Christianity has played a significant role in shaping of Western Civilization since around 30 to 35 A.D. According to Robert Guisepi, the author of “Christianity, The Origin of Christianity,” Christianity was spread when Paul, who in the beginning was antichristian was struck by lightning by the heavens, was told by Christ to preach to all his children and not just to the Jews, because before there was Christianity there were only two types of people. They were called Jews and Gentiles. Paul was also the man who admittedly wrote seven out of fourteen books of the New Testament according to the text book, “Religions of the World”, on page 277. What is Christianity? In the matter corresponding to the article, “Christianity,” on Religious Facts, …show more content…
This denomination alone is said to have more than 12,000 churches and over 6.5 million members in the U.S. It is also ranked at the fifth largest Christian organization in the U.S. and is rumored to be found in about 83 nations maybe even more. The Church of God in Christ is a trinitarian Holiness denomination. The Church educated their followers on three different and distinct works of grace that God performs in the life of Christian believers such as salvation, sacrificing, and the baptism or infilling of the Holy …show more content…
In Christianity Christians learn that there is only one God in all existences. That God created the heavens, the earth, the universe, and Adam and Eve. God created humans in his imagine. Christianity teach that once a person becomes saved they are considered born again and that the Holy Spirit lives in that person. Meaning that that person must change all their bad ways of living. Well at least that’s what I read in the book, “Teachings and Christian Practices,” by James A. K. Smith and David