CHRISTIANITY

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CHRISTIANITY

• THE SECOND LARGEST WORLD RELIGION

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BEGINNINGS

• From Judaism
• Based on teachings of Jesus Christ
• Early persecution
• Constantines conversion
• Papal Authority
• Impact of Christianity of Europe and World

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SCHISMS

• 1054 first break between Latin speaking church in
  West and Greek speaking church in East
• Catholic and Orthodoxy
• Protestant Reformation (reasons why)
• Martin Luthers 95 thesis 1817
• Henry VIII

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BASIC BELIEFS OF CHRISTIANITY

• Jesus Christ is Son of God
• Bible is word of God
• Bible composed of Old and New Testament and
  Apocrypha
• Translation issues with Bible
• Basic belief in love, forgiveness and repentance
• By dying and then rising from dead, Christ made
  world redemption possible

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Trinity

• Basis of Catholicism
• Son, Jesus Christ, is truly God and truly human
• Father, Son and Holy Spirit makes up trinity
• Not considered as having a gender
• Triune is both one and three
• Fact that it defies logic is part of Dogma

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Catholicism

• Belief in Bishop of Rome or Pope
• Participation in Sacraments, like Eucharist,
  penance, baptism, marriage, etc are necessary
• Church has complete divine revelation
• Pope and Bishops have authority
• Human soul is immortal
• Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin by
  being mother of Jesus and after her life she was
  assumed into heaven
• Papal Infallibility

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ORTHODOX CHURCH

• Most doctrinal issues similar to Catholicism
  because were united in beginning
• Use leavened bread
• Liturgies sung, not spoken
• Priests may marry before being ordained
• Infants may receive communion
• Less centralized the Catholicism
• Typically nationalistic and cultural

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PROTESTANTISM

• Term to describe Christian religions who came
  after the Reformations
• Respect for Individual experience
• Lay believers have same access to God as clergy
• Bible is source of infallible truth
• Believer is justified by Gods grace, not by good
  deeds or religious institution

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OTHER DENOMINATIONS

• Anglican Church rejects Rome but agrees with
  Roman Dogma on most issues
• Episcopal American version of Anglican Church
• Methodist focus on repentance, individual faith
  and responsibility for making society better
• Baptists baptism must be a conscience adult
  choices that goes with accepting Jesus Christ
• Congregationalism local churches operate
  separately from central power

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OTHER DENOMINATIONS cont

• Quakers reject ordained ministers and
  sacraments, views life as sacred
• Mennonites commitment to live as simply as
  possible
• Unitarian rejects Trinity and see Christ as
  teacher not divine
• Christian Science spiritual world is true
  reality
• Jehovahs Witness see Bible as absolute true
  and expect Armageddon to occur soon followed by
  1000 year rule by Christ
• Mormons Book of Mormon with Bible