The influence of Christianity on the Western countries Western Culture refers to the culture that has developed in the western world‚ while traditional western culture is said to have been created by three main historical factors: Ancient Greece‚ the Roman Empire‚ and Christianity. For the important role Ancient Greece and Roman Empire in human Civilization‚ the influence of them on the western culture is easily to be understood. However‚ in which aspects‚ or how Christianity‚ the religion based
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Christianity 1. The symbol that represents the religion of Christianity is The Cross. According to Christian belief‚ Jesus died on a cross to pay the price for people’s sins. He rose again‚ bringing new hope for eternal life. The cross is often shown without Jesus’ body‚ emphasizing the belief that Jesus rose from the dead and the promise of eternal life that Jesus’ resurrection-his rising from the dead-offers all Christians. 2. This religion approximately began 30 C.E. 3. The founder of this
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Akela Tatum Charlson Mythology of Christianity I have grown up in a home that goes to church every Sunday‚ I’ve done all the Christmas plays‚ and memorized my memory verses. Now that I am older‚ I am able to look deeper in religion. Some people get offended when you say “mythology of Christianity” because when you say mythology they think “fake” and “Greek Gods” but in reality‚ mythology in this situation means story or even history. We know the basis of creation and how God made the Earth‚
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The Spread of Christianity promoted division because of all the killing and disagreement. if the spread of Christianity was more peaceful than it would definitely be unifying. But it most certainly was not. Many many christians were killed trying to spread christianity. After Jesus died‚ one of his disciples‚ Peter‚ gave the first Christian sermon. When peter gave his sermon‚ three thousand people joined Christianity. The religion reached all the way to Rome. Some Roman emperors were angry because
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Christianity and the Roman Empire Religion played a key role in the daily life and social system of Ancient Rome. Religion included the worship of many gods and more gods were often adopted from conquered areas. Because most religions were polytheist at the time‚ the Romans rarely disallowed a cult from a conquered region to continue. A few cults ran into controversy and opposition from citizens or government‚ such as the cult of Deus Sol Invictus‚ and that of Isis. Romans were also not keen
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Christianity has had a long and interesting history from its very beginning. In its first three centuries‚ the Christian church endured regular persecutions and several violent riots due to controversial issues as regards its theology. The resulting martyrs of the persecutions and the decisions made during the religious councils would have significant historical and theological consequences for this developing faith. Early Christianity was seen as a religious group that Jewish religious leaders
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community was Vardhamana‚ the last Jina in a series of 24 who lived in East India. He attained enlightenment after 13 years of deprivation and committed the act of salekhana‚ fasting to death‚ in 420 BCE. Jainism has many similarities to Hinduism and Buddhism which developed in the same part of the world. They believe in karma and reincarnation as do Hindus but they believe that enlightenment and liberation from this cycle can only be achieved through asceticism. Jains follow
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The Spread of Buddhism in China Buddhism was created in India in there sixth century B.C.E.‚ and later spread to China during the first century B.C.E . In China‚ when people met Buddhism for the very first time‚ people had many mixed reactions. Some people began to accept Buddhism and started practicing it. Meanwhile‚ some people became very critical of the new language‚ and there were those who were indifferent about the religion‚ nor praising or declining. In the readings‚ Documents 2 and 3 show
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Linda Woodhead describes Christianity as a vast reservoir of resources for shaping life and death (Woodhead 1). Enduring for over two thousand years with a willingness to adapt and be diverse. Christianity in the early days considered the church more of an institution for groups to meet and understand the meaning of God’s word. Christianity was the theology governing the teaching from the church. “There may be ten thousand Churches‚ but there is only one Christ (Phelps 533).” Despite Christianity’s
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Tiffany Shionaka Christianity first started as a religious cult evolving from Judaism. Despite its Jewish origins‚ it was not long before Christianity regarded itself as something other than a new Jewish sect. The first Christian council concluded that pagan converts to Christianity did not have to follow Jewish ritual laws. Soon‚ converts to Christianity were almost exclusively pagans and Christianity moved further away from Judaism. Christians believed in one God who worked the world (monotheism)
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