Beliefs of Christianity
Christians believe that there is only one God, who is the Father as Jesus Christ. They know Jesus as the son of God and believe God functions as a Trinity.
Jesus ChristThe Holy Trinity |
Life and After DeathJurisdiction by FaithThrough the Christian belief in Jesus, his death and resurrection, Christians can have a right relationship with God whose forgiveness was made once and for all through the death of Jesus Christ.
SaintsSaints are defined when members of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches go through the process of canonization. Christians believe that Saints are created this way so that they are able to intercede with God. This is not accepted by most Protestants.
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Practices of Christianity
The Christian Year- Christmas: The celebration of Jesus' birth.
- Easter: The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. - Advent: The four week preparation for Christmas that recalls the period before the coming of Jesus - Lent: The period of forty days of repentance and preparation for Easter. The forty days recall the period of fasting and prayer that Jesus spent in the desert before his public life began. - Holy Week: Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, recalls the acclaim of crowds who waved palm branches when Jesus entered Jerusalem. - Ascension and Pentecost: Forty days after Easter, Jesus' ascension into heaven is celebrated. - Saints' day and Other Practices: Days to recall saints, the heroes of Christianity. For example, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, and All Saint's Day. Devotion to Mary-Praying the Rosary with the prayer Ave Maria also known as the "Hail Mary".
- Celebrating the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. |
The Seven Sacraments- Baptism: An initiation rite into Christianity by the ritual cleansing with water. It originally involved complete immersion of the body, but some forms of Christianity require that only the head is to be sprinkled with water.
- Eucharist: The Lord's Supper; It is when the believer of Christ eats and drinks the Holy Body and Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, which is presented as the Bread and Wine. - Confirmation: Completes the sacrament of Baptism. It is the sacrament of maturity and coming of age. To be more perfectly bound to the Church and be enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. - Reconciliation: When a repentant person asks a priest for forgiveness after admitting his or her sins. - Marriage: When two human beings publicly commit themselves to one another for eternity before a priest or minister, who acts as the public witness. - Ordination: The official empowerment of a bishop, priest, or deacon for ministry. - Anointing of the Sick: When a priest offers prayers and anoints a sick person with oil, which is an ancient symbol of health. |
Source:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/basics_1.shtml#top
- http://www.examiner.com/article/was-jesus-christ-a-roman-fiction-created-to-pacify-the-masses
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- Molloy, Michael. "Christianity." Experiencing the World's Religions. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.398-496. Print.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/basics_1.shtml#top
- http://www.examiner.com/article/was-jesus-christ-a-roman-fiction-created-to-pacify-the-masses
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- Molloy, Michael. "Christianity." Experiencing the World's Religions. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.398-496. Print.