A BLESSED

DAY!
CHRISTIANI
TYWestern Religion
 CONTENTS
A. FOUNDER JESUS CHRIST (C. 7 BC30 A.D.)

B. SACRED TEXTS BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TASTAMENT)

C. DOCTRINES TRINITY, VIRGIN BIRTH, DEITY OF CHRIST, RESURRECTION,

LAST JUDGMENT

D. GOD TRINITY (FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT)

E. SECTS ROMAN CATHOLIC, GREEK/EASTERN ORTHODOX,

PROTESTANTISM, ETC.

F. ISSUES ECUMENISM, SEXUALITY ISSUES

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 What is
Christianity?
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The largest of the world’s
religions
Christians – known as
followers/believers of
Christianity
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'Christian' is derived from the Greek
 christos for the
Hebrew messiah ("anointed one").  
 CHRISTIANIT
Y
Christianity is focused on
the life and ministry (work)
of Jesus Christ.
 
 Jesus Christ
(Founder of Christianity)
Also called Jesus of Galilee, or Jesus of
Nazareth, (born c. 6–4 BCE, Bethlehem
—died c. 30 CE, Jerusalem)
According to Christian Gospels and early
Christian writings, Jesus was the Messiah
(Christ), the Son of God who was
crucified for the sins of humanity
before rising from the dead.
 BIBLE
(Sacred Texts)
The primary source for Christian
faith and practice is the Bible.
The sacred scriptures of
Christians comprising the Old
Testament and the New
Testament.
 OLD
TESTAMENT
The Old Testament is the first
division of the Christian Bible. It is a
collection of books which varies from
church to church and dates earlier than
the New Testament.
 NEW
TESTAMENT
The New Testament is the second
major division of the Christian
Bible. It is also known as the New
Law or New Covenant.
 NEW TESTAMENT OLD TESTAMENT

What is it The New Testament Old Testament is

is the second major the first division of
division of the the Christian Bible.
Christian Bible.

Languages Greek Hebrew and

Aramaic
 NEW TESTAMENT OLD TESTAMENT

Number of • 27 Books • 39 In Protestant Old

Books Testaments;
• 51 In Catholic Old
Testaments;
• 55 In Orthodox Bibles;
• 57 In Coptic Bibles

Vocabulary • contains a vocabulary • contains a vocabulary of

of 4,800 words. 5,800 words.
 NEW TESTAMENT OLD TESTAMENT

Content • focuses more on • explains the history

the life and of the creation of the
teachings of World, the exodus of
Jesus and the Israelites, and the Ten
Christian Commandments
church. given to Moses by
God.
 NEW TESTAMENT OLD TESTAMENT

What you • All you have to • You have to

have to do do is to repent bring a lamb
to be and you're as a sacrifice
forgiven? forgiven for your sin to
automatically. be forgiven.
 NEW TESTAMENT OLD TESTAMENT

GOD's Trinity of God. (God the The Lord is the only

Identity Father, the Son and the God (is 42:8; Is 44:6)
Holy Spirit.
END TIMES Jesus came to save the God (YHWH/Adonai)
Earth will send a messenger
to bring salvation on
earth.
 DOCTRINE
The basic meaning of the term
doctrine is “teaching.” Christian
doctrine, accordingly, is the attempt
to state in intellectually responsible
terms the message of the gospel
and the content of the faith it elicits
 DOCTRINES:
- TRINITY
- VIRGIN BIRTH
- DEITY OF CHRIST
- RESURRECTION
- LAST JUDGMENT
 TRINITY
The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one
God who eternally exists as three distinct
Persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Stated differently, God is one in essence and three
in person. These definitions express three crucial
truths: (1) the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are
distinct Persons, (2) each Person is fully God, (3)
there is only one God.
 VIRGIN BIRTH
Virgin Birth, doctrine of
traditional Christianity that Jesus Christ had
no natural father but
was conceived by Mary through the power of
the Holy Spirit. The doctrine that Mary was
the sole natural parent of Jesus is based on the
infancy narratives contained in the Gospel
 accounts of Matthew and Luke.
 DEITY OF CHRIST
The Deity of Jesus shows us there is a Savior
for mankind and how it is Him. Mankind
inherently looks for a savior, someone or
something to save him from the things he has
done wrong, his weaknesses, his failures, his
sicknesses. He will look within himself, to
other gods, religions or philosophies.
 RESURRECTION
According to the Christian faith,
resurrection is the pivotal event
when “God raised Jesus from the
dead” after he was crucified by the
Roman governor Pontius Pilate.
 LAST JUDGMENT
Christianity teaches that all will stand to be
judged by God at the Second Coming of
Jesus Christ. In early Christian art the scene is
one of Christ as judge, the resurrection of the
dead, the weighing of souls, the separation of
the saved and the damned, and representations
of heaven and hell.
 GOD
( FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT)
FATHER SON
The Father is the The Son is the
God of Israel (the historical 
creator God of Jesus of Nazareth.
Genesis). THE HOLY
The HolySPIRIT
Spirit is the presence or spirit
of God that binds them together.
 SECTS:
- ROMAN CATHOLIC
- GREEK/EASTERN
ORTHODOX
- PROTESTANTISM
ETC.
 ROMAN CATHOLIC
● God reveals himself in the world in which
Christians live. Reverence for Mary, the
mother of Jesus, is part of the Catholic
teaching .
● Gathering for weekly Mass is very
important.
● Community is a central value for Catholics.
 ROMAN CATHOLIC
● Having a sense of connection with all
the faithful who have died and the
Saints.
● Having a deep respect for Scripture and
the canon of the Catholic Church.
● The Pope is elected by the Cardinals to
 GREEK/EASTERN
ORTHODOX

Ortho – right, correct, true

Doxa – glorification
Correct Worship/ Right Belief
 GREEK/EASTERN
ORTHODOX
● There are Eastern Orthodox Churches and
Oriental Orthodox Churches.
● There are many similarities with the Roman
Catholic Church.
● Three of the seven sacraments are given in
infancy.
 GREEK/EASTERN
ORTHODOX
●The head of the Church is the Patriarch.
●The Churches are widely adorned with
Icons and incense is used at every
service.
 PROTESTANTISM
● Protestantism arose during the 16th century
Reformation.
● Its basic doctrines, in addition to those of the
ancient Christian creeds, are justification by
grace alone through faith, the priesthood of all
believers, and the supremacy of Holy Scripture
in matters of faith and order.
 ISSUES:
-ECUMENISM
-SEXUALITY ISSUES
(e.g., contraception,
homosexuality, ordination of
women)
 ECUMENISM
Ecumenism, from the Greek word “oikoumene,”
meaning “the whole inhabited world,” is the promotion
of cooperation and unity among Christians. Jesus
Christ founded one Church and, in the midst of his
Passion, prayed, “That they may all be one.” (John
17:21) In fidelity to that, the Catholic Church takes
part in an ecumenical movement seeking visible unity
among the diversity of Christian Churches and
ecclesial communities.
 CONTRACEPTION
They often teach that using contraception to
prevent children altogether is not
desirable. The Roman Catholic Church
only allows 'natural' birth control, by
which it means only having sex during the
infertile period of a woman's monthly
cycle. Artificial methods of contraception
are banned.
 HOMOSEXUALITY
One study says the term most associated
with Christian is “anti-gay.” But the
culture war often obscures how, within
actual Christian communities, discussion
on homosexuality is often personal,
nuanced, and difficult. 
 ORDINATION OF WOMEN
Blood, Gender and Power in Christianity and
Judaism. In the Catholic and Orthodox
Christian traditions, women are not permitted
to be ordained as priests of the church.
According to Catholic doctrine, priests are
supposed to represent the likeness of Jesus, a
male figure.
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