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Religions

Christianity was traditionally understood to be founded by
Jesus of Nazareth. Paul of Tarsus, after his conversion on
the road to Damascus, worked tirelessly to establish
Christianity among both Jews and God-fearing Gentiles of the
Diaspora. Clues in the New Testament indicate that there was
a significant rift between Paul and the Jewish leadership
early in the history of the Church. It is primarily Paul's
writings which has most influenced the Church today.
Christians span the globe and are present on all the
inhabited continents and in most of the world's societies.
As Christianity is a universalizing religion, it embraces
all nations and peoples.
Major Teachings:
Most Christian denominations and sects teach that man is
sinful and can never inherit eternal life in the presence of
God as a result of the sins of our first parents, Adam and
Eve,as well as our own personal sin. It thus became
necessary for God to become man in the person of Jesus
Christ who as the Son of God was sinless and unblemished.
His purpose was to suffer and die in atonement for the sins
of all who accept his sacrifice for sin. Individual
salvation is dependent upon the acceptance of this
atonement. The Church is the Bride of Christ whose purpose
is to spread this message, the Gospel, to all people
before Christ's return to the earth to rule all nations as
the heir to the throne of David. This is primary message of
most Christians. Other sects will have variations on this
message, and may include many other doctrines they find
necessary to their own message or purpose.
Scriptures and Other Significant Writings:
The New Testament together with the Jewish Bible make up the
canon of Christianity. The Roman Catholic and the Eastern
Orthodox branches of Christianity also include books in
their canons that many Protestants do not, called the
Apocrypha or the Deuterocanonicals. Also important are
the writings of the early church fathers and early church
councils, which established much of the doctrine now
considered dogma in the Church today. As of 1986, at least
one book of the Christian Bible has been translated into
1,848 languages of the world. A book has been compiled by
the United Bible Societies which lists languages
alphabetically, chronologically, and geographically Of the
present missionary efforts by many of Christianity's sects,
biblical translation is just one of many.
Symbols: The most well known symbol of Christianity is
the cross, or crucifix, symbol of the de...

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