Judaism and Christianity

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Judaism and Christianity
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Fundamental Beliefs

• There is one and ONLY one God
• Each person has individual relationship with God
• Prayers addressed to God
• God is ultimate authority and possesses final
  dominion over the Universe
• Life is Holy
• Torah is a guide to correct living
• Studying Torah equivalent to prayer
• Group worship and prayer are indispensable
• Jews share collective destiny and purpose
  regardless of nationality
• No acceptance of Idolatry

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Modern Judaism

• Orthodox Tradition Jews are bound to preserve
  ritual, tradition and doctrine as received from
  rabbis of the past
• Conservative Judaism Past traditions important,
  but try to hold on to as many old traditions as
  possible while still making accommodations with
  social realities
• Reform Judaism
• Most pragmatic
• Tries to retain as much as possible of ancient
  traditions, but only those that make sense in
  contemporary world
• Most popular in US and Europe

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Dietary Law

• Kosher that which is in accordance with
  established standards of Jewish ritual is
  relation to food and its preparation
• Deals with cleanliness and avoiding unclean
  animals
• See Deuteronomy in Christian Old Testament or
  Torah and/or Talmud

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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