Early Christianity Research Paper

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History in Christianity actually began with prophecy in the old testament. The three major branches in christianity are Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and protestantism,with numerous subcategories within each of these branches. Christianity is a religion based on the person and teaching of Jesus. christianity is a religion that most people in the world us. Not everyone is a christian, there are many other different religions in the world also.It all started about 2000 years ago in Judea. At first no one really knew what christianity was until 2000 years ago in Judea, when Jesus Christ and his group of disciples showed up.. he traveled from village to village teaching in the synagogues, and healing those who were suffering. …show more content…
Christianity is also noted for its emphasis on faith and christ as the primary component of religion.
Central to christians practice is gathering at churches and worship, fellowship,and study, and engagement with the world through evangelism and social action. Many people go to church on sunday and wednesday, sundays the day they do the most worship and on wednesday they usually have Bible Study. There are many ways to talk to God but a way most people use is to pray. When many people pray they ask God for forgiveness for their sins, they thank him for everything he has been doing for them, and thank him for allowing them to see another day because he didn't have to, but they mostly pray for many reason that I don't know about. You can get baptized if you are joining and a you believe in God. It can also mean linked to salvation, or can strengthen a person’s faith . When you get baptized you are sometimes baptized in a church but some people get baptized in a lake or Christianity is severely persecuted in 27

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