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GOD - FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT = CHRISTIANITY - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Peter - the Rock - church shall be built upon the rock
        
        Christianity
        
        Christian mysticism - a tradition of mystical practices and theology. It's preparation for the consciousness of a direct and transformative presence of God" or Divine love - Union with God
        
        Council of Nicaea - First attempt to summon a general council of the whole church which consists of the Roman Empire - Search for the Christian Doctrine of God
        
        Luther, Martin - Most influential figures in the history of Christianity - Pivotal role in the reformation
        
        Protestant Reformation - movement led by Martin Luther - Battle between Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in the West. Resulted in the division of Roman Catholicism to form new Protestant traditions - Lutheran, Calvinism, Angicans and Baptist.
        
        Calvin - Calvinism's doctrine includes predestination, God's absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the soul from death and eternal damnation
        
        Gnostic Christianity - focus on salvation of select humans through their personal awakening to knowledge
        
        Marcion was a Christian heretic who believed that the God of the Old Testament (Creator) was different from the Father of Jesus Christ (God of Love)
        
        Gospel of Thomas a/k/a Coptic Gospel of Thomas composed of 114 saying of Jesus. It is speculated that Syrian Christian group wrote the gospel who also held to esoteric, mystical, and ascetic ideas.
        
        Gospel of Judas - non-canonical Gnostic gospel which includes 2nd century theology thought to have been composed by Gnostic Christians and not by Judas himself
        
        Gospel of Mary Magdalene - believed to be gnostic writings but not authored by Mary herself. This writing do not support Christian teachings in the New Testament
        
        Orthodox Christianity focus on salvation through the death and resurection of Jesus Christ - the Word became flesh
        
        Crusades - Series of religious wars supported and sometimes directed by Christian Latin Church in the medieval period to secure control of holy sites. There were 8 major Crusade expeditions the first between 1095-1291. These were often times ruthless and extremely violent
        
        Eastern Orthodoxy or Byzantine Christianity is one of three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity. Other two being Roman Catholicism and Protestantism
      - 12 Disciples of Jesus - Peter, Andrew, James, John, Phillip, Nathaniel, Matthew, Thomas, James the less, Simon the Zealot, Jude, and Judas Iscariot
        
        Apostolic Succession - The authority of the apostles through Jesus have been passed down through successive generations and continues to be present in the Roman Catholic Church but denied by most Prostestants
        
        Synoptic Gospels (3 gospels recounts that are similar in stories and sequence of the life and death of Jesus - Matthew, Mark and Luke)
        
        Canonical Gospels (the only 4 gospels recognized by the Church - John, Matthew, Mark and Luke)
        
        Gospel of John (referred to as the one Jesus loved. ) is one of the four accounts of Jesus' life. He speaks about Jesus' divine nature and mission to reveal God to the world through his death and resurrection on the cross.
      - Paul of Tarsus (Roman citizen, and persecutor of Christians - Called by God on the road to Damascus). Acts of the Apostles, deals with Paul's life and work. Of the 27 books in the New Testament, 13 are attributed to Paul and was written while imprisoned.