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- - - - Teachings
        
        Jesus' Death
        
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        The elites would not be the first included in the Kingdom. Rather the poor, rejected outcasts
        
        The expected kingdom of God was to come
        
        Would be a new reign of justice for the poor and liberation for the oppressed
      - At age 12, was caught teaching the rabbis in Jerusalem
      - First bed was a manger of hay
      - Grew up following the Jewish faith
- - - - Important Figures
        
        Theological Beliefs
        
        Practices
        
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        Maintains purity of Apostles teachings
        
        Promotes the mystical life more actively
        
        Focus on Jesus’ humanity
        
        Church is less unanimous-- issues can be decided by followers themselves
        
        Church can interpret doctrines-- can’t initiate them
        
        Cyril
        
        Influenced the first major schism in the Church, which was a group of communities that eventually became known as comprising the Oriental Orthodox Church and they rejected the decree that the nature of Christ was united as one and instead promoted the idea that Christ’s human and divine natures remained distinct.
        
        Nestorius
        
        The Christological controversies were led by Nestorius and Cyril.
        
        St. Anthony of Egypt
        
        Put forth the idea of monasticism
      - The Orthodox Christian population now stands at nearly 250 million.
        
        Nearly 77% of Orthodox Christians live in Europe
    - - When the bishops of the entire Church are assembled in Ecumenical Council, their collective judgement establishes God’s truth
      - The Holy Spirit preserves Christian minds as a whole from lapsing into error, since the bishops decisions are assumed to focus the thought of all Christians
- - - - Practices
        
        Confirmation
        
        Communion
        
        Baptism Reconciliation involves confessing one's sins to a priest, who, in turn, meditates God’s forgiveness through prescribed penance and absolution.
        
        Reconciliation
        
        Reconciliation involves confessing one's sins to a priest, who, in turn, meditates God’s forgiveness through prescribed penance and absolution.
        
        Anointing of the Sick
        
        Holy Orders
        
        Holy Matrimony
        
        Understood as a sign of God’s presence, sacraments mark major transitions in life and are part of life’s texture.
        
        Catholics receive the body and blood of Christ in the form of bread and wine through celebration of Communion, or the Eucharist.
      - The Catholic Church is one of the most popular religions with a total of 1.3 billion people and covers more than 150 countries, and one of the oldest types of Christianity in the World.
      - Important Figures
        
        Martin Luther, sparked the reformation. He attacked leadership of Catholic Church and insisted that the teachings of the church must be judged. He also insisted to translate Bible on their language. He claimed that salvation is only in our faith.
        
        Francis of Assisi and Dominic were members of the orders who reformed and call people to change monarchism.
        
        Ulrich Zwingli started his movement in Zurich in 1522.
        
        Benedict(480-550), who developed the Roman Church, wrote “Rule of St.Benedict,” described and taught people how to pray and the principles of life.
        
        John Calvin led a movement which helped found Reformed churches in England, Hungary, Netherlands, and Scotland.
        
        Pope Inocențiu al III-lea owned the largest number of churches during his reign, expanded territories. He was also considered the supreme judge.
        
        John Knox, Scottich reformer, who ran for movement The Presbeterian churches.
      - Theological Beliefs
        
        This inspired other emancipation theologies. These include Black Liberation Theology, Feminist Liberation Theology, and Womanist Theology. These later movements were often led by Protestants and included members from many other religious groups, traditions, and faiths as well as members of none.
        
        The Catholic Church promotes their mission to prioritize their focus on the poor and those in need. This emphasis gave birth to the idea of Libertarian Theology which spread throughout the world. Libertarian theologians, such as Gustavo Gutierrez, were initially focused on economic injustices. He viewed the Gospels as preaching a “preferential option for the poor” and he declared that building structures of oppression that perpetuated cycles of poverty and despair to be sinful.
    - - Particularly important Bishops. Archbishops oversee large areas of churches called Archdiocese. The title translates as ‘Chief’ in Greek. Bishops come directly to them for assistance and guidance and it’s best to think of them as managers of Bishops for certain geographical locations.
    - - Ministers who hold the full sacrament of holy orders. Bishops are required to be at least 35 years old. They also must have been ordained 5 years prior and hold a doctorate in theology. They are believed to be true experts in canon law and sacred scriptures. Becoming a Bishop is an important moment in clergy life as all senior rankings hold the title of Bishop.
    - - Cardinals are leading Bishops, members of the College of Cardinals and their most important duty is participating in the Papal Conclave. This is the voting for a new Pope. Additional duties include missions in the Roman Curia and to form the governmental body of the Holy See
    - - After graduating from Deacon, individuals become Priests. When becoming a Priest, one must undertake the Rite of Ordination. This ordains them into the priesthood. During the ceremony, they must promise to uphold the duties of the priesthood and to obey their superiors.
    - - Becoming leader of the Catholic Church is the highest honour a that a member of the clergy can receive. The Pope is elected by the Cardinals under the age of 80 following either the death or resignation of the Pope. There is no limit to how long the Pope may hold their position.
    - - Also referred to as Seminarians, these men are students of The Catholic Church and are generally in their last phase of training in preparation for priesthood. Deacons can baptize, perform funerals, and witness marriages.
- - - - Global Representation
        
        Important Figures
        
        Theological Beliefs
        
        Practices
        
        Eucharist only serves to honor Jesus’ death and resurrection for Protestants
        
        In Protestant churches, all baptized people are invited to share and are allowed to lead the Lord’s Supper
        
        Most Protestant churches only practice two of the seven sacraments: Baptism and Eucharist (Lord’s Supper)
        
        Protestants try to steer clear of idolatry. In short, everything that comes from the human expression, even from prophets, is imperfect and therefore NOT God. It can still be believed but one must keep an openness to its imperfection. They even encourage self-criticism so as to stay away from idolatry as best they can.
        
        This focuses on the importance of not equating anything else (for example: statues or texts) to God and acknowledging the imperfection of the other facets of the religion.
        
        Martin Luther (1483-1546)
        
        John Calvin (1509-1564)
        
        Second-largest denomination of Christianity
        
        Total of 800 million to 1 billion adherents worldwide
      - Most protastant churches will have a senior pastor that has been formally approved to run the church in service to god
      - Below him are the other pastors that do most of the preaching of the religions texts in church
      - After that there are the elders or lay leaders that advise and in some forms act as a board of directors for the church
      - Finally there are the deacons. They help with services and reaching out to the poor and sick. Commonly, deacons are on their way to taking a bigger role in the church
- - - - represents imagination -- our conceiving faculty.
    - - represents understanding -- our faculty to make our knowledge ripen into wisdom.
    - - represents judgment or discrimination; our faculty to make decisions, to discern.
    - - represents will -- our executive power. This faculty allows us to direct and activate the decisions we have made.
    - - represents power; our ability to perform movement and transfer energy from one plane of consciousness to another.
    - - represents orders; our power to establish the right sequence, harmony and balance.
    - - represents strength and our capacity for endurance, courage and confidence.
    - - represents zeal; our power to become interested and generate enthusiasm, motivation and intensity.
    - - represents love; our power to know and feel oneness with others
    - - represents faith; our ability to perceive God's power regardless of circumstances or evidence.
    - - represents life; the energy that propels everything within us.
    - - pastor of Unity of Fort Lauderdale.
    - - Peter
        
        He went around speaking in Synagogues to Jewish communities and Gentiles (those who weren’t jewish)
        
        He became baptized as a Christian
        
        Decided Gentiles could become Christians without becoming Jews first
        
        Was a persecutor of Christians until he saw God’s blinding presence
        
        His letters to the new churches of the Hellenistic world would become a big part of the New testament
        
        Features of Christianity's "credo..." or credal aspect
        
        Literal meaning is, “I give my heart...”
        
        language of the heart, a profound expression of commitment
        
        not simply a list of statements to which one gives intellectual assent
        
        Creeds came into use as part of the rite of baptism
        
        The term Credo is often translated today as “I believe...”
        
        Jesus' Followers
        
        The early Christians were so peculiar because the men and women who were ordinary in every way seemed to have found the secret of living
        
        They evinced a tranquility, simplicity, and cheerfulness that their hearers had nowhere else encountered.
        
        The good news that Jesus’ followers were telling people about was the crude outline of a fish
        
        if we had been living around the eastern Mediterranean in the early centuries of the Christian era, we might have noticed scratches here and there on the sides of walls and houses or on the ground
        
        We might have dismissed it for graffiti or a doodle. If we were Christians, we would've seen these drawings as the logo for Good News
        
        These people seemed to be making a success of the enterprise everyone would like to succeed at - that of life itself.
        
        The Church
        
        The Church was head as well as heart
        
        The Church was where Christians would come together to feel reunited with Jesus Christ
        
        “The Mystical Body of Christ” was the Church
        
        The church is the body and each member was a cell
  - - - Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire until the Emperor Constantine became Christian early in the 4th century