The religion i chose is Christianity which started around 5 B.C.
“I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven” My essay will be on the beginnings and the spread of Christianity.
Jesus Christ “son of god” born around 4 B.C, started Christianity in Judea (Israel) through the guidance of his father, God. Jesus’s birth fulfilled a prophecy by being born with the name meaning “Messiah” which means the anointed one. He achieved public ministry in Galilee during his early 30s. He spread Christianity by preaching, performing miracles, and scolding Jewish authorities. He preached …show more content…
During Baptism the one who is to be christened is lowered into water symbolizing his or her commitment to both the church and God. Jesus practices this when he asks John the Baptist to baptize him. Communion is the symbol of Jesus’s Final meal with the apostles, where Christians eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus’s life and death. The bread symbolizes his body, and the wine symbolizes his blood. Christianity is practiced in many types of churches, Anglican, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic.
Christians have two main beliefs, The Trinity and “Sin and Salvation”
The Trinity is a belief that 3 distinct people make up God. The three people are God the Father, Jesus Christ son of God, and The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is believed to make up everything. Sin and Salvation are two teachings, Sin teaches that everyone is tempted to allow their desires to defy God’s will, whereas Salvation is the deliverance from sin and its punishments, Jesus crucified himself to cleanse the world of all sins.
Different forms of writing from the Christians helped to establish beliefs. The Old Testament (Old Bible) teaches how god shaped everything, whereas The New Testament contains the Gospels telling Jesus’s life and how they spread Christianity. Another type of writing is Creeds and catechisms, Apostles’ Creed which was written to refute what Christian leaders thought was false, where catechisms present
“I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven” My essay will be on the beginnings and the spread of Christianity.
Jesus Christ “son of god” born around 4 B.C, started Christianity in Judea (Israel) through the guidance of his father, God. Jesus’s birth fulfilled a prophecy by being born with the name meaning “Messiah” which means the anointed one. He achieved public ministry in Galilee during his early 30s. He spread Christianity by preaching, performing miracles, and scolding Jewish authorities. He preached …show more content…
During Baptism the one who is to be christened is lowered into water symbolizing his or her commitment to both the church and God. Jesus practices this when he asks John the Baptist to baptize him. Communion is the symbol of Jesus’s Final meal with the apostles, where Christians eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus’s life and death. The bread symbolizes his body, and the wine symbolizes his blood. Christianity is practiced in many types of churches, Anglican, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic.
Christians have two main beliefs, The Trinity and “Sin and Salvation”
The Trinity is a belief that 3 distinct people make up God. The three people are God the Father, Jesus Christ son of God, and The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is believed to make up everything. Sin and Salvation are two teachings, Sin teaches that everyone is tempted to allow their desires to defy God’s will, whereas Salvation is the deliverance from sin and its punishments, Jesus crucified himself to cleanse the world of all sins.
Different forms of writing from the Christians helped to establish beliefs. The Old Testament (Old Bible) teaches how god shaped everything, whereas The New Testament contains the Gospels telling Jesus’s life and how they spread Christianity. Another type of writing is Creeds and catechisms, Apostles’ Creed which was written to refute what Christian leaders thought was false, where catechisms present