Christ and His Alter Ego Rizal
Christ and His Alter Ego “Rizal”:
Choice- Point Analysis of SDA and Rizalistas
Arenas, J. Axel
Beruin, Lawrence
Duran, Mary Diane
Lacia, Kristine Hyacinth
Taylan, Carl Patrick
Professor Augustus Añonuevo
Department of Social Sciences
October 2012
University of the Philippines
Los Baños, Laguna
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). The Christian faith’s prime teaching is the belief in three persons in one God; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, of which the second person is Jesus Christ (“Christ” means the anointed one); the savior, redeemer of all, the crucified and risen (Slick). But what is Christianity? And who are Christians? In the broadest sense, it is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; its corresponding beliefs and practices.
These teachings were written in the scripture; the Bible. It is a collection of letters and narratives by 40 contributors; thirty in the Old Testament and ten in the New Testament. Several authors include David, Moses, Mark, John and Paul. The primary author, as believed to be by Christians, is the “infinite” God himself. The human authors, on the other hand, were used as media to deliver his teachings and message.
The Bible tells us that an angel came to Mary of Nazareth and brought her the news that she was chosen to bear the child of God, Jesus Christ, through Immaculate Conception. He lived a life as a human being and died for the sole purpose of saving mankind from sins:
“He was crucified, died, and was buried;
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
He ascended into heaven,
He is seated at the right hand of the Father,
And he will come to judge the living and the dead.”
From these scriptures, different interpretations arose. Different religion ascended and two of these are Seventh Day Adventist and Iglesias Watawat ng Lahi, Inc. - Malvarosa
Choice- Point Analysis of SDA and Rizalistas
Arenas, J. Axel
Beruin, Lawrence
Duran, Mary Diane
Lacia, Kristine Hyacinth
Taylan, Carl Patrick
Professor Augustus Añonuevo
Department of Social Sciences
October 2012
University of the Philippines
Los Baños, Laguna
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). The Christian faith’s prime teaching is the belief in three persons in one God; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, of which the second person is Jesus Christ (“Christ” means the anointed one); the savior, redeemer of all, the crucified and risen (Slick). But what is Christianity? And who are Christians? In the broadest sense, it is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; its corresponding beliefs and practices.
These teachings were written in the scripture; the Bible. It is a collection of letters and narratives by 40 contributors; thirty in the Old Testament and ten in the New Testament. Several authors include David, Moses, Mark, John and Paul. The primary author, as believed to be by Christians, is the “infinite” God himself. The human authors, on the other hand, were used as media to deliver his teachings and message.
The Bible tells us that an angel came to Mary of Nazareth and brought her the news that she was chosen to bear the child of God, Jesus Christ, through Immaculate Conception. He lived a life as a human being and died for the sole purpose of saving mankind from sins:
“He was crucified, died, and was buried;
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
He ascended into heaven,
He is seated at the right hand of the Father,
And he will come to judge the living and the dead.”
From these scriptures, different interpretations arose. Different religion ascended and two of these are Seventh Day Adventist and Iglesias Watawat ng Lahi, Inc. - Malvarosa
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