• Incompasses 31% of the population: Approximately 2.3 billion people (Como surgiu o Cristianismo? ⛪)
  
• Incompasses 28.8% of the worlds population (Christianity - Wikipedia).

Beliefs: Christianity - Wikipedia

• Jesus is the Son of God, was the prophesized messiah in the Old Testament, was crucified and rose from the dead three days later.
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Como surgiu o Cristianismo? 

• In Christ.
• Jesus was condemned to death by the Roman Empire for blasphemy.
• He rose from the dead three days later.
• He will return one day.

Three other principles: Como surgiu o Cristianismo? ⛪

1.God:

• Monotheistic: Belief in one, unique God.
• God of Abraham and creator of the universe

2. Salvation:

• Salvation is found in Christ.
• Allows one to be free of sin to live in paradaise with Christ.

3. The Bible:

• The Bible is the inherent word of God, written by prophets of God to reflect his word through revelation.
• Divided into two books: Old testament (book used via Jews, called Tanakh) and New Testament, exclusive for Christians.

4. Church:

• The majority of Christians believe in the importance of Church.
• Many believe that the Church is the literal kingdom of God on earth

Reason for various denominations: Como surgiu o Cristianismo? ⛪

• Much discordance and disagreement exists, leading to differences of opinion.
• There are different beliefs, opinions on rituals, biblical translations and practices.

History of Christianity: Como surgiu o Cristianismo? ⛪

• Originated with the Hebrews.
• Hebrews were divided into two nations: Israel and Judah.
• The Jews possessed belief in one God named Yahweh (though various disagreement exists as to how to pronounce the name).
• When the Assyrians conquered the Hebrews, many immigrated to Judah, where this God became more popular.
• Judaism began to form after the Babylonian conquest in the formation of the persian Empire.
• Jesus was born in the context of the Roman Empire.
• His followers were Jewish where he began the formation of a Jewish sect.
• This formed the first Christians. They identified as Jewish whom followed the teachings of Jesus.
• With the Roman Empire destroying the second Jewish temple, the majority of sects were lost. One fled, forming modern Judaism.
• The second were the first Christians.
• They couldn't perform sacrifice, and so started to focus more on the Torah and institution.
• The Christians focused more on Christ, and on his sacrifice. This group began to grow in popularity.

History of Christianity: Christianity - Wikipedia

• Began in the first century after the death of Jesus.
• It was a Judaic sect with Hellenistic influence.
• The followers of Jesus spread the religion across the Eastern Meditteranean, despite significant persecution.
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The first sect formation: Como surgiu o Cristianismo? ⛪

• With the formation, various subforms began to emerge.
• 3 principle: Judaic christians; Gnostics (who focused on spirituality and less on institution) and Paulinists.
• The paulanists were not Jewish.
• He spoke various languages which helped him in spreading the word of Christianity.
• Many listeners began to follow Paul's message without following the traditional Judaic rituals.
• For the majority of Christians today, Paulinism is the original and true Christianity. The others are heretical.
• Eventually, further emphasis was placed on the Church and the religion became more distinct to Judaism.
• The followers began to be known as Christians, though various opinions existed within these groups.
• Roman Emperor Constantine 1 converted to Christianity, preventing persecution.
• Constantine unified spiritual leaders to formulate the doctrine of Christianity.
• Together, they formulated the Nycean creed.

Diversity: Christianity - Wikipedia

• Remains culturally diverse across western and eastern sects. Contains differences in justifications and the nature of salvation, ordinations (who has the right to perform various rituals), ecclesiology (theological study of the church and Christian origins) and Christology.
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