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CHRISTIANITY

CHRISTIANITY. Principal Beliefs. There is one God. “God the Father” – Michelangelo. Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican 1509. ANTONIAZZO ROMANO, God the Father , detail. c. 1489. Fisher, Sally. The Square Halo. NY: Abrams, 1995. p. 93.

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CHRISTIANITY

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  1. CHRISTIANITY Principal Beliefs

  2. There is one God. “God the Father” – Michelangelo. Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican 1509.

  3. ANTONIAZZO ROMANO, God the Father, detail. c. 1489. Fisher, Sally. The Square Halo. NY: Abrams, 1995. p. 93

  4. God is a Trinity (‘tri-unity’), one being of three co-equal persons: the Father (the Creator), the Son (the Redeemer) and the Holy Spirit (the Sanctifier). Ultimately the Trinity is a mystery beyond human comprehension.

  5. There is one essence of God;the emphasis is on oneness, not three-ness.The Father is God,the Son is God,and the Holy Spirit is God--but they are one God. PEREDA, Antonio de Spanish painter, Madrid school (b. 1611, Valladolid, d. 1678, Madrid)

  6. God created the world and it is good Michelangelo, Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel

  7. Humanity is created in the image of God.

  8. People have a tendency to do good and evil. Through the misuse of freedom — the Fall — sin came into the world. Sin is the opposite of God’s will. Gustave Dore`, 2003

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  10. God’s only son, Jesus Christ became human and was born of the Virgin Mary

  11. He is both human and divine.

  12. Jesus was crucified,

  13. Rose from the dead…

  14. and ascended into heaven.

  15. Through his death and resurrection Jesus conquered sin and death and won salvation by reconciling humanity with God.

  16. Salvation (or justification) begins with faith in Christ, the gift of God’s grace and its sign is baptism.

  17. There is no ready answer to why God, who is total goodness, allows evil and suffering to exist.

  18. The suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus shows that followers of Jesus can find meaning in their response to evil and suffering.

  19. The Holy Spirit directs the Church, the assembly of Christian believers. The main task of the Church is to preach the gospel.

  20. God’s grace leads people to faith and responsibility for their actions.

  21. Human destiny is eternal life with God in heaven.

  22. Hell or exclusion from God’s presence is the consequence of a life of evil.

  23. At the end of time Christ will come again and in final judgment and the Reign (or Kingdom) of God will exist in all its fullness. Michelangelo “The Last Judgement”.

  24. Christians generally agree on the principal beliefs outlined. However, across the variants of Christianity there are differences in understandings on some matters, e.g. how living the life of faith is related to one’s salvation, the meaning of the Eucharist, and the place of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

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