Religion M2: Christianity

Origin

First Century Palestine under the occupation of the Roman Empire

Pharisees

Maintaining ritual purity, Law, awaited a Messiah who would follow both Empire Law and Jewish Law

Sudducees

preserved Ancient Jewish traditions, controlled the temple, rejected new ideas

Zealots

Armed rebels who wanted to overthrow the Romans, devoted to the Torah, sought a militaristic Messiah

Essenes

An ascetic group that practiced voluntary poverty, practices mystic, messianic beliefs, awaited two Messiahs

What is Christianty

The religion of Jesus Christ, the Messiah and saviour of Mankind who died and was resurrected for humanity's sins

How Jesus modelled prayer, service love, forgiveness

PRAYER: taught the importance of praying for othersSERVICE: advocated for the poor and disadvantaged, focusing on being a servant to his followers, rather than a rulerLOVE: pushed for love and care of social outcasts as the foundation of the Christian MinistryFORGIVENESS: forgave those who had done him harm

Christian Denominations

Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism, Anglicanism, Pentecostalism

Orthodoxy

formed after the Great Schism in 1054CE, belief focuses on God being above Jesus in importance, and that Patriarchs are the first among equal

Catholicism

formed after the Great Schism in 1054CE, belief in the Holy Trinity, One God and One Church, and the Pope is the Christ-appointed Supreme Leader

Protestantism

formed in the Protestant Reformation in 1517CE, belief in focus on having a direct relationship with God and the importance of scripture above all else

Anglicanism

Formed after King Henry broke away from the Catholic Church, belief in the Evangelical authority of Scripture and Salvation, with the main leader being the Archbishop of Canterbury

Pentecostalism

Formed in the 1900's from Protestantism, focusing on the experience of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, and worship as a exuberant

How did Jesus model Christian life

Through prayer, service, advocating for the poor, belief in the Afterlife, and Loving and Forgiving all

Contributions of Paul of Tarsus

converted the Gentiles, second Founding Father, wrote letters to Romans and Corinthians, prover you didn't need to be Jew to be a Christian

Contributions of Peter

acted as Jesus' spokesperson in the Jesus movement to Judea, rock of the Church, started Apostolic Church

Council of Jerusalem

conflict arose between the Gentiles and Jews, marks the separation of Christianity from Judaism

Sacred texts and writings

Bible, Old Testament, New Testament, chronicles

Principal beliefs

revelations, death and resurrection, divinity and humanity, the holy trinity, salvation

Ethics

Eight Beatitudes, Ten Commandments, Law of Love

Devotion

communication with God, formal, public worship, private prayer