Christianity By Allie B.
Did you know the Christians are the followers of Jesus Christ? And in fact the word Christ originated from the Greek term anointed which means chosen one. There are many holy days and much more!!!
They began when Jesus started to preach that he was the Messiah and the Son of God. The Holy Book of the Christians is the Holy Bible. It is separated into two testaments called, The Old Testament and The New Testament. The Old Testament consists of the Books of Moses and other Jewish writers with the history and religion of Judaism right up to Jesus’ birth. The New Testament talks about the life, death and teachings of Jesus Christ and is much shorter than the Old Testament. Jesus’ followers, the disciples, recorded the stories of New Testament. The Christians believe that Jesus was killed by Pontius Pilate (even though he wanted to let Jesus go) on a cross and was believed to have risen “on the third day to be seated at the right hand on the father”. The Christians also believe god was the “Father” of Jesus.
Until 300 A.D. the Christians were the minority religion. This changed when Constantine the Great had a dream about a cross and that they would win an upcoming battle. So Constantine had his warriors painted crosses on their shields and they won that battle, Constantine was so moved that he converted to Christianity. Now, between Constantine and the disciples, Christianity was spread far and wide and is now the largest religion in the world!!
The Christians have many holy days, such as Christmas; the birth of Jesus, Palm Sunday: the day Jesus entered Jerusalem, Good Friday; the day Jesus was crucified, and Easter; the day Jesus is believed to have returned from the dead. They also celebrate the forty-day period (excluding Sundays), Lent. Which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the day before Easter.
The beginning of Christianity and the present have differed so much between the amount of followers and the judgment people have used towards them, what do you think?
