2. The History  Founder: Jesus Christ and St. Paul  Founded in 1 st century C.E.  Founded in the area of present-day Israel and Palestine  also known as the Holy Land Jesus Christ

3. Historical Events  Jesus crucified in circa 30 C.E.  St. Paul  New Christian calendar  Evangelists: Mathew, Mark, Luke, John  138-257 C.E. - Persecutions of Christianity between  325 C.E. - Council of Nicea  399 C.E. - Emperor Theodosius

4. Historical Events  4 th to 5 th centuries C.E. - Augustine, Bishop of Hippo  451 c.E. - Council of Chalcedon  Clovis, chief of the Merovingian Franks, converted to Christianity in 507 C.E.  Monasteries are being built in 600 C.E.  England converts to Christianity in 700 C.E.

5. Historical Events  9 th to 11 th centuries: focus of conversion shifted to Northern Europe and parts of Asia  The Great Schism in 1054  1095 to 1291 C.E. - The Crusades  Martin Luther: started Protestant Reformation in 1517 C.E  1648 C.E. - Treaty of Westphalia

6. Historical Events  Thousands of small denominations of Christianity, particularly Protestantism, have come into existence and faded out in the past 3 centuries

7. Timeline of Christianity

8. Main Principles of the Faith  Christianity is a Monotheistic religion  Worship one God, The Lord  Different names of God:  The Father (of Jesus)  Holy Book  The Bible

9. Main Principles of the Faith  Main Principles  The Bible  The Ten Commandments  The Beatitudes

10. Symbols of Christianity  The Holy Cross

11. Symbols of Christianity  The Dove

12. Symbols of Christianity  The Fish

13. Symbols of Christianity  The Chi-Rho

14. Major Denominations  Roman Catholic  Eastern Orthodox  Protestant  Anglican/Episcopali an  Baptists  Lutheran  Presbyterian  Quakers  Amish

15. Branches of Christianity

16. Religion and Culture  The Calendar of Christianity  Christmas  Advent  Holy Week  Pentecost  Ordinary Time  Easter

17. Special dietary practices  Depends on the denomination of Christianity  For most Christians, eating meat on Fridays is prohibited during Lent because of the preparation for the Resurrection of Christ.  Clean food:  fish with fins and scales  insects of the locust family  and animals with cloven hoofs  Cattle  Goats  Sheep  Deer

18. Clothing of the Faith  Clerical clothing- is non- liturgical clothing worn by priest monks and nuns  Vestments- liturgical clothing that is worn during service

19. Christianity Today  World Population:about 2.1 Billion (October 7 2007)

20. U.S.A. Population  Population in US: 159 Million as of 2001

21. Percentage of Christianity by Country

22. World Religions

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