Christianity

By: Lauren Johnson and Danyelle Blankinship3rd Period

Christians believe in one monotheistic god. They also believe that God is revealed through three dimensions: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the founder of the religion and is considered the son of God. He was born to Mary and came to Earth to offer redemption for sins. After he was

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Christianity developed first in the Middle East. Christians in the Middle East today include Copts,

Maronites, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholics,

and Protestants. These groups have different languages and different leaders for their beliefs.

Although Christians are a minority in the Middle East, more than 75% of Americans of Arab descent are

Christians.

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The symbol of Christians is the cross. It stands for when God was hung on the cross and ascended to heaven.

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The holy books of Christians is the old testament and the new testament in the bible. The bible is a large part of Christianity.

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Tradition, The Christianity tradition includes all areas of life of the Christian community, teachings, also worship services, and prayer. Other traditions include fasting and praying.

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Christmas is the Christian celebration of Jesus Christ. His birth was on December 25th.

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Easter is the most important of all Christian feasts, it celebrates passion ,death , and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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There is also Christian communities living today in Syria, Jordan, the West

Bank, and Iraq with smaller percentages in other Middle Eastern countries. Christianity is practiced in

churches all around the world.

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Christians developed out of the Judaic texts, but do not follow the Jewish law. Christians believe in the universal teaching “ love thy neighbor as thyself.” The relationship between Jewish and Christian communities have often been difficult, mostly in Europe. Jewish communities there were often subject to discrimination and violence at the hands of Christians.

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Also the Christians and the Islam face difficulties because Christians do not except Muhammad as a prophet. Many Christians in the middle east converted to Islam during and after the 7th century.

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