THE STORY OF CHRISTIANITY Ch. 5 #1

CHRISTIANITY IN CANADA (2002) PAGE 149 Roman Catholics43% Protestants29% United Church10% Anglican 7% Lutheran 2% Presbyterian 1% Other Protestants 9% Pentecostals Baptists Mennonites Orthodox* Christians 1.5% * “Orthodox” means: “those who believe correctly” “those who glorify God correctly” Orthodox Christians origins coincide with the origin of Christianity

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY Christians believe Jesus is true God and true man Deep roots in the covenant faith of Judaism Abraham, Moses, David, Exile our stories too For Christians: new covenant of Jesus fulfills God’s covenant with Israel Jesus the Messiah Rabbinic Judaism & Christianity separated near end of 1 st C. Christians were excluded from synagogue services Make sure that you have the timeline from page 151.

ICHTHUS Ichthus: Fish Jesus Christ God’s Son Savior Ι = Iota = Jesus Χ = Chi = Christ Θ = Theta = God’s Υ = Upsilon = Son Σ = Sigma = Saviour

CHRIST / CHRISTOS Chi Χ RhoΡ Symbol for Jesus

RESEARCH SKILL: PRIMARY & SECONDARY SOURCES Primary Source Sources OF the time From the time period Can include 1 st hand accounts Give a sense of historical setting of the events Based on attitudes & biases of the time period Sometimes leave out information that we might want today but were taken for granted at the time Secondary Source REFLECT on the time Created after primary sources, usu. a long time after Interpret and analyze events & people of the primary source Based on attitudes & biases of those long after the events of the primary source Might attempt to add missing details from primary source