What are the basic teachings of Christianity?

Its main points include:

Belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit.

The death, descent into hell, resurrection and ascension of Christ.

The holiness of the Church and the communion of saints.

Christ’s second coming, the Day of Judgement and salvation of the faithful.

Christian worship. Christian worship involves praising God in music and speech, readings from scripture, prayers of various sorts, a sermon, and various holy ceremonies (often called sacraments) such as the Eucharist.

In Western culture it is common to dress up on special occasions such as weddings, so by dressing differently on the Lord’s Day some Christians believe this reiterates that the Lord’s Day is distinct and holy. However, other Christians do not believe that it is necessary to wear special clothes to attend church.

Christianity is the world’s biggest religion, with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide. It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ who lived in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago.

Early Christian symbols

Cross and crucifix.

Ichthys.

Alpha and Omega.

Staurogram.

Chi Rho.

IH Monogram.

IX Monogram.

The Good Shepherd.

Christianity is the largest religion in the world with over 2 billion followers. 42 million people in Britain today describe themselves as Christian, and there are 6 million who are actively practising. Christianity is focussed on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe to be the Son of God.

Catholics are, first and foremost, Christians who believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Catholicism shares some beliefs with other Christian practices, but essential Catholic beliefs include the following: The existence of the Holy Trinity — one God in three persons.

Christian Sacred Texts: The Bible. Christianity combines the Jewish Old Testament with the New Testament to form the Christian Bible, which followers refer to as the Holy Scriptures. There are many noncanonical texts in the Christian religion as well.

Christians overwhelmingly assert that monotheism is central to the Christian faith, as the Nicene Creed (and others), which gives the orthodox Christian definition of the Trinity, begins: “I believe in one God”.

“As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world’s largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31 percent) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth,” the Pew report says. “Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 percent of the global population.”

The theology of spirits is called pneumatology. For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and is Almighty God. The Holy Spirit is understood to be one of the three persons of the Trinity.

Muslims have six main beliefs.

Belief in Allah as the one and only God.

Belief in angels.

Belief in the holy books.

Belief in the Prophets e.g. Adam, Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Dawud (David), Isa (Jesus).

Belief in the Day of Judgement

Belief in Predestination

Christianity is practiced all over the world. It is the majority religion in much of the world, including North and South America, most of Europe, Australia, and sub-Saharan Africa, and a minority religion in large parts of Africa and Asia.

The major branches of Christianity are Catholic (Roman and 23 other churches in union with Rome), Orthodox (Eastern and Oriental), Anglican and Protestant.

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. ‘triad’, from Greek τριάς and τριάδα, from Latin: trinus “threefold”) holds that God is one but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as “one God in three Divine Persons”.

This principle of order is also paramount in the world’s oldest religion still being practiced today: Hinduism (known to adherents as Sanatan Dharma, ‘Eternal Order’). Although often viewed as a polytheistic faith, Hinduism is actually henotheistic.

The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, Christendom, and the Church with its various denominations, from the 1st century to the present. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity spread to all of Europe in the Middle Ages.

It contains 613 commandments and Jews refer to the ten best known of these as the ten 10 statements. The Torah is written in Hebrew, the oldest of Jewish languages. It is also known as Torat Moshe, the Law of Moses. The Torah is the first section or first five books of the Jewish bible.

The belief that Jesus is God, the Son of God, or a person of the Trinity, is incompatible with Jewish theology. Jews believe Jesus of Nazareth did not fulfill messianic prophecies that establish the criteria for the coming of the messiah.