christianity Flashcards
(13 cards)
Christianity is the ___ and most ___ of the world religions
largest and most diverse
how many christians are being persecuted today
380 million
historical setting of Christianity
out of Judaism in the Middle East in the first century CE
Jesus Christ
- jew
- Christ = annointed One AKA messiah
- first 30 years as a common laborer
- public ministry was 3 years where he disregarded social and religious categories
- charismatic healer
- common people liked him, authorities did not
- left behind no family, no writings, no new religion
from mocked minority to Roman majority: from being “the way” to becoming a religion: how did it happen
- spiritual power : especially casting out demons
- radical inclusivity: ignored social stratification and boundaries
- courage
- urban movement : spread where people are
the great schism
- 1054: split to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
- church leader represents eastern church in Istanbul and one in Rome
- tension between them over doctrine
- 1517 CE
- Martin Luther and out of catholicism
- bible - rule of faith and practice, less emphasis on traditions
3 primary branches of Christianity
- Roman Catholicism: 1.1 billion members
- protestant: 630 million
- orthodox: 250 million
monolatry
worship ONE God
- whatever else is out there, focus on the One God
- does not argue that there are not other deitities, but that there is one primary deity
- Jesus is the clearest depiction of WHO God is
Christianity: the problem
- relational
- all of creation was intended to live in a selfless community of love with God people and nature
- broken relationship: humans rebelled and fractured this relationship
the solution
- relational: forgiveness and reconciliation
- Jesus
- we wronged, but God is restoring
christianity is not technically a…
proselytizing religion
- not trying to convert
- earliest followers were not trying to convert, they were following the Way
- it is invitational
the christian scriptures are inclusive regarding
salvation
