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Meaning of Christianity

What is Christianity:

Christianity is one of the three monotheistic religions that exist in the world today. It has as its basis and foundation the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth also called Jesus Christ, who is considered the messiah announced in the Old Testament, that is, in the Jewish religious tradition.
Christianity is currently one of the most widespread religions in the world. In 2015, it accounted for more than two billion followers.
  

The largest churches and Christian tendencies are divided into:

• the Roman Catholic Church or Catholicism;

• the Orthodox Church or Church of the East;

• the Anglican Church or Anglicanism;

• Protestants or Protestantism:

•      Lutherans,

•      Presbyterians,

•      Calvinists,

•      Free evangelicals and others.

See also Characteristics of Christianity.
 History and origin of ChristianityChristianity as a doctrine is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who is considered the Messiah, savior, and Son of God the Father.
 Christianity has as its sacred book the Bible, composed of the Old Testament, which brings together the books of the Jewish religious tradition, and the New Testament, which contains the life and teachings of Jesus, the facts of the apostles and the pastoral letters of the First Christians The New Testament teachings are almost exclusive to the Christian religion.
 It can be said that, as a religion, Christianity begins to the structure itself from the death and resurrection of Jesus, when the apostles become aware of the teachings received and decide to proclaim the gospel in an organized manner.

See also:

• Old Testament.

• New Testament.

Officialization of the Christian religion

Like Judaism, the monotheistic character of Christianity was intolerant of Roman paganism, but unlike the Jewish religion, Christianity was proselytizing, which made it the target of bloody persecution by the empire. This period is known as paleo-Christianity or primitive Christianity.
 However, adherence to the new religion was increasing until it was unstoppable. In the year 313 AD, Emperor Constantine I, promulgated the edict of Milan, which established freedom of worship, which ended the persecutions against Christians and the entry of Christianity into the Byzantine court.
 The entrance of Christianity to the court implied the need to unify the doctrine, a task that was undertaken through a series of councils. Thus, the resurrection of Jesus and his divinity will be one of the points discussed by the authorities.
 It will be with the edict of Thessaloniki promulgated by Theodosius in 380 AD. that Christianity is formally established as the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Councils of the Christian Church

The birth of Christianity led to several currents for the interpretation of the birth, life, and death of Jesus. These gave rise to numerous councils, even before the officialization of Christianity as a religion of the Roman Empire.
 After the entry of Christianity into the Byzantine court, the Council of Nicea, the first one held by Constantine, took place. It was realized in the year 325 a. from C. and from him came the so-called Nicene Creed.
 Together with the Council of Constantinople in 381 B.C., the double divine and human nature of Jesus and the existence of the Trinity that declared the communion of God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit were established as dogma.
 With this resolution, the Athanasian Creed is approved and Arianism is condemned for heresy since Arius (256-336) and his followers, despite believing in Jesus as messiahs, claimed that Jesus and God were not comparable, refusing the Trinity concept.
 Many other councils were given after these. But in that process of almost a thousand years, Christianity was divided as a result of dogmatic divergences.
The first schism of the Christian Church
The first official separation of the Christian Church occurs in the year 1054, when Leo IX and Miguel Cerullo, representative of the Eastern Church, come into conflict over the definition of powers that were already on the table.
 The seat in Constantinople causes the schism of 1054 in which all the churches under the jurisdiction of Rome are separated from it by dividing into the Roman Apostolic Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.
 See also:

• Patristics.

• Catholic Church.

• Orthodox Church.

• Anglican church.

Characteristics of Christianity

• Christianity is born with Jesus Christ as his messiah.

• The sacred book of Christianity is the Bible. The authors wrote inspired by God, therefore they call it "the word of God."

• The three main currents of Christianity are Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism.

• Christians believe in one God divided into three people, which they call the Holy Trinity, which is composed of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

• Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, is born of the Virgin Mary.

• The mission of Jesus on earth is the reconciliation between man and God.

• The followers of Jesus in life are called apostles. It is said that Jesus had 12 apostles nearby.

• Christians believe that Jesus atoned with his death on the cross for the original sin inherited from Adam and, therefore, all sins.

• Christianity proposes faith in eternal life and the resurrection of the dead.

• Christianity believes in the Last Judgment.

• The rituals of Christianity are called sacraments and these vary according to the denomination of Christianity.