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CHRISTIANITY
MAJOR TEACHINGS & FESTIVALS ”
PRESENTER: VISH KISTAMA
SUBJECT: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
TEACHER: MISS SABRINA GRANT
DATE: 2020/01/18
 Major Teachings in Christianity
MAJOR TEACHINGS:
(I) GOD IS ONE, ALMIGHTY CREATOR.
(II) THE TRINITY.
(III) JESUS CHRIST IS REDEMPTION.
(IV) THERE IS JUDGEMENT, PUNISHMENT, FORGIVENESS,
REWARD.
(V) CONCEPT OF MAN, SIN, SALVATION.
(VI) CONCEPT OF SECOND COMING AND LAST DAYS.
 God is one, Almighty Creator
• THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, ‘YAHWEN’

• GOD CREATED THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING IN IT

• HE CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE AND SUSTAINS LIFE

• CHRISTIANS TRUST HIM TO PROTECT, LOVE AND

PROVIDE FOR THEM.
 The Holy Trinity
• IS THE THREE PERSONS CONTAINED WITHIN ONE GOD
 Jesus Christ is Redemption
• DURING HIS TIME ONE EARTH, JESUS HEALED THE
SICK, PERFORMED MIRACLES, FORGAVE SINS AND
TAUGHT ABOUT GOD.
• BUT HIS MAIN PURPOSE WAS REDEMPTION
• JESUS TO PAID FOR OUR SINS THROUGH HIS
SACRIFICE.
There is Judgement, Forgiveness, Punishment and Reward
• CHRISTIANS BELIEVE CYCLE OF LAWS AND
PUNISHMENT WAS BOKEN BY JESUS’ SACRIFICE.

• BIBLE TEACHES THAT THEIR WOULD BE A FINAL

JUDGEMENT FOR EVERYONE AFTER DEATH
 Concept of Man, Sin and Salvation

• SIN PLAGUED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND

HUMANS SINCE IT ENTERED THE WORLD THROUGH
ADAM AND EVE.

• BUT, WITH JESUS, CAME SALVATION

 Concept of Second coming and Last days

• BIBLE TEACHES THAT JESUS WILL COME TO EARTH A

SECOND TIME

• JESUS WILL CARRY ALL THE CHRISTIANS LEFT ON EARTH

• THE NEW TESTAMENT TEACHES THAT WHEN THE LAST

DAYS ARE NEAR, THERE WILL BE FAMINES, WARS AND AN
ANTICHRIST WHO WOULD RULE THE WORLD.
 Christian Festivals
ADVENT
• meaning "arrival" or "coming"
• is a period of spiritual preparation in which many christians make themselves ready for the
coming, or birth of the lord jesus christ.
• typically involves a season of prayer, fasting, and repentance, followed by anticipation, hope,
and joy.
• in western christianity, advent begins on the fourth sunday before christmas day or the sunday which
falls closest to november 30, and lasts through christmas eve, or december 24
Advent Symbols

ADVENT WREATH ADVENT COLORS

CHRISTMAS

• christmas derives from the combination of christ and mass

• christmas was not celebrated by the earliest christians. the custom was to
celebrate a saint's birth into eternal life
• it took a while, though, for the church to develop the feast of christmas.
• it was first celebrated along with epiphany, on january 6
• slowly christmas was separated out into its own feast, on december 25.
many of the early church fathers regarded this as the actual date of christ's
birth,
EPIPHANY

• the term epiphany comes from a greek word meaning "appearance," "manifestation," or "revelation"
• epiphany is celebrated on january 6, marking the end of the christmas season.
• other names for epiphany day are three kings day, twelfth day, theophany, and little christmas.
• epiphany is a feast that recognizes the manifestation of god in jesus, and of the risen christ in our
world. n of god to the world through jesus christ.
LENT

• lent is the christian season of preparation before easter.

• the purpose is to set aside time for reflection on jesus christ
• during the six weeks of self-examination and reflection, christians who observe lent typically
make a commitment to fast, or to give up something
Story Time: LENT: SIGNIFICANCE OF 40 DAYS

TEMPTATION OF JESUS
ASH WEDNESDAY

IT MARKS THE FIRST DAY, OR THE START OF THE SEASON OF

LENT, WHICH BEGINS 40 DAYS PRIOR TO EASTER
 Holy Week/ Passion Week

 (a)Palm Sunday: celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into

Jerusalem, which took place the week before his death and resurrection

 (b) Holy Thursday: marks the day when Jesus had his last supper


 (c) Good Friday: Death of Jesus Christ

PASCHALTIDE

• FOCUSES ON CELEBRATING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.

• COVERS THE TIME FROM EASTER SUNDAY TO PENTECOST
 Components of Paschaltide

 (a) Holy Saturday;

 (b) Easter Vigil;
 (c) Easter Sunday and Resurrection of Jesus;
 (d) Ascension Day;
 (e) Whitsuntide and Pentecost;
 (f) Trinity Sunday;
 (g) Corpus Chrisit.
HOLY SATURDAY

• DAY AFTER GOOD FRIDAY

• HOLY SATURDAY COMMEMORATES THE DAY THAT JESUS CHRIST LAY IN THE
TOMB AFTER HIS DEATH
EASTER VIGIL

• IS A SERVICE HELD IN TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AS THE FIRST

OFFICIAL CELEBRATION OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
• . IT IS HELD IN THE HOURS OF DARKNESS BETWEEN SUNSET ON HOLY
SATURDAY AND SUNRISE ON EASTER DAY
• CHRISTIANS MEET TOGETHER TO PRAY AND WORSHIP
• THE VIGIL MAY END WITH A BREAKFAST
EASTER SUNDAY
ASCENTION DAY

• IS THE CHRISTIAN CELEBRATION OF JESUS RISING INTO HEAVEN AFTER

HE HAD SPENT 40 DAYS ON EARTH AFTER THE RESURRECTION.

• SOME CHURCHES JOIN FORCES TO CELEBRATE A COMBINED DAY OF

PRAYER AND ASCENSION DAY SERVICE

• A FEW CHURCHES ALSO ORGANIZE A "CHURCH CRAWL"

WHITSUNTIDE AND PENTECOST

• THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER

• IT COMMEMORATES THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON CHRIST'S

DISCIPLES

• PENTECOST SUNDAY IS MARKED AROUND THE WORLD WITH A SPECIAL

CHURCH SERVICE.
TRINITY SUNDAY

• TRINITY SUNDAY IS THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

• SERMONS ARE OFTEN HELD IN CHURCHES ABOUT THE TRINITY

CORPUS CHRISITI

• FIRST THRUDAY AFTER TRINITY SUNDAY

• CELEBRATES THE EUCHARIST