Christianity


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Christianity is the most popular religion in the world. People study and worship Christianity in Apostles, Churches, Creeds, Gospel, Kingdom, and New Covenant. Christianity teaches the word of God and teaches how Jesus is the son of God. The amount of Christians in the world are 2.1 billion in the world. The deity of Christianity is god the father along with his son Jesus Christ, assisted by the Holy Ghost, the three being absolutely equal in terms of Godhead, power and authority and not to be understood as separate beings.

The Holy book that Christians learn and study from is called the bible which was written by God the father of Jesus and Christians heavenly father. The leader of worship for Christians is the pastor or priest. The beliefs of Christianity is that they believe in one God and the central person in Christianity is Jesus Christ. The [|three sects] of Christianity are Ebionites, Nazarenes, Nazoraeans, Cerinthians, and Carpocrations here are some facts of each one:

Ebionites- an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea from the 1st to the 4th century.

Nazorarenes- an early Jewish Christian sect similar to the Ebionites, but they also accepted Ebionites, but they also accepeted the virgin birth and divinity of Jesus.

Nazoraeans- a first century offshoot of the Nazarenes, according to Epiphanius.

Cerinthians- who followed the Jewish law, denied that the Supreme God had made the physical world, and denied the divinity of Jesus.

Carpocratians- an early Gnostic sect founded in the first half of the second century.

The symbol of faith for Christians is the Cross which is what Jesus was crucified on. The [|worship practices and rituals] that Christians have is individual meditation, prayer and study, small group prayer, and ceremonies for occasions. Also Christians say their prayers and blessing at night and in the morning. Christians also go to church every sunday and go to bible study on one day of the week. At church they listen to the word and worship by singing the gospel songs. On first sunday all christian churches have communion.

Some [|Christian rituals] are baptism, marriage, and holy orders.

The celebrations christians have is Christmas and Easter.

Christmas is the day Jesus was born which is on December 25th and Easter is the week Jesus rose from the dead after the crucification. Some people think that Christmas is because of a big man and flying reindeer but it is not. It's really the day Jesus was born.

Current Events: On BET they had a Celebration Gospel 2011 show with Kirk Franklin and Mary Mary showing the blessings God has given them in their singing. What Christians study from.
 * Bible**