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Christianity
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Christianity
is the world's biggest religion, with about 2.1 billion
followers worldwide. It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ
who lived in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago.
For ease of navigation, we include as Christian any group that
sincerely regards itself as Christian, and whose beliefs are based on
the teaching of Jesus.
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Christianity is the most popular religion in the world with over
2 billion adherents. 42 million Britons see themselves as nominally
Christian, and there are 6 million who are actively practising.
Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old
Testament.
Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Christians believe that God sent his Son to earth to save humanity
from the consequences of its sins.
One of the most important concepts in Christianity is that of Jesus
giving his life on the Cross (the Crucifixion) and rising from the dead
on the third day (the Resurrection).
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Christians believe that there is only one God, but that there are
three elements to this one God:
God the Father
God the Son
The Holy Spirit
Christians worship in churches.
Their spiritual leaders are called priests or ministers.
The Christian holy book is the Bible, and consists of the Old and
New Testaments.
Christian holy days such as Easter and Christmas are important
milestones in the Western secular calendar
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God, Jesus and the saints
God
Christians believe that there is only one God, whom they call Father as
Jesus Christ taught them.
Jesus
as the Son of God who was sent to save mankind from death and sin.
Jesus Christ taught that he was Son of God. His teachings can be summarized,
briefly as the love of God and love of one's neighbour.
Jesus said that he had come to fulfil God's law rather than teach it.
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The Saints
These days, the word saint is most commonly used to refer to a Christian who has
lived a particularly good and holy life on earth, and with whom miracles are claimed to
have been associated after their death.
The formal title of Saint is conferred by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox
Churches through a process called canonisation.Members of these Churches also believe that Saints created in this way can intercede
with God on behalf of people who are alive today. This is not accepted by most
Protestants.
In the Bible, however, the word saint is used as a description of anyone who is a
committed believer, particularly by St. Paul in the New Testament (e.g. Ephesians 1.1.
and 1.15).
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The Trinity
Christians believe in the Trinity - that is, in God as Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
Some confuse this and think that Christians believe in three
separate gods, which they don't.
Christians believe that God took human form as Jesus Christ and
that God is present today through the work of the Holy Spirit and
evident in the actions of believers.
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Original sin
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The traditional story of original sinThe story behind original sin is told in the Old Testament book of Genesis:
God originally made a perfect world. He created Adam and put him to
live in the Garden of Eden - a blissful place where he had nothing to do but
take care of the garden.
Serpent God told Adam that he could do anything he wanted, except
eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Later, God created Eve to be Adam's wife. Eve was tricked by the
serpent into eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of life and death.
She gave some of the fruit to Adam and he ate it too.
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Adam and Eve realised that they were naked and hid in shame. When
God next visited the Garden he realised that they had disobeyed him.
God banished them from the Garden of Eden into the harsh world
outside.
God also banned them from eating the fruit of the tree of life, and so
death entered the world.
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SYMBOL
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The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs,
poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify
as 'religious'.
The Christian Bible has two sections, the Old Testament and the New
Testament. The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible, the sacred
scriptures of the Jewish faith, written at different times between about 1200
and 165 BC. The New Testament books were written by Christians in the first
century AD.
The Bible as librarySpine of a Holy Bible.
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CROSS
• Moral influence theories or exemplary theories comprise a fourth
category used to explain the atonement. They emphasise God's
love expressed through the life and death of Jesus.
• Christ accepted a difficult and undeserved death. This
demonstration of love in turn moves us to repent and re-unites us
with God.
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SUBDIVISIONS
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The Amish
Baptist churches
Christadelphians
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Coptic Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox
Church
Exclusive Brethren
Methodist Church
Opus Dei
Pentecostalism
Quakers
Roman Catholic Church
Salvation Army
Seventh-day Adventists
United Reformed Church
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Prayer, church and Ritual
• Prayer
• The Church
• Baptism
• Eucharist
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Prayer
Prayer is the means by which Christians communicate with their God.
The New Testament records that Jesus taught his disciples how to pray and that heencouraged them to address God as Father. Christians believe that they continue thistradition.
Sometimes the prayers are formal and part of a ritual laid down for hundreds of years.
Others are personal and spontaneous, and come from personal or group need.
Whilst prayer is often directed to God as Father, as taught by Jesus, some traditionsencourage prayer to God through intermediaries such as saints and martyrs.
Prayers through Mary, as the mother of God, are central to some churches and form atraditional part of their worship.
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The Church
The Christian church is fundamental to believers. Although it has
many faults it is recognized as God's body on earth.
The church is the place where the Christian faith is nurtured and
where the Holy Spirit is manifest on earth.
It is where Christians are received into the faith and where they
are brought together into one body through the Eucharist.
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Baptism
• The Christian church believes in one baptism into the Christian
church, whether this be as an infant or as an adult, as an outward
sign of an inward commitment to the teachings of Jesus.
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Eucharist
• The Eucharist is a Greek word for thanksgiving. Its celebration is to
commemorate the final meal that Jesus took with his disciples before his
death (the Last Supper). Which is also called the Holy Communion, Mass,
the Lord's Supper or the Divine Liturgy, is a sacrament accepted by almost all
Christians.
• Christians don't say that they 'do' or 'carry out' the Eucharist; they celebrate
it. In some churches, the person who takes the leading role in the ceremony
is called the celebrant.
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• This rite comes from the actions of Jesus who, at that meal, took bread and wine
and asked his disciples to consume them and continue to do so in memory of him.
• The Eucharist (also known as a Communion meal in some churches) is central to
the Church and is recognised as a sign of unity amongst Christians.
• Different Churches understand and practice the Eucharist in different ways. As a
result, the central ideas of the Eucharist can cause disharmony rather than unity.
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Pentecost Symbols
The symbols of Pentecost are those of the Holy Spirit and include
flames, wind, the breath of God and a dove.
Pentecostal Christianity
Pentecost is a special day for any Christian, but it is emphasised
particularly by Pentecostal churches. Pentecostal Christians believe in
the direct experience of the Holy Spirit by believers during all of
their services.
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The end!