1. Understanding World Religions
Chapter Twenty-One
Christian Belief and Practice
© 2011 Irving Hexham
Saint Boniface ( ) who laid the foundation for Catholic Christianity in Germany in the eight century. Photo by Irving Hexham © 2011 Irving Hexham

2. Christian Belief and Practice
Diagram by Jeremy Hexham. © 2011 Irving Hexham
Post-millenialism the traditional view of eschatology

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Diagram by Jeremy Hexham. © 2011 Irving Hexham
Pre-millenialism which is the most popular America view of eschatology.

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Diagram by Jeremy Hexham. © 2011 Irving Hexham
The dispensational adaption of pre-millenialism which is also very popular in American theology.

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Diagram by Jeremy Hexham. © 2011 Irving Hexham
The a-millenial view which some scholars claim always existed alongside post-millenialism. Today it is most popular in Britain and Europe.

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Photo by Irving Hexham © 2011 Irving Hexham
This modern Ukrainian Orthodox Icon depicts Christ at the last judgement.

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Source: Pilgrim Revival Meeting. Oncken, Wilhelm, Algemeine Geschicte, Berlin, Grote, In the public domain. © 2011 Irving Hexham
A medieval “charismatic” type meeting as part of a pilgrimage

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Photo by Irving Hexham © 2014 Irving Hexham
Thomas Müntzer who led the so-called Peasants Revolt in He and his followers expected the return of Christ to vindicate their attack on the existing social order.

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Source: Book of Kells. Anton Springer, Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte, Leipzig : Seemann, In the public domain. © 2011 Irving Hexham
A page from the 8th century Book of Kells

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Photo by Irving Hexham2003. © 2011 Irving Hexham
The modern Romanesque basilica of St. Anne de Beaupré on the banks of the St. Laurence river in Quebec, Canada.

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Photos by Irving Hexham 2008 and 1985.
On the left is the baptismal font in the church in Eisleben where Martin Luther ( ) was baptised. On the right are a group of Anglicans standing around their Bishop who has just confirmed them. In churches that practice infant baptism the rite of confirmation is similar to the bar mitzvah.