ROBERT, MARISA, CODY & LIZZY

Christianity

Place where it began…

Palestine = the hearth Diffusion

Jews diffused out of Palestine even before Jesus was born Jewish colonies had already existed

Antioch, Rome, Carthage, Corinth and Alexandria

Christianity first initiated through the Jewish synagogues

Saint Paul took Gospel to Jewish regions of Asia Minor & Greece Followers of Christ were called Christians by their enemies in these

regions Many People (Jewish & non) were converted into Christians through

this process End of first century AD there were organized Christians all over By the 2nd century- Christian communities spread

• Egypt, North Africa and Gaul

Where it is mainly located & with whom?

Europe, North America and South America

2 billion followers

Diffusion

Fig. 6-5: Christianity diffused from Palestine through the Roman Empire and continued diffusing through Europe after the fall of Rome. It was later replaced by Islam in much of the Mideast and North Africa.

Founder

Jesus Christ

30 AD

Major Branches

Roman Catholic: Don’t differ expect they believe in…

The Pope, saints, crucifix, rosary, monks Catholicism spread through missionaries and conquests

Eastern Orthodox: 2nd largest Christian church Greece, Turkey, Russia

Byzantine Empire Draw themselves near to God

Protestant: Martin Luther broke away from the Catholic church and started protestant

churches 1517

Denominations: Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutheran, Quakerism Church of England

Henry VIII was apart of this movement Protestant Reformation in the 1500’s

New testament Written by Christians in

1st century ADOld testament

Original Hebrew Bible Written between 1200-

1065 BCPaul

Wrote 13/27 testaments out of the Bible

The Bible

Differ Everywhere:

ChurchesChapelCathedralMeeting hallBasilica

Place of Worship

Holy Days:

Christmas December 25th

Jesus’ birth Easter

First Sunday of April (dates vary) Lent

40 days prior to Easter Good Friday: ending

Advent November 30-December 24 Days leading up to celebrate Christmas

Epiphany January 6th

12 days after Christmas Remembers the 3 wise men

Conflicts

Crusades Pope Urban II ordered knights (Christians) to travel to

Jerusalem holy places converting people into Christians Using violence

This was only the start to forced conversions only expanding when land was being taken especially from explores and conquistadors who forced the indigenous people to convert Trail of Tears- not directly but since they forced their

culture on them they were forcing Christianity on them as well

Major Beliefs:

Afterlife = resurrection of body and the soulPurgatory

Catholic and OrthodoxHeaven and HellAdam & Eve

Created the world- then created man Trinity

One god Father, Son and the Holy Spirit

Affirmation of Faith 10 commandmentsSeven deadly sinsTrust in God and do his work