4. World English Bible – Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will bruise your head, and you will bruise
his heel."
5. King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 27:33
33 And when they were come unto a
place called Golgotha, that is to say, a
place of a skull,
6. Where is this place , Golgotha ?
King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 17:54
54 AndDavid took the head of the Philistine
(Goliath), and brought it to Jerusalem; but
he put his armour in his tent.
7. Genealogy
Genesis 5
Meanings of Names
Adam Red-blooded Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh Mortal
Cainan Sorrow
Mahalalel The Blessed God
Jared Came down
Enoch teaching
Methuselah His Death shall bring
Lamech Powerful
Noah Rest
10. CHRISTIANITY
•Ancient Greek known as Christianos
•monotheistic and Abrahamic religion
• based on the life and teachings of Jesus
• Adherents of the Christian faith are
known as Christians.
• played an important part in shaping of
Western civilization since the 4th century.
11. CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
Jesus Christ
• Jesus as son of God/saviour of humanity
• The prophecied Messiah in Hebrew Bible,
the annointed one.(Christ)
• Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and
born from the Virgin Mary.
12. • Jesus suffered, died, was buried, and was
resurrected from the dead in order to
grant eternal life to those who believe in
him and trust him for the remission of
their sins .
• through belief in and acceptance of the
death and resurrection of Jesus, sinful
humans can be reconciled to God and
thereby are offered salvation and the
promise of eternal life.
13. • Jesus, having become fully human, suffered
the pains and temptations of a mortal man,
but did not sin.
• According to the Bible, "God raised him
from the dead", he ascended to heaven, is
"seated at the right hand of the Father" and
will ultimately return to fulfill the rest of
Messianic prophecy such as the
Resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment
and final establishment of the Kingdom of
God.
14. • Christians call the message of Jesus Christ
the Gospel ("good news").
• Jesus stated that love is the greatest
commandment: "Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind [and] thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
15. TEN COMMANMENTS
• are a set of biblical principles relating to
ethics and worship.
• instructions to worship only God and to
keep the Sabbath, and prohibitions
against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, theft,
and adultery.
16. CREEDS
• from Latin credo meaning "I believe“
• concise doctrinal statements or confessions, usually of
religious beliefs.
• The Apostles' Creed
• belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ as the Son of God
and the Holy Spirit
• the death, descent into hell, resurrection, and
ascension of Christ
• the holiness of the Church and the communion of saints
• Christ's second coming, the Day of Judgement and
salvation of the faithful.
17. HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
Early Church and Christological Councils
• began as a Jewish sector in the eastern
Mediterranean in the mid-1st century.
• Its earliest development took place under the
leadership of
• Christians were from the beginning subject to
persecution by some Jewish religious
authorities, who disagreed with the apostles'
teachings the Twelve Apostles.
18. • Larger-scale persecutions followed at the hands of the
authorities of the Roman Empire
• From the year 150, Christian teachers began to produce
theological and apologetic works aimed at defending the
faith. These authors are known as the Church Fathers, and
study of them is called Patristics.
• State persecution ceased in the 4th century, when
Constantine I issued an edict of toleration in 313.
• On 27 February 380, Emperor Theodosius I enacted a law
establishing Christianity as the official religion of the Roman
Empire.
• From at least the 4th century, Christianity has played a
prominent role in the shaping of Western civilization.
19. EARLY MIDDLE AGES
• With the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in
the west, the papacy became a political player.
• The church also entered into a long period of
missionary activity and expansion among the
various tribes.
High and Late Middle Ages
• In the west, from the 11th century onward, older
cathedral schools developed into universities
(University of Oxford, University of Paris, and
University of Bologna.)
23. Christmas
• Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual commemoration
of the birth of JesusChrist, celebrated generally on December
25 as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of
people around the world
• By the early-to-mid 4th century,Western Christianity had
placed Christmas on December 25, a date later adopted in
the East. The date of Christmas may have initially been
chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after
the Annunciation.
24. • Decorations:
- The heart-shaped leaves of ivy symbolize the coming
to earth of Jesus
- Holly was seen as protection against pagans and
witches, its thorns and red berries held to represent
the Crown of Thorns worn by Jesus at the crucifixion
and the blood he shed
- The traditional colours of Christmas are green and red.
Red symbolizes the blood of Jesus, which was shed in
his crucifixion
Green symbolizes eternal life, and in particular the
evergreen tree, which does not lose its leaves in the
winter.
25. Palm Sunday
• On Palm Sunday Christians celebrate the triumphal
entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week before
his death and resurrection. For many Christian
churches, Palm Sunday, often referred to as "Passion
Sunday," marks the beginning of Holy Week
• The Bible reveals that when Jesus entered Jerusalem,
the crowds greeted him by waving palm branches and
covering his path with palm branches. Immediately
following this great time of celebration in the ministry
of Jesus, he begins his journey to the cross.
26. Good Friday
• Good Friday is a religious holiday observed
primarily by Christians commemorating
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death
at Calvary. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great
Friday, Black Friday, or Easter Friday.
• Good Friday is the Friday within Holy Week, and
is a time of fasting and penance.
27. Easter
• Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating
the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after
his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament.
• Easter is a moveable feast
• Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first
Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on
March 21. Therefore, Easter is observed anywhere between
March 22 and April 25 every year.
28. Easter Eggs
• The custom of the Easter egg originated amongst the early
Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in
memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion.
The Christian Church officially adopted the custom,
regarding the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection.
• Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ,
shed on the Cross, and the hard shell of the egg
symbolized the sealed Tomb of Christ — the cracking of
which symbolized his resurrection from the dead.
29. Christian Denomination
• A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body
under a common name, structure, and doctrine within
Christianity.
• Divisions between one group and another are defined by
doctrine and church authority.
30. • Christianity is composed of five major branches of
Churches.
• 1) Roman Catholic
• 2) Eastern Orthodox
• 3) Oriental Orthodox
• 4) Anglican
• 5) Protestant
31.
32.
33. Reformation in Germany
Reformation started in the 16th century.
The protests against the corruption emanating from Rome
began in earnest when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk
at the university of Wittenberg, called in 1517 for a
reopening of the debate on the sale of indulgences and the
authority to absolve sin and remit one from purgatory.
Luther's dissent marked a sudden outbreak of a new and
irresistible force of discontent. The Reformers made heavy
use of inexpensive pamphlets (using the relatively new
printing press (invented byJohannes Gutenberg) so there
was swift movement of both ideas and documents,
including The Ninety-Five Theses.
35. Reformation (elsewhere)
Parallel to events in Germany, a movement began in
Switzerland under the leadership of Ulrich Zwingli. These
two movements quickly agreed on most issues, but some
unresolved differences kept them separate.
After this first stage of the Reformation, following the
excommunication of Luther and condemnation of the
Reformation by the Pope, the work and writings of John
Calvin were influential in establishing a loose consensus
among various groups in Switzerland, Scotland, Hungary,
Germany and elsewhere.
37. • Christian rituals and religious practices vary
between denomination, individual church and
individual Christian.
• Most Christians attend worship services
at church on Sundays.
• Most Christian churches have a special ritual for
ordination, or designating a person fit for a
leadership position in the church.
• At home, most practicing Christians pray regularly
and many read the Bible.
38. • Nearly all Christians will have been baptized -
regularly participate in communion.
• Baptism and communion are considered
sacraments.
40. • The Lord Jesus instituted the Holy Communion
the night before his death on the cross.
• The bread which he broke, had to become a
reminder to His children that his body had been
broken for them before and on the cross.
• The wine had to remind them of his blood which
was shed for them by the crown of thorns, the
whipping by the Roman soldiers, the nails
through his hands and feet, and the spear.
41. • A feast of remembrance: It is just like an
anniversary or birthday.
• It is a feast where we testify: The Feast of the
Passover lamb is described in the Old
Testament.
• It is a feast where we communicate: We
cannot be secret believers.
42. • John 6:32, 51-52: "Then Jesus said to them:
Amen, amen I say to you; Moses gave you not
bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you
the true bread from heaven... I am the living
bread which came down from heaven. If any
man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever;
and the bread that I will give, is My Flesh, for
the life of the world."
43. • reception of the Blessed Sacrament (the
Eucharist) that has been confected by a priest
during the Holy Mass
• is a living human being, is baptized, has
proper intent, has fasted the proper amount
of time, is in a state of grace
• a sign of Christian unity - receive are declaring
to the world that they accept all of the
dogmas of the Church.
44. • The effects of receiving the Sacrament are:
• union, by love, with Christ
• an increase in sanctifying grace in the soul when received by a
"living member of the Church" (i.e., one who is in a state of
grace)
• the blotting out venial sin and preserving the soul from mortal
sin, in proportion to the communicant's devotion
• the rewards promised by Christ in His words, "He that eateth
My Flesh and drinketh My Blood, hath everlasting life: and I
will raise him up on the last day."
45. The 10 Commandments
"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your
God…
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved
image--any likeness of anything that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth.'
THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your
God in vain.'
FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'
FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'
46. SIX: 'You shall not murder.'
SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'
EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'
NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your
neighbor.'
TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house;
you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor
his male servant, nor his female servant, nor
his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is
your neighbor's.'
47. Biblical Teachings of Jesus
Love of God:
"You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind" (an excerpt from the Shema, -Matthew 22:37
Fidelity in marriage:
"Whom God has joined together let no man put asunder"
Renunciation of worldly goods:
"Gather not your riches up upon this earth, for there your heart will be
also",
Renunciation of violence:
"If a man strikes you on one cheek, turn the other cheek",
Forgiveness of sins:
"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us",
Unconditional love:
"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you".
48. The Twelve Apostles
• Jesus' disciples were:
1.) Simon (whom He named Peter)
2.) Andrew
3.) James
4.) John
5.) Philip
6.) Bartholomew
7.) Matthew
8.) Thomas
9.) James son of Alphaeus
10.) Simon who was called the Zealot
11.) Judas son of James
12.) Judas Iscariot- later replaced with faithful Matthias.
