Christianity

 **//Major Figure//** · **Jesus Christ ** (God in the human form), **God** (creator of the world), and the **Holy Spirit** (presence of God in Christians after Jesus went back to heaven) are the major figures in the religion. · The central belief of Christianity is that man sinned. The punishment for sin is death. God sent his son Jesus to die on the cross, and take the punishment in place for all humanity, so that man can be with God after death. · The **goal** of Christians is to be able to be with God and develop a relationship with God and Jesus. //**Methods and Practices**// · Prayer, fasting, reading the Bible, church, worship, communion, repentance and baptism are **methods** and **practices** performed by Christians //**Beginning**// · Founded in first century A.D. by Jesus of Nazareth in Israel.
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 * Angus Ning, Jacky Ng, Jerome Ching (IB A1 English SLI F)

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