Christianity is one of the
major religions in the number of believers and its historical significance. In
antiquity is back to Judaism, since he comes from.
History
It is a monotheistic
religion of Jewish origin that arose with the birth, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ accepted as the Messiah. They share
with Judaism and the Old Testament believe that Jesus was the Savior announced,
while Jews deny this.
Christianity was born and
developed, ultimately, from the figure of Jesus Christ, whose historical
existence is proven. The spread of the new faith was accelerated with the
conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine and the recognition as
official religion of the Empire by Justinian I.
Currently, the Christian
Church is divided into multiple branches. The first major split occurred
with the East split in the year 1054 that divided the Catholic
and Orthodox Church.
The other big division
occurred in the sixteenth century with the Reformation and Counter that
divided Christians Catholics and Protestants. The first are those who
supported and continued to recognize the authority of the Pope.
Protestants are the ones who
chose Luther. Within this faction also will be a division that will
result in as Anglican churches, the Lutheran and Calvinista.
Beliefs
The beliefs of Christianity
and acceptances common are:
ˇ One God, that the Holy
Trinity is represented as three: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
ˇ The Bible
formed by the Old and New Testament. It is also known as the Holy Scriptures.
ˇ The coming and
resurrection of the Messiah, identified in the person of Jesus Christ.
ˇ The acceptance of
the Ten Commandments to Moses revealed.
ˇ The existence of Seven
Sacraments.
The symbols and celebrations
The main symbol of
Christianity is the cross, but there are varieties like Christianity and
the Orthodox. Among the highlights rites and practices prayer and the
celebration of the Eucharist at Mass, in her bread symbolizes the body
of Christ and the wine, his blood.
The celebrations Christian
conditioning still mostly calendars and impose holidays, include: Easter, Lent,
Ascension, Pentecost and Christmas.
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