ChristianityBy: Keith Galyean and Braxton Hicks

Protestant: Man is the head of God’s creation.

Catholic: Man is a rational animal. Orthodox: Man is made in the image of God

and therefore possesses rationality and freedom of thought and morality.

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Who is Man?

Protestant: Man is here to glorify God. Catholic: Man is here to glorify God Almighty. Orthodox: Man is here to achieve

communion with God.

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What is Man’s Purpose?

Protestant: Man either spends eternity in everlasting fellowship with God or eternal suffering in hell. (Mark 10:17-21, 29-31)

Catholic: Man if he chooses to love God receives eternal salvation, if he is in God’s grace but still needs to be purified he can be sent to purgatory where he will eventually enter heaven, and if he chooses not to accept God he spends eternity in hell.

Orthodox: Man is saved and is transfigured through communion with God. If man is not in communion with God they spend in hell.

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Where is Man Going?

Catholic: Some important places in Catholicism include Rome and its 4 Basilicas: St. John Lateran , St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Paul’s Basilica, and St. Maria degli Angeli. Other holy sites include the city of Jerusalem and tombs of various Catholic saints.

Orthodox: Important places in Eastern Orthodoxy include: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Nativity in Bethlehem, the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, and the Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow.

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Holy Places of Christianity

Protestant: Some Holidays include Christmas, Easter, Good Friday, Palm Sunday, and Advent.

Catholic: St. Patrick’s Day, Christmas, Palm Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Lent, Easter, and various other feast and holy days.

Orthodox: Great Lent, Pascha(Easter), Pentecost, and the Ascencion.

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Holidays and Festivals

In most Christian traditions the building where worship takes place is called the church, or cathedral.

Some famous cathedrals include: The Notre Dame in Paris, Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

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Places of Worship

In the majority of Christian rituals people are buried in a coffin and are given a funeral service, and sometimes a blessing by a priest.

In recent years the practice of cremation has been popular within the Christian community.

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Burial

Since the death of Christ on the cross there has been much conflict against and between Christians.

Some historical examples include the animosity of the Roman Emperor Nero towards Christians, The Crusades, The Great Schism of 1054, the Thirty Years War, and Martin Luther’s 95 Theses.

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Historical Conflicts

In recent years many Christians have been persecuted by communist and totalitarian governments, other beliefs such as Islam, and anti religious activists.

Some examples include: Legal battles against prayer in public places, fighting between Middle Eastern Arabs and Christians, and protest against separation of church and state such as Lee V. Weisman a Supreme Court Case in 1992.

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Recent Conflicts

Christians of all shapes, sizes and denominations read a version of the Bible.

However the content of these Bibles occasionally differs, mainly involving the inclusion of the Apocrypha in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles.

There are many translations of the Protestant Bible available for purchase and study.

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Holy Books

http://catholicism.org/category/holy-places http://www.catholicity.com http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/holi

days.htm http://www.patheos.com/Library/Eastern-Orth

odoxy/Beliefs/Afterlife-and-Salvation.html http://www.religioustolerance.org/past_mor.h

tm http://www.sacred-destinations.com/categori

es/catholic-shrines

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