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HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
The Birth of Christianity
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Jesus was born 2000 years ago in PalestineBrought up a JewFollowers were Jews No extraordinary childhoodHis followers were Jews
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Believed they were entitled to the promised land and waited for a messiah. Mostexpected a violent leader to overthrow the Romans and did not accept Jesus.
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They accepted the Messiah, but never thought they were leaving JudaismLove your neighbour contradicted some Jewish teaching
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There were two groups – “Waiters on the Messiah” and “Believers of the Messiah”Waiters attacked believers and believed it was blasphemy to call Jesus the MessiahThe Roman empire made it safer to spread the message
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Saul rejected Jesus and was present when Stephen was stonedHe was blinded and turned to JesusHe spread the message of not needing to obey the rules
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Saint Paul felt it was his mission to convert Gentiles and give religion to everyone,not only the chosen race.He believed all that was needed to enter heaven was faithMoses' teachings were guidelines
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Jews began to leave Christianity becauseThe church had no significance to GentilesIn 66 AD, Jews and Romans were at war when Christians remained uninvolvedPalestine fell and Rome became a Christian and Gentile centre
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Romans tried to force Christians to believe in their God and Christians were forcedinto secrecyA religion following a convict was growing at an alarming rate
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Romans killed people who refused to offer incense to their GodsRomans saw crucifixion as failureChristians continued to build their church
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Christianity spread east and west and 300 years after Jesus, Constantine was born.He saw a cross before entering a battle he won and convertedHe made it illegal to not be Christian in the Roman Empire, unless you were a JewThe Great Schism
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In 1054, there was a split between the Catholic and Orthodox Church
 
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The Catholic Church believed the Pope was its supreme leader as the successor of St.Peter 
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The main reason for the SchismCatholics believed the Holy Spirit came from the Father and the SonOrthodox beliefs stated the Holy Spirit and the Son came from the Father 
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Cardinal Hubert of France excommunicated Michael Cerularus of Constantinople,the leader of the Orthodox ChurchDuring High Mass in the cathedral of Santa Sophie, ConstantinopleThe Counter Reformation
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The Counter Reformation was the Catholic church attempting to change itself for the better with a balance of reform and reaction to protestants.
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It was to close the thirty year war between the Protestants and the Catholics
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The five main areas of change wereDoctrineStructural ReconfigurationReligious OrdersSpiritual MovementsPolitical Dimensions
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Changes included the change of seminaries for the proper training of priests intraditions of the churchFocus on devotion and a personal relationship with Christ New life for the clergy without 'indulgences' or corruption
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A council known as the council of Trent was set up by Pope Paul IIIStopped abuses such as indulgencesBanned the sale of church officesBuilt seminaries in each diocese to represent the new doctrine
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Church tried to make itself more accessible to followersMusic was changed from complex polyphonies to allow the average person tounderstand itArt was changed to make it less confusing and simplified
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The counter reformation was too late as protestantism was a major religion nowThe Ecumenical Movement
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It is the name of the belief that all churches should unite and forget their differences,encouraging worship together 
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Four things that divide the church areThe authority of the popeThe ordinance of womenThe Eucharist and transubstantiationThe Bible and whether it is literal
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The World Council of Churches was set up in 1948, after the shock of World War 2,in 1948Promotes Unity
 
Acts as the worldwide Christian voiceHelps bring peace and justice in accordance with ChristiansAll major churches, apart from the Roman Catholic, belong to the WWCAims to let the churches listen and learn from each other Discuss issues such as refugees, the arms race and medical ethics
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Many Churches want to work together because without unity they seem veryhypocritical. Also, a single church has greater power than small denominations.
BELIEFS MODULE
Trinity
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Means
Tri-Unity
or three-in-one which expresses the concept of three persons in one being.
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Is made of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
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Can be represented by the
Shield of the Trinity or the Triangle
whichhelps people understand the trinity for it has3 sides to one triangle and without any side, it isincomplete.
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Each member of the trinity has a role
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THE FATHER = CREATOR 
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THE SON = SAVIOUR 
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HOLY SPIRIT = HE WHOM BRINGS NEW LIFE
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At confirmation, students are asked if they believe in theindividual parts of the Trinity.
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At the
baptism of Christ
, the Holy Spirit came upon himand the father then spoke, which is one of the few momentswhere the
trinity is fully present.
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A common misconception is that the Trinity is three masksof God, not three parts.
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The trinity is beyond human understanding as the father isfully God, the son is fully God and the Holy Spirit is fullyGod and remains a theological mystery.The Creed
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The point of a creed is to act as a
yardstick of correct belief 
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The creed is a
declaration of faith
where the church declares what it believes in
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There are
three major creeds
in the church and in the Roman Catholic Church saysthe
Nicene Creed
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The Nicene Creed was created to
distinguish believers and deniers
at a time whenChristian doctrine was debated (325AD)
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The purpose of the creeds was to
show agreement
in God throughout the Christians.
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The
creeds unify people
by their beliefs
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The creeds are not
a definite and exhausted list
of Christian beliefs by far.Sin and JudgementFatherSonHoly
 
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