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Christianity - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The Good News
        
        The apostles then traveled the Mediterranean speaking to others aobut the story and teachings of Christ
        
        = the stroy of Christ, proof God exists
  - - - As one of Jesus' main followers, Peter became a leader of the Church after Jesus' death
    - - Saul, was a persecuter of the Christians. But Jesus came to him on a journey to Damascus and he became an important apostle
      - Paul travaled the Mediterranean spreading The Good News. He believed anyone could be saved by Jesus and convert to Christianity
  - - - The Christians believed there had been 3 intolerable burdens lifted from them by Christ's love
        
        Fear (fear of death) 2. Guilt 3. the Ego
  - - - Used for Baptisms
    - - Composed by a council put together by Emperor Constantine, it describes what Jesus was
      - It was decided that Jesus was both fully human and fully God
        
        God is three-fold, a trinity, The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit
- - - - Senior Pastor
      - Pastors
      - Elders or Lay leaders
      - and Deacons
  - - - However, the US has the most Protestants
  - - - Everything that comes from the human expression is imperfect, therefore not God-- beware of idolatry
      - No human ceation can accurately account for a limitless God
    - - This leads to many differnt denominations under Protestantism
  - - - Any baptized member of the Church is alowed to lead
      - Honors Jesus' death and resurrection
  - - - He started the Protestant Reformation
    - - He spread the belief of sovereignty as well as tried to reform the Roman Catholic Church
- - - - The Holy Spirit comes from the Father, not from Christ
    - - Does not have a Pope
      - The collective judgement of the Churches bishops establishes God's truth
  - - - They led the Christiological contraversies, influencing the splitting of the Church
    - - Developed the monastic lifestyle
- - - - The highest honor in the Catholic Church. Elected by the Cardinals.
  - - - Benedict established the Roman Church and wrote, "Rule of St. Benedict" which taught the ways in which people should live their lives and conduct prayer.
    - - He owned the most churches during his reign.
    - - He critisized the Catolic Church which sparked the reformation.
      - In 1521 he was expelled from the Roman Catholic Church but went on to affect the Prespatarian movement.
    - - He was a monk who was the "apostle of Germany" and took spiritual leadership in England and Boniface.
  - - - Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Holy Matrimony.
- - - - Matthiew says that wise men followed a star to bring the baby gifts
    - - He baptised Jesus when He was 30 and when that happened He connected with God/Spirit/Yahwah
      - John was a Pharisees jew who preached of the Kingdom of God coming soon
  - - - The Great Commandment: Love thy neighbor
        
        This was very radical for the time becasue there was so much hierarchy between the Jewish classes due to the Holiness Code
        
        He encouraged followers not to judge the sins of others, just to love and help them, because God was the only one with authority for judgement
  - - - Romans: because they feared he was planning a revolution
      - Jews: because he was challenging the traditions of the Jewish faith
    - - There he gathered his closest followers together to tell them he knew he was soon to die
      - He went to Jerusalem for Passover
      - Judas notified the Roman guard that he was there and they took him to jail
    - - Crucifixion was at that time the worst and more humiliating way to die
    - - When they checked, his body was gone!
      - The stores differ here, but they agree that a form of Jesus came to his followers
      - Many people then experienced the spirit of Christ with them after his death, thus, a resurrection
- - - - All of them mention the story of Jesus' baptism, however the starting place and details of the stories differ
- - - - The Parasees
        
        They too thought the world was currupt but they stayed in Jerusalem to try and revitalise Judaism
      - The Essenes
        
        They believed the world to be too currupt to save and retreated onto communes
      - The Sadducess
        
        They adapted into the hellenistic culture
      - The Zealots
        
        Not an organized group at all. They tryied to trigger a mystic response by acts of resistance