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Original Sin - Humans have inherited and are born with a sinful nature -…
Original Sin - Humans have inherited and are born with a sinful nature - tendency to sin and mess up - have a separation from God
The Fall - Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden going against God’s instructions - caused cycle of sin and separation from God
The Bible - Central Christian text - God’s word to the people of Israel and the world - includes The Torah (first 5 books of Bible) - many genres of literature - include accounts of Jesus’s life and the early Church
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Alternative Views
non-canonical gospels
Gospel of Mary Magdalene - focuses on salvation from spiritual understanding instead of repentance and forgiveness from God
Gospel of Judas - presents Judas as turning in Jesus according to Jesus’ own directions - gives a different understanding of Jesus and salvation
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Gospel of Thomas - suggests salvation doesn’t come from Jesus’ sacrifice but from spiritual knowledge
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Marcion - viewed God in the OT as different from the NT - rejected the Hebrew Scriptures to make own version of The Bible
Gnostic Christianity - early Christian movements with idea of salvation through spiritual understanding - soul is trapped in the body and a sinful world
Jesus - central Christian figure - the son of God - fully human and fully man - the Messiah sent to save the world - Got crucified and resurrected to pay the debt of human’s original sin
Mary - the mother of Jesus - virgin conception - revered extra highly in the Catholic and Orthodox churches
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John the Baptist - Jewish prophet that prepared the way for Jesus by preparing people through baptism and repentance - said to be Jesus’ cousin
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Trinity - God is 3 in one persons - Goth the Father, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit - They are distinct but one
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Council of Nicea - church council formed by Constantine - they dealt with main theological disputes and made the Nicene Creed - focuses on how Jesus must be both fully God and fully man
Apostles
Paul of Tarsus (Saul) - huge persecutor of the Christian church - converted through an encounter from God that left him blind - called to minster to the Gentiles - wrote many books of the NT Bible
Apostolic succession - idea that Jesus gave authority to his apostles that has been passed down through Bishops
I learned the most about the non-canonical gospels through making this mind map of Christianity. I had heard of them but didn’t know anything about what they emphasized of why they weren’t canonized.
