Christianity is a monotheistic religion, which means people of that faith believe in one God. Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus. Most Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, and the savior of humanity. Christians refer to Jesus as Christ, which means Messiah. Christianity is the world’s largest religion consisting of approximately 2.2 billion Christians. There are branches of Christianity, the three primary divisions are Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism.
Basics of Christianity
Christianity is one of the most popular religions of the world. Throughout the world there are 2.2 billion people who practice Christianity, that is 1/3rd of the world. Christianity is the belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. The thought of how The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit can be one seems to be something that in a dynamic matter or way you look at it may be in possible. The fact that this may be impossible to most people is because it is never clearly stated in scripture that the trinity existed.
What is God? Who is God? These are question one first must answer to fully comprehend the Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity. God is self-existent, meaning his is a necessary being. It is impossible for Him not to exist, and God’s existence does not depend on anything else; He is independent of all else. God is not just a being, but Being itself, his is existence Himself. His very nature is to be. God is also Creator of the universe, of all time and space. We, His creation only share in existence with God. We depend on God for our existence, meaning that not only does God create the universe but He also keeps the universe in existence every second, giving him the title of the most powerful being. St. Augustine of Hippo once called out to God by saying “O Highest and Best, most all-powerful most merciful and most just, most deeply hidden and most nearly present,” (CP3 14). Not only does this show that God is powerful but also transcend and immanent. God being transcendent means that He is infinitely beyond, above, and outside the universe and all things. God being transcendent shows that God is independent from all of His creation. However, due to God being immanent, God shares intimacy with His creation. God is present within the universe and all things. Pseudo-Dionysius does a wonderful job describing God...
Through the close study of two of the aspects shown in the diagram, their contributions allow Christianity to be considered a living religious tradition. The significant contributions of Pope John XXIII, during both his papal and Pre-papal life have had everlasting effects on not only Catholicism, but Christianity as a whole and lead to the sense of Christianity being a living religious tradition. His works include two Papal encyclicals, Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris, along with his work being Apostolic Delegate of Greece and Turkey. Moreover, The significant practice of Baptism has further contributed to Christian being considered a living religious tradition as it accounts for the premise of most Christian beliefs to be initiated, especially in terms of salvation and affirming the beliefs in the trinity and following the teachings of Jesus Christ.
The Seven Dimensions of Christianity
According to Ninian Smart, the seven dimensions of religion include practical and ritual, emotional and experiential, narrative and mythical, ethical and legal, doctrinal and philosophical, social and institutional, and material. The practical and ritual dimension involves rituals and practices that provide spiritual awareness of adherents. The emotional and experiential dimension includes the life changing experiences that either the leaders or followers of a religion go through. Narrative and mythical dimension are the stories and past records that preserve tradition and culture in the religion. Ethical and legal dimension of the religion are basically the codes of behavior that are followed and expected within the religion.
The rise of Christianity in philosophy
One influential cult was based upon a mystical interpretation of Plato. Neo-Platonism was like a rational science that attempted to break down and describe every aspect of the divine essence and its relationship with the human soul. An Alexandrian Jew named Philo tried using Greek philosophy to interpret the Jewish scriptures. He wanted to unite the two traditions by suggesting that the Greek philosophers had been inspired by the same God who had revealed himself to the Jews.
But only Christianity had the right combination of ingredients to appeal to both the masses and also eventually the ruling elite.
Christianity
Christianity is one of the major religions on the world. Christianity has had a continuous and complex history of development through the early Church Councils that formulated the creeds, the emergence of theology, the schism between Roman and orthodox Christianity in the eleventh century .All Christians are the followers of the Christ, the Jesus. Christian culture is totally based up on the death of the Christ, the one who died for the fellow children. Why did Jesus do such a great event?
Whenever one thinks of Christianity and the Christian church, one cannot avoid Jesus Christ. This is understandable because, for without Jesus, Christianity would not exist; Christianity is based on Jesus. Jesus has become so well associated with Christianity that it is assumed and widely accepted that Jesus was a Christian. Followers of Christianity often use the reference “being Christ-like” as a model for ideal human behavior (meaning to use the life of Jesus as a blueprint).
The life of a pilgrim is not the way people usually think it is . What does being a pilgrim actually mean? According to the English dictionary, the word pilgrim is: a person who journeys to a sacred place for a religious reason. Being a Christian may not always seem like going to a sacred place or journeying to distant places. Becoming a Christian is not always converting after we see a great thing or after we stop using drugs. Sometimes becoming a Christian is as little as saying yes on your father’s knee. Sometimes becoming a Christian is easy ,but there are times that we all struggle with something. That struggle might be about Jesus coming back to earth and having joy about it.
I did so much research on Christianity and other religions and compared them and found that Christ was universal, he was in no way segregational. There is no monopoly in Christ, God & Holy Spirit I lost my job and my practice was closed down, my ex left as I could no longer tolerate the way things were.