Christianity

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Christianity

• By
• Shannon Ivancic
• Jamie Clapsaddle
• Becky Godec
• Mark Prejsnar

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Humans

• Humans were created in the image of God
• Because of this idea, we have a responsibility to
  God
• We are accountable for how we live our lives

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Traditions

• There are two traditions that influence the view
  of humans in the Christian Religion

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Tradition 1

• The first tradition states that since the time of
  Adam and Eve, sin has been a huge influence on
  humans
• Only God can overcome sin
• Sin is present in every newborn, and deliverence
  can only be achieved through baptism

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Tradition 2

• This tradition states that humans have a capacity
  for good and evil
• However through family nurture, and individual
  devotion to God, humans can live with Gods
  approval

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Problems for Humans

• Sin of Adam
• Mysteries of Doctrines of Trinity, the
  Incarnation, Resurection of the Dead, and the
  Atonement
• Human Suffering
• Evil

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Solutions for Humans

• Gods effective action in human lives
• Understanding of mysteries through truth and for
  the purpose of salvation
• Humans must do what they can to avoid harm to
  others
• Respecting nature for it is a gift from God

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People of Christianity

• Jesus of Nazareth
• New Testament of Bible based on his life and
  teachings
• We know little of his youth other than his birth
  stories
• Chose disciples who learned his teachings and
  helped in his work
• He forgave sins, worked miracles, even raised
  people from the dead
• Taught people to live according to the will of
  God
• Emphasized the personal side of Religion

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Jesus of Nazareth

• Accepted the outcasts (tax collectors,
  prostitutes, children)
• Main rule Whatever you wish that men would do
  to you, do so to them.
• Taught by telling parables
• Debate over whether he was the Messiah or not
  Disciples, and future Christians, believe he is.

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St. Thomas Aquinas

• Brilliant, intelligent student and person
• Worked on Scholasticism
• Taught Scholasticism by combing religious beliefs
  with Aristotles thinking
• Wrote Summa Theologica Gods existence could be
  proved by reason apart from revelation
•  Shifted Christianity theology from Platonism to
  Aristotelianism

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Martin Luther

• Posted Ninety-Five Theses for academic debate
• Was against indulgences
• Ninety-Five Theses spread thanks to printing
  press
• Was excommunicated by Pope for challenging the
  authority of the Pope and Church leaders
• Never punished by church, couldnt be caught
  thanks to German Princes
• Some changes made, others not recognized by
  Church during Council of Trent

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John Calvin

• Well trained in law
• Wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion
• Become leader of the French Protestants
• Cannot save themselves by good deals, must rely
  on grace of God, whom he has predetermined to be
  among the elect
• Based on letters of St. Paul to the Romans

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Rituals and Symbols

• Baptism
• Usually Baptized as a baby
• Signifies a person joining the church
• Washes away Original Sin
• Holy Communion or Holy Eucharist
• Rememberance of the sacrifice of Christ on the
  cross is recalled in the breaking of bread and
  drinking of wine.
• Participation in the last supper of Christ and
  his Apostles
• Confirmation
• Marks the time when a child becomes an adult
• The new adult freely chooses to become a member
  of the church.

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Sacraments

• Seven Holy Sacraments exist in the Catholic
  Church.
• Some of these are shared with other Christian
  churches.
• Baptism
• Holy Eucharist
• Confirmation
• Penance being forgiven for your sins
• Extreme Unction Last Rights before death
• Marriage
• Holy Orders becoming a priest or a nun

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Popular Symbols
Ankh
Candle
Cross
Dove
Fish
Flame
Star
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Holidays

• Palm Sunday
• Commemorates the occasion when Jesus entered
  Jerusalem in triumph.
• Maundy Thursday
• Jesus shared his last supper with his Apostles
• Good Friday
• The day of Jesus crucifixion

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Holidays (continued)

• Easter
• The most important celebration in the Christian
  year
• God raised Jesus from the dead
• Christmas
• Birth of Jesus
• Pentecost
• The Holy Spirit descended of the Apostles

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The Absolute

• Christians believe in one God
• God has no partners or rivals
• The most complete revelation of God has been
  through God the son
• Who was incarnate of Jesus of Nazarateth
• He is co-eternal with God the Father and was born
  in human form through the Virgin Mary

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The Absolute

• Jesus is both God and man
• God also reveals himself as the Holy Spirit
• Although God appears in three persons, Christians
  insist that there is only one God
• Christians have an understanding of God that is
  rejected by Jews and Muslims

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The World

• Christians draw on the Genesis account and the
  Psalms for their view of the world in its
  original form
• Influences from Platonist and Manichaeon (persian
  dualism) thought
• Reinforced Christian ideas that the human body is
  not good and that the soul should deny the
  desires of the body

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The World

• Christians believe with its life in the human
  body, is an environment of suffering to be
  escaped or overcome with spiritual discipline
• Heaven is their home
• They are only pilgrims passing through the
  desolation of earthly existence
• Majority believe that humans and nature have
  become alienated form god and require assistance
  in effecting reconciliation

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The World

• Theologians emphasize truths learned through
  revelation
• Philosophers emphasize truths learned through
  reason
• Scientists emphasize truths through observations
  of phenomena

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The World

• Christians accepted insights of Copernicus who
  wrote
• the earth travels around the sun
• Of Galileo, who found contrary to Aristotle
• - the moon only reflects the light of the sun
• Of Newton, who found,
• bodies are attracted to each other by universal
  gravitational force
• Many Christians are still divide over Darwins
  theory of evolution

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The World

• The reformations, counterreformation, and
  conquest of north and south America, launched
  Christianity on expeditions to conquer the world,
  natural and human
• In the twenty-first century, more churches may
  increase short resolutions on the environment to
  formal theology
• Bringing together Christian insights and
  scientific descriptions