CHRISTIANITY

 Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the

life and teachings of Jesus.
 Focuses on the 4 books of Gospel where the life
of Jesus were told
◦ Mark
◦ Luke
◦ Matthew
◦ John
 2.4 billion followers.
 Began in the 1st century AD after
 One of the most successful spiritual missions in
human history.
 It has three groups namely
◦ Roman Catholic
◦ Eastern Orthodox
◦ Protestants
 Their Book is called Bible
◦ Old Testament
◦ New Testament
 Themystery of three Persons in
one God.
  Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.

Gospel of Matthew 28:19-20

Note that in the above biblical passage, Matthew has written "to
baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," not in
their names, for there is only one God.
 The history of Christianity actually began with
prophecy in the Old Testament. There are
over 300 prophecies (predictions) that span
over a period of 1000 years that are recorded
in the Old Testament concerning the coming
of a Jewish Messiah.
 It started about 2000 years ago in Judea
(present-day Israel) with Jesus Christ and His
faithful group of disciples.
 The Jews at that time hated Roman rule -- it
was but another reminder of the historical
oppression they faced as a people.
 With this cultural and religious backdrop, the
ministry of Jesus began.
 In His early thirties, Jesus traveled from
village to village, teaching in the synagogues
and healing those who were suffering.
 He challenged the established religious
authorities to repent from their self-
righteousness and hypocrisy and realize that
the Kingdom of God is rooted in service and
love.
 Jesus' teachings stirred the hearts of people and
created instability, something the Jewish religious
authorities feared. Soon, a faithful group of men
began to follow Jesus and call him teacher. These
men became His disciples.
 Jesus taught His disciples about the will of God
and about the "new covenant“ (Jesus himself
would pay for the sins of all humanity by being
crucified unjustly on a Roman cross. Three days
later, He would rise to life, having conquered
death, to give hope to a hopeless world.)
 Thus, from a small group of ordinary men
that lived in a small province in Judea about
2000 years ago, the history of the Christian
Church began, and the Christian Faith has
since spread to the rest of the world.
 The first one to
spread the gospel.
 The most important
person in
aspreading
Christianity.
 Great missionary
 Their gospel message was simple:

"For God so loved the world, that He

gave His only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life" (John
3:16).
 Love God with all your heart, soul and mind.
 Love your neighbor as yourself.
 Christians also seek to follow the ten commandments God gave
Moses to give the Israelites:
 Worship no other God but me. Do not make images to worship.
 Do not misuse the name of God.
 Observe the Sabbath Day (Sunday, for Christians).
 Keep it Holy.
 Honor and respect your father and mother.
 Do not murder.
 Do not commit adultery.
 Do not steal.
 Do not accuse anyone falsely.
 Do not tell lies about other people.
 Do not envy other's possessions.
 was a first-century
Galilean Jewish preacher
and religious leader.
 Most Christians believe
he is the incarnation of
God the Son and the
awaited Messiah (Christ)
prophesied in the Old
Testament.
 baptized by John the
Baptist
 In Islam, Jesus (commonly transliterated as
Isa) is considered one of God's important
prophets and the Messiah.
 Muslims believe Jesus was a bringer of
scripture and was born of a virgin, but was
not the son of God.
 The Quran states that Jesus never claimed
divinity.
 Most Muslims do not believe that he was
crucified, but that he was physically raised
into Heaven by God.
 In contrast, Judaism rejects the belief that
Jesus was the awaited Messiah, arguing that
he did not fulfill Messianic prophecies, and
was neither divine nor resurrected
 is a branch of Christian theology that defines
virtuous behavior and wrong behavior from a
Christian perspective.

 Christian ethics includes questions regarding

how the rich should act toward the poor, how
women are to be treated, and the morality of
war.
 Christian virtues are often
divided into four cardinal
virtues and three theological
virtues.
 Prudence
 Courage
 Temperance
 Justice
 Faith
 Hope
 Charity
 Baptism - through which individuals are
welcomed into the Christian community.
 Eucharist - the sharing of bread and wine in
memory of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
◦ Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and some Protestants
believe that the Eucharist is truly the body and blood of
Christ, (transubstantiation) while most Protestants believe it
is symbolic.
 Confession of sins for the sake of repentance
and absolution and the anointing of the sick for
those suffering from serious illness.
 Mass or other forms of weekly church worship
generally occur on Sundays.
 Largest Christian Church.
 1.3 Billion.
 headed by the Bishop of Rome, known as the
pope.
 based on the Nicene Creed.
 was first used to describe the church in the
early 2nd century.
 An event that precipitated the final separation
between Eastern Christian Churches and
Western Church.
 Michael Cerularius - Patriach of
Constantinople.
 Pope Leo IX
 Geography
 Ignorance
 Different Theologies
 Personalities and Politics
 The world leader of catholic church
 “Latin Papa” which means father

Role of Pope
 He conducts liturgies, appoints new bishops
and travels.
St. Peter
 One of the twelve apostles of
Jesus
 First leader of the early
church
 Was crucified in rome under
Emperor Nero.

St. John Paul II

 The first non-Italian pope in
more that 400 years
 Vocal advocate for human
rights and used his influence
to effect political change.
 Pope Francis
◦ Jorge Mario Bergoglio
◦ Loving a person who come out as gay
◦ Supporter of climate change research
◦ Supporter of wealth equality
 The virgin mother of
Jesus.
 Spiritual mother of
every member of the
catholic church.
 Special attention
paid to thanking her.
 first appeared at the Diet of Speyer in 1529
 movement that began in Northern Europe in
the early 16th Century
 became one of the three major forms in
Christianity
 second largest form of Christianity
 More than 900 adherents worldwide
 40% of all Christians
 Rejected the Roman Catholic doctrines and
Sacraments
 Reformation, also called Protestant
Reformation, the religious revolution that
took place in the Western church in the 16th
century.
 The Reformation is said to have begun
when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five
Theses on the door of the Castle Church
in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31,
1517.
Its greatest leaders undoubtedly were Martin
Luther and John Calvin.
 was a German
professor
of theology,
composer, priest,
monk,[3] and a
seminal figure in
the Protestant
Reformation.
 Never intented to
split the church but
to reform it.
 Indulgences – the idea that they can buy their
weigh to heaven by paying more money here
on Earth.
 95 theses
 Luther taught that salvation and,
consequently, eternal life are not earned by
good deeds but are received only as the free
gift of God's grace through the
believer's faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer
from sin.
 Adventists
 Anabaptists
 Baptists
 Calvinism
 Lutheranism
 Methodism
 The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially
the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-
largest Christian church, with approximately
260 million baptised members.
 Patriarch Michael Cerularius