Christianity

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Christianity
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Holy Book

• The Bible - Old and New Testaments
• Largest religion in the world - 2 billion
  followers
• Christianity has spread to become the largest
  religion because of missionaries and colonialism.

Gutenberg Bible
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The Creator

• There is but one God, creator of heaven, earth
  and all things.
• Christianity teaches that God sent his son,
  Jesus, into the world as his chosen servant,
  called The Messiah or Christ.

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Origins

• Christianity originated with the ministry of
  Jesus, the founder.
• Christmas is the celebration of his birth, one of
  the most important Christian holidays.
• He preached the Gospel, meaning Good News, that
  God was coming to Earth.
• Jesus urged his followers to repent of sinful
  ways.

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Crucifixion

• The Romans charged Jesus with treason for calling
  himself King of the Jews.
• He was crucified on the cross which was from then
  on known as the symbol of Christianity.
• Jesus had chosen 12 Apostles to preach the Gospel
  after his death.

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• Jesus followers did not accept His death as His
  end and believed He came back from the dead.
• Reports of this Resurrection convinced His
  followers that he was the son of God.
• This event is celebrated on Easter.

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The Savior

• Christians believe that Jesus is the Savior that
  died to save humanity from sin and make salvation
  and eternal life possible.

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The Trinity

• After Jesus earthly life, Gods presence
  remained on earth in the form of the Holy
  Spirit.
• In God there are three forms Father, Son, and
  Holy Spirit. This is the Doctrine of the Trinity.

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Sacraments

• Sacraments are PRACTICES based on the life of
  Jesus.
• Holy Communion represents the Last Supper - the
  final meal of Jesus and his disciples.

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• Baptism celebrates an individuals entrance into
  Christianity.
• Practice varies widely, and Christians debate
  whether baptism is necessary to go to heaven.

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Division

• Early Christians were persecuted by the Romans
  until Christianity became the official religion
  of Rome in 392 CE
• The Roman empire split, and the center of the
  Western Church was in Rome whose leader was the
  Pope.
• This is the Roman Catholic Church

Vatican City- St. Peters Worlds largest church
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Eastern Orthodox

• The center of the Eastern Church was in
  Constantinople whose leader was the patriarch.
• By 1054, a split occurred between the Eastern
  Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.

Russian orthodox church
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Reformation

• In 1517 another split occurred called the
  Protestant Reformation.
• This divided Western Christianity into the Roman
  Catholic church and Protestantism.
• Denominations of protestants include Baptist,
  Methodist, Lutheran, etc.

Martin Luther