Blog Post #48 -Five Major Religions Part 1 (Christianity)-

     Today in class we started a new unit called Five Major Religions. The first major religion is Christianity. This religion has around 2.2 adherents, which is the largest in the world. We call them Christians. The geographic location of Christianity is in Europe, the Americas, and Southern Africa. The denominations are the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and many more). The founder of Christianity was Jesus Christ (Christianity is Abrahamic in origin). The holy book is The Bible, especially the Gospels in the New Testament. The beliefs of Christianity are: Jesus is both human and divine (the son of God); he led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father. The clergy of Christianity is the Pope which is the head of the Catholic Church, and priests are local authorities.