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Christianity
By peace | September 25, 2007
Christianity is a monotheistic religion which originated in Palestine about 2000 years ago, when the region was an outlying province of the Roman Empire. It is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, a Jewish itinerant preacher, who lived in Palestine in the early part of the first century. During his brief public activity — perhaps only a few months, at most three years — Jesus proclaimed the coming kingdom of God with its promises and standards. He gathered a group of disciples around him, came into conflict with the religious and political establishment, and was crucified around the age of thirty.
Jesus’ followers are known as “Christians”. “Christ” is not Jesus’ surname but a title, meaning “The Anointed One”. It is a direct translation from the Hebrew word mashiach (messiah). Today, it is the world’s largest religion, with 2.1 billion followers — Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and others.
Christians believed and still believe that God raised him from the dead to eternal life and exalted him to be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus himself did not write down any sayings. His teachings and his life are handed down in the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), which form, with twenty-three other writings, the New Testament.
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