One third of the world’s population is Christian. This is a large percentage as there are countless religions that take up percentages in their own rites. Chrisitanity is the dominant religious tradition in the Americas, Australia, Asia, Africa, and most of Europe.
Christianity has two core doctrines that help to define the religions. First there is the Incarnation. This states that Christ is fully divine and fully human, not half of each. The other is the Trinity. this states that God in His entirety consists of 3 parts (Brodd 235).
Ixthus is a Greek word that literally means “fish.” The symbollic meaning comes from within the word as each letter starts a word of the phrase “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior” i Greek.
The life of Jesus’ primary
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His literal words were, "Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
Paul says that Jesus will be brought back from the dead at the second coming.
Paul emphasizes that the salvation of humans comes through knowing Christ, rather than simply believing in him, and believing that He was sent by God.
The term “creed” comes from the word “credo,” a Latin word meaning “I believe.”
Christ is called “The Word” in the first chapter of John’s Gospel.
The Gospel of John emphasizes and clarifies Jesus’ divinity and humanity by stressing the importance of both knowledge and belief.
The two creeds that were formulated in 325 were The Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed.
The most crucial point established at the Council of Nicaea was the announcement that Jesus (the son) and God (the father) are one being, not two separate ones.
The doctrine of the Trinity is the center of Christian belief. It states that God is composed of 3 parts: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Paul said that the church is meant to be a single body of people rather than