CHRISTIANITY

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CHRISTIANITY
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Jesus Christ

• Yeshua ben Joseph
• Jesus of Nazareth
• Jesus of Galilee
• Believe in the teachings of Jesus
• Jesus is the son of God
• God in the flesh
• TRINITY
• Came to earth to save people from their sins
• Died to save their souls
• Descendent of David

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Birth of Jesus

• Born in Bethlehem
• Born to Joseph and Mary
• Mary believed to be a virgin
• Angel Gabriel announces to Mary she is pregnant
  w/ Gods son
• _at_ 2000 years ago, during Roman times
• Bible New Testament
• 4 Gospels
• Acts o/t Apostles
• _at_ life, teachings miracles of Jesus

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Baptism of Jesus

• Jesus baptized in the Jordan River (Luke 321)
• Washed away his sins
• Recognized by John the Baptist as the savior of
  the world
• Jesus John the Baptist were cousins

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Jesus is tempted by the Devil

• Fasted for 40 days 40 nights
• tell these stones to turn into loaves
• You must not put the Lord your God t/t test
• Shown all the kingdoms o/t world
• be off Satan
• (Matt. 41-11)

Mount of Temptations in Jericho
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Jesus work and teaching

• Chose 12 Apostles or followers
• Performed miracles, such as the fishes and the
  loaves
• fish becomes a symbol of Christianity (Matt.
  1413-31)
• made water into wine (John 29)
• Rose Lazarus from the dead (John 11)
• Love God w/ all your heart, soul all your mind
  (Matt. 2237)
• Do unto others as you would have others do unto
  you (Matt. 2239)

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Jesus work and teaching

• (John 316)
• Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his
  only Son, so that everyone who believes in him
  may not be lost but may have eternal life
• Jesus cures a cripple (John 51)
• Jesus walks on water
• (John 616)
• Jesus cures a blind man
• (John 91-7)
• Easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a
  needle, then for a rich man to enter heaven
• (Matt. 1924)

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Jesus popularity and Romans/Jews

• Romans resent the popularity that Jesus
  teachings and miracles brought
• seen as a threat to their rule
• Many Jews resent Jesus because he says that love
  is more important than Jewish law
• breaks some Jewish laws
• cures on the Sabbath
• btw ALL the first Christians were Jewish

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Parables

• Jesus taught in parables
• Good Samaritan
• (Luke 1029-37)
• love thy neighbor
• (Matt. 1919-20)
• love thy enemy
• (Luke 627)
• SERMON on the MOUNT
• (Matt. 51-12)
• the meek shall inherit the earth
• the poor will prosper in heaven
• Prodigal son story
• (Luke 1511-32)

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Last Supper

• Jesus knows that Jewish and Roman leaders want
  him dead
• Celebrates last supper with Apostles
• Passover supper
• Changes Bread and wine into his body and blood
  transubstantiation

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Judas and the Crucifixion
Resurrection

• Judas, one of Jesus apostles, betrays him to the
  authorities in Garden of Gethsame
• Jesus crucified by the Romans
• Judas commits suicide

Jesus was buried in a tomb, but on the third day
after his crucifixion the tomb was found
empty His followers said they had seen him and
that he rose from the dead transfiguration
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History

• Romans continued to persecute Jews and Christians
• In fact, the goal of Nero in 70 CE was to destroy
  not only the Jews, but the Christians
• Christian martyrs

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Jewish Christian Split

• Paul
• 13th Apostle
• Anyone can be a Christian
• Gentiles greatly outnumbered Jewish-Christians

• Peter
• Jesus favorite
• 1st Pope
• Must be Jewish to be Christian
• Which belief won out?

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Constantine

• Roman Emperor Constantine converted to
  Christianity in 313 CE.
• in this sign, conquer
• He made Christianity the religion of the Roman
  empire
• persecutions end
• persecutions of non-Christians begin
• Sent his mother, Helena, to find Christian holy
  sites in Palestine

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Church COUNCILS

• Council of Nicea 325 CE
• Doctrine o/t TRINITY
• Nicene Creed one in being w/t Father
• Council of Hippo 393 CE
• decided what books will go into the Bible

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Roman Empire splits

• 330 CE Roman Empire splits in half
• Constantinople becomes the center of the Eastern
  Orthodox Church (Byzantine)
• Patriarch is head of church
• Rome becomes the center of the Western church
  (Roman Catholic)
• Pope is head of church
• catholic means universal

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Whats more important and why?
The Message or The Messenger
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Reformation

• 1517 Martin Luther protests corrupt Popes and
  indulgences .splits Roman Catholic Church again
• New religions such as Protestantism, Lutheranism,
  and Calvinism

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Christian sects (divisions)

• CONSERVATIVE
• Literal interpretation
• word for word
• fundamentalist Christianity
• The Bible says so . . .
• Roman Catholic
• Eastern Orthodox
• Ethiopian Christian Church
• Coptic (Egyptian) Christians

• LIBERAL
• Protestantism
• looser interpretation
• Anglican
• Unitarianism
• Faith over acts or acts over faith??

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Catholic Hierarchy

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Customs Traditions

• Eucharist, which means thanksgiving, is a
  reenactment of the Last Supper
• practiced every Sunday in churches
• Bread and wine (body blood of Christ)
• Has different meanings in different churches

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Baptism

• Initiation into the church
• John 316
• Done with watereither total submersion or a few
  drops
• Some churches will only baptize adults

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Confirmation

• Confirming faith in Jesus
• Person of the church becomes a full adult
• Age varies
• Local bishop confirms the Holy Spirit on that
  person

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Clergy

• Called priests, reverends, ministers
• Priests wear a dog collar copied from those
  worn by slaves
• Bishop carries a crosier which is like a
  shepherds crook

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Festivals

• Christmas
• celebrates the birth of Christ
• Good Friday
• crucifixion of Jesus
• EASTER
• Most holy Christian holiday
• Celebrates resurrection of Christ
• Lent period prior to Easterfasting

Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
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Churches

• Focal point of the church is the altar
• Baptismal font
• Regional church is called a cathedral