1. Warm-Up: Which of these doesn’t fit?
Rosh Hashanah
kippah
Torah
Abraham
Yom Kippur
Holi
The Ten Commandments
rabbi
synagogue
church
reincarnation

2. Christianity Monotheistic. Evolved from Judaism.
Moved east and south of its hearth area.
Constantine’s conversion
European contact with the “New World” brought Christianity.
World’s largest religion.
Segmented into three separate branches:
Catholics
Protestants
Eastern Orthodox

3. Christianity Catholicism - largest branch Headed by the Pope
direct link to God
Pope Francis
Ceremonial - 7 sacraments
baptism, marriage, Eucharist, etc.
Very traditional
Christianity

4. Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy - 11th Century split
Rivalry between Pope and Patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul)
Rome remained center for Roman Catholicism
Rejected some Roman Catholicism doctrine
by 1054 officially split
National Churches
Russian, Greek, Serbian Orthodox, etc.
Christianity

5. Christianity Protestantism - (1517) Reformation era Martin Luther
No Pope needed
individual has direct link to God
Grace through faith rather than sacraments
forgiveness for sins through indiv. prayers
Spread though N. Europe and England
arose same time as 1466 Gutenberg Bible and the printing press
Martin Luther