CHRISTIANITY

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Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion, meaning the adherents
believes only to one God. The adherents of this religion is called
Christians. Christians believes that Jesus Christ is the only God, the
second person in the trinity, hence, they believe in the teachings of
Jesus of Nazareth.
01 Origin &
History
 Origin & History
- On a very general level, Christianity is
- According to the estimate of Deming the religion that is based on the
(2015,326-27), Christianity is the world's teachings of Jesus Christ, and
largest religion, encompassing a third of Christians are the followers of these
the world's population or more than 2.2 teaching.
billion people.

- Christianity developed in Judea in the

mid-first century CE, based first on the
teachings of Jesus and later on the
writings and missionary work of Paul of
Tarsus.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JESUS

- Jesus was born in Nazareth and lived around 7BCE

to 30BCE.Jesus was later on referred to by his
followers as "Jesus Christ" in recognition of his
being the Messiah prophesized in the Old Testament
of the Holy Bible. The term Christ is Greek for the
title "The Anointed One" which in Hebrew is
translated as " Messiah".
- While Jesus was born as a human, most - Jesus, accompanied by his twelve apostles,
Christians believe that Jesus was not then proceed to preach at different places
just human but also God. He is, in in Israel. The apostles were: (1) Simon
-. particular, the only begotten Son of God (also called Peter), (2) Andrew (Simons
sent to this world to redeem mankind brother), (3) James (son of Zebedee), (4)
from their sins or disobedient to God. John (James’ brother), (5) Philip, (6)
To deal with the nature of Jesus-his Bartholomew, (7) Thomas, (8) Matthew
human and divine nature- will already (the tax collector), (9) James (son of
bring us to the main doctrines of Alpheus), (10) Thaddeus (or Judas, son of
Christianity and teachings of Jesus. James), (11) Simon (the Zealot), and (12)
Judas Iscariot (who later on betrayed
Jesus).
 The Holy Bible
- The old Testament provides the
- The sacred test of Christianity are
foundational principles that properly
contained in the Christian Bible,
guide us in understanding
usually referred to as the Holy Bible.
Christianity’s essential principles.
- The Holy Bible is divided into two
- The New Testament is divided into
parts which are called to the Old
four main parts:
Testament and New Testament.
1. The Gospels
- The New Testament contains the
2. The Acts of Apostles
essential principles or core of Christian
3. The Epistles
teaching.
4. The Revelation
 The Gospels
- The gospel consists of the books Mark, Matthew, Luke, -
and John.
- The word gospel comes from the Old English Godspell
which in turn came from the Greek work evangelion
and Latin word evangelium, which means “good
news” or “good things”.
- The good news of the gospel is the coming Kingdom
of the Messiah, and the redemption through life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus, the central message of
Christianity.
- The Synoptic Gospels generally emphasize the role of
Jesus as the messianic teacher and healer sent by God
or as the promises Messiah of the Old Testament.
The books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are
referred as the Synoptic Gospels which means
“having a common view” for their close
similarities in form and content for relying on
a common source.
- On the other hand, the book of John is not
included and such can be called a non-
synoptic gospel for its differences from the
other Gospels in terms of form and content.
 The Four Evangelist

Mark Matthew
- Primarily addressed to the
- To the Christian in Rome
Jews

Luke John
- To the Greeks
- Emphasizes the mystery of
Jesus being the incarnation of
God / the divine nature of
Jesus being the son of God.
 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

- The book of the Acts of Apostles describes the early stage of the development
of Christianity. It narrates how Christianity as a religion began and
propagated first among Jews and later on among the Gentiles (the non-Jews),
from the ascension of Jesus into heaven until the time when apostle Paul
preached in Rome.

- The Acts of Apostles is widely believed to have been written by Luke, the
same author of the book of Luke of the Gospels.
 THE EPISTLES
- The Epistle refer to the 21 letters in the Bible. The
- The Epistles divided into two classes: the Pauline
word epistle comes from the Greek work epistole,
Epistles and the General (or Universal) Epistles.
which means “letter” or “message”. The Epistles
- The Pauline Epistles, consisting of the first thirteen
expound on the great themes of God’s saving work on
letters written by Paul. The General Epistles,
the cross; thus they play a major role in the formation
consisting of the remaining eight letters were written
of doctrines throughout the development of Christian
by other Apostle: one by an unknown apostle, three
churches.
by John, two by Peter, and one each by James and
Jude.
- The letter were written either by an apostle (Paul,
Peter, and John) or a family member of Jesus (James
and Jude).

- It was first attributed to Paul but later experts doubted

it due to the writing style.
- Written for a general audience, these letters are sometimes also called
Catholic Epistles.
 THE REVELATION

- The book of Revelation (written around 95 CE) is the last book of the Christian
Bible. It symbolically describes how the battle between good and evil would come
to an end as revealed in visions.
- It is considered an example of apocalyptic literature, referring to writings that
describe how the end of the world would come about.
- The author of this book, the one narrating his visions which he believes are
revelations from Jesus Christ, names himself in the text as "John of Patmos".
- It is traditionally believed that this is the apostle John, the same person who wrote
the Gospel of John.
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Purpose
 The Purpose of Christianity
- To deal with the nature of Jesus-his human and
- The core Christian belief is that through belief
divine nature- will already bring us to the main
and acceptance of the death and resurrection of
doctrines of Christianity and teachings of Jesus.
Jesus, sinful humans can be reconciled to God
- The monotheism of Christianity is qualified by
and recieved enternal life. So, the essence of
the belief that God has three persons: God the
Christianity believe that God sent his son Jesus,
Father, God the Son(Jesus, and God the Holy
the Messiah to save the world.
Spirit. Christians believe that there is no
- While Jesus was born as a human, most
rational explanation for this; it is simply a
Christians believe that Jesus was not just human
mysterious truth that is accepted as a matter of
but also God. He is, in particular, the only
faith.
begotten Son of God sent to this world to
- The three personal ways of how God is related
redeem mankind from their sins or disobedient
to human-that He creates, saves and empowers
to God.
them.
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Concept of
Death
RESURRECTION
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND
LAST JUDGEMENT
- Christians believed that when humans die, they
immediately undergo a particular judgment on
whether they should go to heaven or hell(or
purgatory).

- They believe that in time, there will be the

Resurrection of the dead, followed by the Last
Judgment.

- In the Resurrection of the dead, the souks of dead

people will reunite with their physical( but now
"glorified") bodies, after which everyone including
those living during the second coming of Jesus.
Morality 04
 The Primacy of Love
- The essence of Christianity morality is simply, love.
- Jesus emphasized that love should be the proper attitude towards God and our neighbor,
instead of focusing on following certain rules on how to relate with God and our
neighbor.

THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS

1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind.
2. Love your neighbor as yourself.

- By loving God with all our heart, soul, and mind means totally surrendering our life to
the will of God. And as we love ourselves unconditionally, our love for our neighbor
should also be unconditional.
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Views on
Women
 VIEWS ON WOMEN
- Christian views (attitudes and beliefs) about women vary considerably today and
have varied even more throughout the last two millennia, evolving along with or
counter to the societies in which Christians have lived. All of the major world
religions, including institutionalized Christianity, deprecate women to some degree.
- Since the first century, organized Christianity has interpreted the Bible as prescribing
a gender-based hierarchy, claimed up to the present by Complementarians and
traditionalists to be scripturally mandated. The hierarchical theology has placed
woman under the man's authority — in the church, in marriage, and elsewhere.
Historically, it has excluded women from church leadership positions that give
women any kind of authority over men.
 There is neither Jew nor
Greek, slave nor free, male nor
female, for you are all one in
Christ Jesus. —Galatians 3:28