Christianity And Christianity: The History Of Christianity

To Christians, Jesus Christ is a teacher, the model of a pious life, the revealer of God, the mediator of salvation and the savoir who suffered, died and was resurrected in order to bring about salvation from sin for all Christians maintain that Jesus ascended into heaven and most denominations teach that Jesus will judge the living and the dead, granting everlasting life to his followers. The "good news" of Jesus' ministry is called the Gospel. The Trinity is often regarded as an essential doctrine of mainstream Christianity. It is held by many to be a complex concept and there are varying interpretations. The most common understanding of the Holy Trinity, as espoused in the Nicene Creed, is one God that exists as three Persons – Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

During the ceremony of Baptism, the person will become a believer of Christ and accept the grace of the Holy Spirit. Baptism not only stands at the beginning of growth, but as a symbol of it. Baptism is widely practiced due to its fundamentality to the individual as well as the supporters. It is just one of the seven sacraments that Christ inflicted on the church. Although Baptism is not the most important sacrament in Christianity; however, it is one of the most essential parts.

They believe in first God, then Jesus, and then the Holy Spirit. This is called Arianism, or the Trinity. The belief that God had created heaven and earth and Christ, his son, in the power of the holy spirit. Jesus had died so all humans could go to heaven, eternal life. They believe in baptism, as a way to accept God as the one true God.

When all his children fallen into sin, God decided to do save them because he is loving father. God scarifies himself to save us, he died in the cross and resurrected on the third day. But who did crucify Jesus, his fellow children. That is proved by Jesus Christ through his death. In theories of human nature discussed the Christianity theory dispute, “There is some disagreement base on the Christian culture which texts should count s canonical; even now the status of some of the Old Testament Apocrypha remains disputed”.

True baptism requires true faith that God will work through the water. Water without faith is water. With faith, however, baptism is where one is washed clean of sin and born anew in the Holy Spirit. Baptism is about becoming a new person, and one cannot do so without the old person dying. In baptism, one identify’s with Christ’s death and resurrection (Rom 6:4) and in doing so puts on Christ (Gal 3:27).

The incarnation of Jesus was the first step in God’s plan to save humanity and restore our relationship with Him. This seems completely ridiculous to some people, but it was necessary for Jesus to take on human nature. The Bible presents us with several passages of Scripture that reveal to us Jesus’ true identity as the second person in the Trinity. John 1:1-14 refers to Jesus, the son of God, as “the Word”. It explains that this “Word” was in the beginning, was God, and became flesh and dwelt among us.

This shows that Teresa realized the divine power of her visions. Realizing this, confirmed to her that her visions were from God and not from the devil. Even outsiders saw that she was changed by her experience. Paraphrased from Life of Teresa of Jesus, But she knew that she had jewels of her own love, as well as a changed soul. Other people even noticed too.

Being born from the Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit, ... ... middle of paper ... ...either victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt In Conclusion, Christians have come a long way and have done a great job conserving their faith and spreading it throughout different parts of the world. Earlier Christians have suffered great turmoil for the religion that exists today and people should be thankful everyday that this wonderful religion is here on earth today. The religion is truly a great one, although many other religions branch off of this one, creating beliefs that better fit the people at the time and place. It’s truly amazing how one person can have the strength to stand up and say what he believes in, instead of following others around. That person is not always alone, there is always somebody who believes the same and together that’s how people create something great.

It is not just a union with Jesus but also with the Father and the Holy Spirit consequently baptism by the word of institution, signifies union with the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Within this union there takes place purification from sin that happens when one enters the baptismal water they buried in death and raised in life just like Jesus. After the purification some Christians believe that the person is regenerated This regeneration that happens to a person is often described as a divine work of grace that changes a ... ... middle of paper ... ...the subject of baptismal regeneration is a topic that has many different views. Some see that the regeneration happens when a person enters the baptismal waters and some think the regeneration happens when the Holy Spirit indwells in a person life and the baptismal waters is just and outward sing of what the Holy Spirit is doing in one’s life and it is process that one goes through in their spiritual walk. No matter what side someone is on in this debate one must remember that the central them in the bible from the Old Testament to the New Testament is salvation and the redemption of mankind with Jesus death on the cross and being raised from the dead.

As Saint, Paul wrote to the early Christians: By our Baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death; in order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power of the Father so also we might live a new life. (Romans 6:4) You can celebrate baptism either as an adult or a child. Many Christians want there babies baptised as young infants yet many Christians believe that because Jesus was baptised as an adult they should be baptised as adults this is called believers baptism. It is on the subject of these two different ceremonies both from the same Religion - Christianity, which I am going to try to describe and explain. Infant Baptism -------------- Infant baptism celebrated by many different religious within the Christian community including the Methodist Church, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, United Reformed and the Church of England.