Christianity基督教

ChristianityChristianityataglanceChristianity（基督教）isthemostpopularreligionintheworldwithover2billionadherents(信徒).ItisbasedontheteachingsofJesusChristwholivedintheHolyLand2,000yearsago.42millionBritons（英国人）seethemselvesasnominallyChristian,andthereare6millionwhoareactivelypractising.Mainpointsofmypresentation:•Beliefs•Christmas•MajorbrancheswithinChristianity•Texts•Symbols•Theholyland•……Beliefs•ChristiansbelievethatJesus(耶稣)wastheMessiah（救星）promisedintheOldTestament(《旧约全书》).•ChristiansbelievethatJesusChrististheSonofGod.•ChristiansbelievethatGodsenthisSontoearthtosavehumanityfromtheconsequencesofitssins(罪恶).•OneofthemostimportantconceptsinChristianityisthatofJesusgivinghislifeontheCross(theCrucifixion苦难)andrisingfromthedeadonthethirdday(theResurrection复活).•ChristiansbelievethatthereisonlyoneGod,butthattherearethreeelrmentstothisoneGod:–GodtheFather–GodtheSon–TheHolySpiritJesusChristTheChristmas•ChristmasisthemostimportantholydayofChristianity.•Christmasismarkedonthe25December(7JanuaryforOrthodox传统的Christians).•ChristmasisaChristianholydaythatmarksthebirthofJesus,thesonofGod.Theholyfamily,MaryandJosephwiththebabyJesus.MajorbrancheswithinChristianity•ThethreeprimarydivisionsofChristianityareCatholicism(天主教),EasternOrthodoxy（东正教）,andProtestantism（新教）.Thetexts•TheBible（《圣经》）.Itisnotjustonebook,butanentirelibrary,withstories,songs,poetry,lettersandhistory,aswellasliteraturethatmightmoreobviouslyqualifyas'religious'.•TheDidache(《十二使徒遗训》)----thefirstChristiandocument.ItisaChristianmanual（手册）givinguniquedetailsregardingbaptism（洗礼）,eucharist（圣餐）andchurchleadershipfromanearlyperiodofChristiandevelopment.Symbols•Thecross,whichistodayoneofthemostwidelyrecognisedsymbolsintheworld,wasusedasaChristiansymbolfromtheearliesttimes.•Paradoxicallyasymbolofsufferinganddefeatbutalsooftriumph(胜利)andsalvation（拯救）,thecrossistheuniversal（通用的）Christiansymbol,acknowledgedbyalldenominations（教派）asthesinglevisualidentifieroftheirfaith.JesusontheCrossChristiancemetery（公墓）TheholylandInsidethesaintPeter’sBasilica,VaticanCity(圣彼得大教堂，梵蒂冈)Jerusalem(耶路撒冷)