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Christianity Branches
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Christianity Branches
Introduction
There are many different branches of Christianity, but today I will be teaching you about 3, Eastern orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestant. I will be teaching you about the origins of each branch, the important people in the branch, the delining characteristics of the branch, and , the similarities between the branches.
This is a picture of Jesus Christ
Eastern Orthodoxy
These are the research questions I did.
Eastern Orthodox
What are the delining characteristics of this Branch?
What are the delining Characteristics of this Branch?
- In Eastern Orthodoxy, the authority of the pope, is not recognized
- Claimed to be the closest to faith originally practiced by Jesus' disciples
- Icons, which are small paintings of Jesus, Mary, Or Saints are a key part of worship, when they see icons, they are reminded of God, and that he was a human in a form of Jesus.
- During Liturgy, which is a worship, God is presented in the form of Wine.
- Official name for the branch is Orthodox Catholic Church.
What are the delining characteristics of this Branch?
What are the delining Characteristics of this Branch?
- Orthodoxy means right believing
- There is only 1 Universal Christian Society
- Hagia Sophia or Church of Holy wisdom which is the center of the religious life in the Eastern Orthodoxy world.
- Popes have to be older than 30, and can't get married.
What are the origins of this branch?
- The branch was developed between the 9th century and 11th centuries becasue of a split between Eastern and Weastern Christians.
- Rome was a provincial town and churches instrument in political interest
- The Emporer were acting as the head of the church
- Church of Holy Wisdom or Hagia Sophia was built by Justinana in the 6th century.
- Eastern orthodoxy means correct teachings
What are the origins of this branch
Who are the important people and what did/do they do?
who are the important figures and what did/do they do
-Byname Nicholas Mystikos patriach (910-907, 912-925)
- Excommunicated with Emperors for uncanonical acts
-Tsar Symeon (893-927)
- Bulgaria's Orthodox leader who establish aoutocephalous who is head bishop, (administratively independent).
-Basil II (976-1025)
- Byzantin Emperor
Catholicism
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Catholicism
What are the delining Characteristics of this Branch?
What are the delining Characteristics of this branch
- Laws aren't written but nerveless know by all men and women who have the use of reasons.
- Catholics are expected to confess their sins regularly to a priest, priests act like and intermediary between God and people/ the sinner.They also have to perform a penance.
- Catholics use a Rosary, which is commonly used to count prayers, and they recite this :"The Hail Mary, the our Father or Lord's prayer, and Glory to the Father.
What are the delining Characteristics of this Branch?
- Catholicism is believed to owe its existence to the life of Jesus Christ
- It is one of the largest Christian denominations
- It is the wholeness of the Church
- Used to be called the Latin rite church.
- The language used to be Latin, and the influence was Western Europe.
- It's teachings and practices have been contrasted to those of traditional protestant that emerges from the Reform in the 16th century.
What are the delining Characteristics of this branch
What are the origins of this branch?
What are the origins of this branch?
- In the early 1960's, there were changes to the "rules" because the second Vatican Council altered some practices and a number of doctrines.
-Churches were founded in the major cities of the Roman Empire in the 2nd half of the 1st century
-The "Mother Church" in Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman Troops in 70 CE.
-Located in the capital of the empire, 313 churches were persecuted or ignores by imperial power.
What are the origins of this branch?
What are the origins of this branch?
- In the 313, Constantine published "The Edict Of Milanin", which gave Christianity legal status, which made it become a state religion.
-Becoming a state religion, means that they alliances with imperial power which meant Church authority which meant that they persecutes their enemies relentlessly and effortlessly in efforts to enhance or maintain position.
-Absence in imperial power in Rome, meant that the Popes had to step in.
What are the origins of this branch?
What are the origins of this branch?
- The 2 imperial powers were the old which was Rome and the new which was Constantinople.The wast was Italy
-Empires in the West were empowered and run by barbarians.
-In the 3rd century, the Pope claimed primacy over the churches in the matter of doctrine.
-By the 5th century, The Popes claimed legal jurisdiction over churches but never could be enforced in the East, and it was resisted by many Bishops.
-And 2 leading Bishops raged until the 1054 when they broke relation to the Pope entirely.
What are the origins of this branch?
- In the 14th century, the french forced the Popes Tomeve from Rome to Avignon and that was when the Babylonians were captive of Papacy from 1309 to 1377.
-And from 1378-1418, was the Great Western Schimish when the opposing Pope tried to rule.
What are the origins of this branch?
Who are the important figures, and what did/do they do?
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
-The pope
- They leader of the Catholic Churches, direct successor of the disciple Peter, (who was the first Pope).
- Bishops of Rome, live in Vatican City.
- The popes decisions are made based on faith and morality, and their teachings are explained in his letter which is a huge influence on Catholics.
-Eugenius IV, (Pope from 1431-1437), and he owned the Badge of office.
Who are the important figures, and what did/do they do?
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
- Bishops and Priests
- Educate members of Catholic churches, and stress the importance of prayer and reverence for the Virgin Mary.
-Bishops
- Oversees churches and priests, they preach, they write advisory letters for the community, and they direct the training of the Priests and religious instructions in schools.They are also in a group called "Bishops conferences" in which they discuss collecting politics.
Who are the important figures, and what did/do they do?
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
- Virgin Mary
- Scenes form her life appeared on many works of religious arts
- Mary was freed from the original sin and at the end of her life on Earth, she was taken up body and soul to heaven.
-Pope Pius IX
- He was devotion to the sacred heart which was first suggested in the 17th century
- He added the church calender
-Martin V Reigned (1417-1431)
- As Pope, he was chosen by the council of Constance.
Protestant
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Protestant
What are the delining characteristics of this branch?
What are the delinging characteristics of this branch?
-Protestant life is not for themselves, it is for a life of prayer and worship to god,
-There are beliefs that men are responsible for their own souls and spiritual health.
-Protestants stress the importance of the Bible and preaching God's word
-They have rejected the control of the pope and the Bishops.
What are the delining characteristics of this branch?
-There are many different protestant christians from all over the world.
-Baptism is really important, it signifies death to old self and rebith into the Kingdom of God.It is also a Physical sign which uses water.
-Faith and a prayer book were adopted, used, and important.
What are the delinging characteristics of this branch?
What are the origins of this branch?
What are the origins of this branch?
-Protestant began in Palestine, it is a religion of all nations.
-According to the bible, Protestants believe that God created all things. Genesis, creation story.
-Protestant is a term that shows the protest of Lutherans against Emperor Charles V's attempt to stop spread of their reform
-There were many other protests that caused the name protestant the protest of Lutherans was not the only protest.
What are the origins of this branch?
What are the origins of this branch?
-During the 14th and 15th centuries, people in Europe were worried that the Catholic churches were corrupt.
-Churches rejected control of the Pope and Bishops, and stressed the importance of the Bible and preaching Gods word.
-Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin lead the Reform of the churches across Europe in a movement called the Reformation, and it's new followers founded the new Churches.
What are the origins of this branch?
-In the 17th century, the Puritans , who were English protestants, wanted to cleanse the church of elements which was seen as Catholic or "Popish".
-The Puritans wore plain clothing, and stayed either abroad or at home.
-In 1620, a group of Puritans from England and the Netherlands, they sailed to America on the Mayflower, and landed in Massachusetts.
A picture of 2 Purtians
What are the origins of this branch?
What are the origins of this branch?
-After European religious wars in the 16th, 17th century, and the 19th century.
-16th century refered to 2 great schools which arode in the Reformation, Lutheran, and Reformed.
-In Germany, they call Protestants Evangelical, in France they call them Huguenots, the Swiss reformers and followers, and in Holland, England and Scotland, they call them the Prename Reformed.
What are the origins of this branch?
Map of Europe
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
-Martin Luther (1483-1546) born in Germany.
- He attacked the teachings of medieval theologians.
- He attacked the life of the church and confronted its doctrine.
- He tried to get help to solve his sins, he then gave up, but the church helped him. Even though they couldn't solve everything, they did help.\
-Huldrych Zuwingli (1484-1531) Swiss disciple of Martin Luther
-John Calvin (1509-64) also a Swiss disciple of Martin Luther
This is Martin Luther
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
John Wycliffe
-John Wycliffe died (1384).
- A theologian and politician, who started demanding church reform in the late 14th century.
- His ideas were the denial of the pope's authority and the call for the Bible to be translated into modern European language.
- He challenged the churches abusive power and questioned its doctrine. He also encouraged reform of the church and teachings. He granted uncommon spiritual authority to king reform which was shown in the Bible.
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
Thomas Cranmer
who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
-Thomas Cranmer
- In 1649, Thomas Cranmer published the Book of Common Prayer a church service book in English.The book enables English people to hold services in their own language for the 1st time.
-Emperor Charles V (1519-1556)
- His efforts to foster political unity to protect the empire against Turkish invasions.
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
-Johannes Gutenberg
- He invented a new method of printing, enabling books to be printed quickly and cheaper.
-King Harry VIII
- He forced English church to break form the Romes because the Roman Popes were not letting him divorce his wife, so he became the leader of the English church,
- He brought Protestantism to England.
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
Pope Leo
-John Wesley founded first Methodist churches in the mid-18th century
-Emperor Charles V (1519-1556)
- Efforts to foster Political unity to protect the empire against Turkish invasions.
-Pope Leo (1475-1521)
- He encouraged preachings of indulgences in Germany
- He raised money to rebuild Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
-Johann Tetzel (1465-1519)
- He was a Dominican preacher for indulgences
- He declared anyone who gave money to rebuild the Saint Peter's a chosen soul to be freed form purgatory.
-Zwingli (1484-1531)
- He is the great figure in Swiss Protestantism before Calvin died in battle.He denied Christ was presented in Bread and Wine .
- He was rejected by the teachings of both Martin Luther and the Roman Catholic churches and he faced very fatal consequences
Who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
who are the important figures and what did/do they do?
-William of Ockham (died 1349)
- He spoke up as a Reformer within the Francis, and hoped it would return to its original strict rules of apostolic poverty.
- He believed that the church was in danger of the heresy, and that lay people-Princes and commoners must come to rescue .
Similarities
-Catholics and Orthodox Christians recognize sacraments of the Virgin Mary.
-All of the Branch follow Holy trinity and Christ play a big role.
-Reformers attacked people in high places regarded to Catholicism
-All branches are one of the 3 major forces of Christianity
-All the branches of Christianity claim a common origin from Jesus Christ.
Similarities
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