as they view them as rebels. Thus, they
keep their roots and beliefs a secret, for the safety of both parties.