CHRISTIANITY

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CHRISTIANITY

• Principal Beliefs

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There is one God.
God the Father Michelangelo. Ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel. The Vatican 1509.
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ANTONIAZZO ROMANO, God the Father, detail. c.
1489. Fisher, Sally. The Square Halo. NY
Abrams, 1995. p. 93
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• God is a Trinity (tri-unity), one being of
  three co-equal persons the Father (the Creator),
  the Son (the Redeemer) and the Holy Spirit (the
  Sanctifier). Ultimately the Trinity is a mystery
  beyond human comprehension.

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• There is one essence of Godthe emphasis is on
  oneness, not three-ness.The Father is God,the
  Son is God,and the Holy Spirit is God--but they
  are one God.

PEREDA, Antonio de Spanish painter, Madrid school
(b. 1611, Valladolid, d. 1678, Madrid)
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God created the world and it is good

• Michelangelo, Creation of Adam,
• Sistine Chapel

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Humanity is created in the image of God.
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• People have a tendency to do good and evil.
  Through the misuse of freedom the Fall sin
  came into the world. Sin is the opposite of Gods
  will.

Gustave Dore, 2003
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Israeli Dispossesion of Palestinians.
http//www.al-awda.org/media/pictures.html
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Gods only son, Jesus Christ became human and was
born of the Virgin Mary
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He is both human and divine.
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Jesus was crucified,
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Rose from the dead
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and ascended into heaven.
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• Through his death and resurrection Jesus
  conquered sin and death and won salvation by
  reconciling humanity with God.

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• Salvation (or justification) begins with faith
  in Christ, the gift of Gods grace and its sign
  is baptism.

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• There is no ready answer to why God, who is
  total goodness, allows evil and suffering to
  exist.

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• The suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus
  shows that followers of Jesus can find meaning in
  their response to evil and suffering.

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• The Holy Spirit directs the Church, the assembly
  of Christian believers. The main task of the
  Church is to preach the gospel.

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Gods grace leads people to faith and
responsibility for their actions.
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Human destiny is eternal life with God in heaven.
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Hell or exclusion from Gods presence is the
consequence of a life of evil.
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At the end of time Christ will come again and in
final judgment and the Reign (or Kingdom) of God
will exist in all its fullness.
Michelangelo The Last Judgement.
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• Christians generally agree on the principal
  beliefs outlined. However, across the variants of
  Christianity there are differences in
  understandings on some matters, e.g. how living
  the life of faith is related to ones salvation,
  the meaning of the Eucharist, and the place of
  Mary, the mother of Jesus.