L1 - What Is Christianity
L1 - What Is Christianity
L1 - What Is Christianity
Christianity?
An introduction
• Christianity is focussed on the life and teachings of Jesus
Christ, who Christians believe to be the Son of God. Jesus
was born in Bethlehem in the Middle East over 2,000 years
ago.
What do Christians believe?
• Christians believe there is only one God, but that he is revealed in three
different forms:
• God the Father
• God the Son
• The Holy Spirit
• Christians follow the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus taught people
to love God and love their neighbour.
• Christians believe that God sent Jesus to live as a human being in order to
save humanity from the consequences of its sins - the bad things humanity
had chosen to do which had separated them from God.
• Christians believe that through the death and resurrection of Jesus this
broken relationship with God is restored.
What is the Christian holy book?
• The Christian holy book is the Bible. It is
divided into the Old and New Testaments.
• The New Testament explains how God sent
his only son, Jesus Christ, to restore the
broken relationship between people and God
which had been caused by human wrong-doing.
• Jesus was executed on a cross (this is called
the Crucifixion) as a criminal by the Romans,
and according to Christian teaching after
three days he rose from the dead (they call
this the Resurrection).
Video
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztkxpv4/
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Where do Christians worship?
• Many Christians worship in churches. Some groups meet in
homes and other buildings. 'Church' means the gathering of
Christians as well as the building in which Christians worship.
Their leaders are called priests or ministers.
• Many churches hold a service called Communion,
Eucharist or Mass, in which bread and wine are shared
together, just as Jesus did with his followers before his
death.
Questions
1) What building do Christians worship in?
2) Where was Jesus born?
3) What does church mean?
4) What are the 3 different forms of god in Christianity?
5) Who do Christians believe Jesus is?
6) Write a paragraph about the Christian holy book. Include
how it is divided, what the new testament explains, and
what the crucifixion and resurrection is in Christianity.
Questions
1) What building do Christians worship in? A church
2) Where was Jesus born? Bethlehem in the middle east
3) What does church mean? the gathering of Christians as
well as the building in which Christians worship.
4) What are the 3 different forms of god in Christianity?
God the father, god the son, the holy spirit.
5) Who do Christians believe Jesus is? The son of god
6) Write a paragraph about the Christian holy book. Include how it is divided,
what the new testament explains, and what the crucifixion and resurrection is in
Christianity.