Christianity

Christianity is founded on the belief that there is one God. They also believe there is three distinct persons: God the Father, Jesus Christ his son, and the Holy Spirit. Christianity believed God created the world in six days, resting on the seventh. Early Christians spoke Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin. The Bible is the primary sacred text. This book is made of two parts: the Old Testament and the New Testament. Although Heaven is often mentioned in the Bible, it is rarely described. The…

One of the influences of Roman religion on Christianity included the Roman Road Network. The Road Network followed by that funny saying: “All roads lead to Rome”, was a huge contribution to the spread and expansion of Christianity, because it was a major pathway for people to get from one place to another, which in result led to multiple groups of people from different regions coming all together in Rome. With the road system in place it allowed for missionaries’ tasks to be completed with…

Based on this week’s texts, the answers are as follows. It is said that pluralism focuses on many diverse roads leading to God, rather than there being a singular route, as in the faith of Christianity. Inclusivism has the belief that other religions may be able to be saved, even though not through Jesus Christ. Exclusivism regards one’s own religion as being the only true path to God. Miles writes that exclusivism is to “maintain on biblical and theological grounds that conscious faith in…

Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are all considered monotheistic religions. One could argue that Christianity is possible a polytheistic religion. It is not well known that Christianity was at one time considered polytheistic, with a belief in many Gods and Goddesses. As Christianity grew throughout history it has become monotheistic. I would consider Christianity as an evolving, revealed religion, that has grown and changes throughout history. Muslims and Jews have always only worshiped God,…

order to preach the Gospel to the Romans. The epistles that he wrote have significant impacts on Christianity; and gave the adherents a clear message that Jesus is the Lord, and the only path to God. His Epistle to The Romans gave latter historians and believers sufficient information to study about Christianity, and its development. He was one of the most important leaders in the history of Christianity. Paul was an Anatolian rabbinical scholar from Tarsus. He was one of the Jewish elites from…

Christianity Christianity is one of the Abrahamic religions that believes in one god. Christianity began with group of people that followed a great leader named Jesus and believed he was the Messiah as the Novak book stated, “…claim that Jesus was the messiah long awaited in the Jewish tradition.” (Novak pg227) Jesus and his followers lived in Jerusalem where the dominant religion was Judaism. Jesus taught his followers the massage of god to humanity by proving himself through different…

centuries of the Roman Empire, a new view of the world began to establish its roots - Christianity. This view had emphasized escape from the world of coercion and a growing connection with higher existence. In response to the decline of Hellenism, Christianity offered a reason worth living to the spiritually disappointed polytheistic followers and the Greco-Roman world: hope in personal immortality. Triumph of Christianity marked a break with classical antiquity and a new stage in the evolution…

All of the respondents stated the religious practices have reduced their loneliness. Three respondents believed in continuously religious practices have made them hold on to the power of faith and trusted in their destiny. As a result, they are willing to accept the fate that they are live in loneliness. Since all respondents are Muslim, thus the religious practices that described in this study are based on the Islamic teaching. “...religious practice helped me a lot. It's something that makes…

Every aspect of life was viewed through a lens of Christianity. Ancient writings held a position of power over people's everyday lives, and people looked to the church and government for direction in almost all things. Whether Christianity had a positive or negative effect on medieval times and people can be disputed, but its control, dominance, and how it was blindly accepted cannot go ignored. Christianity's influence and power started to decrease, however, during the Enlightenment, when many…

“To be, or not to be, that is the question,” said William Shakespeare, an English poet. To be a Christian or not to be a Christian it shouldn’t matter which side a person stands on. In today’s world Christians look down on others who don’t believe in their God or their rules. This act takes place in schools, the government, and in the general community. Non-believers are being brought into situations to listen to people force their religion onto them. Christians go too far with religion by…