Linkolo yobuKristu yakhula ezikhathini zasendulo, ngesikhathi sezikole zomcabango ezinkulu, phakathi kwezixuku zonkulunkulu abahlukahlukene nalokho obaba besonto ababekubiza ngokuthi ubuqaba obuzungezile. Ngaleso sikhathi, inkolo yayihlelwa ngezigaba ezimbili. Izinga lokuqala, elibizwa ngokuthi i-exoteric, lalifinyeleleka kubo bonke, okungukuthi ezingeni elingcolile kanye nelesibili, elibizwa ngokuthi i-esoteric, elinikeziwe, kulandela uvivinyo lokuqala, ukufinyelela kumaqiniso ambuliwe. I-Esoteric Christianity iyisifundo kanye nophenyo ngaleli zinga lesibili lokuqonda inkolo yobuKristu. U-Annie Besant ushintshanisa phakathi kwemiqondo evamile kanye nokuqopha kwakhe okucatshangelwayo kwemibhalo engcwele. Naphezu kokunamathela kwayo esimisweni se-theosophical, kungenxa yokungathathi hlangothi okuthile okuvumela amakholwa ukuba ezwe ukuba khona kwelinye izinga lokuqonda ngokuhlaziywa kwezinkonzo eziyinhloko zobuKristu futhi kunikeza abantu abavamile ithuba lokuthola ukufundwa kwe-esoteric yale mibhalo.