Introduction

What is Christianity?
Christianity is the faith tradition that focuses on the figure of
Jesus Christ. In this context, faith refers both to the believers'
act of trust and to the content of their faith. As a tradition,
Christianity is more than a system of religious belief.
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the
life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest
and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers
representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents,
known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the
population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that
Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the Messiah was
prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in
Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. Christianity
is the world's largest religion, with 2.8 billion adherents. It is
categorized as one of the three Abrahamic or monotheistic
religions of the Western tradition along with Judaism and Islam.
The movement was started by Jesus of Nazareth in 1st-century
Israel. His followers proclaimed him the predicted messiah of
the prophets and became known as Christians (Christianoi,
"followers of the Christ).