Christianity "The Believe"

Christianity

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Christianity is a belief with only one god. This religion is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth like it is presented in the New Testament. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah is the prophet in the Old Testament. With an estimated 2.1 billion people who believe in Christianity in 2001, Christianity is the world's largest religion. It dominates religion in Europe, the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, The Philippine Island and Oceania. More and more people in Asia, particulary in china and South Korea become Christians too.

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Christianity shares the beginning of the existing and many religious texts with Judaism, especially the Hebrew Bible, that the Christians know as the Old Testament. Like Judaism and Islam, Christianity is an
Abrahamic religion. The name "Christian", that means "belonging to Christ" or the name "Christian" ,
meaning "belonging to Christ" or "participant of Christ", was first a name for the followers in Antioch. The earliest use of the term "Christianity" that is recorded is said by Ignatius of Antioch.

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A description of Jesus and Mary, the Theotokos of Vladimir (12th century) Although Christianity has always had a important diversity of belief, the main branches of Christianity think that certain core doctrines are important.

1. Founder
The founder of Christianity is Jesus.

2. How old the religion is
Christianity is 2007 years old.

3. Countries where it is popular
Europe, the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, The Philippine Island and Oceania. More and more people in Asia, particulary in china and South Korea become Christians too.

4. Status of women
The women have exactly the same rights as men in Christianity.

5. Places of worship
In church Christians pray.

6. Number of followers
There is not an exact number of Christians, but the Christian believe has the most followers in the world.

7. How the religion influences their lives e.g food, marriage, restrictions
You have to get married in a church. You can eat everything except cookies with a description like I love Satan on it. You cannot worship other Gods, you cannot worship Satan either. You have to love your knowledges. You have to keep yourself to the 10 commandments.

8. Main celebrations/holy days
Christmas is a celebration that he died to save everybody and than came back. Good Friday is the rethinking of Jesus' death.

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Important people/gods
After life
Symbols
Any extra interesting information

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