In general, there are similar ethical beliefs amongst Christians due to Judaism being the only root of Christian ethics. In general Christian ethics is deontological and authoritarian and what is deemed right or wrong is based on belief in God. The ethics of Christianity is based on the holy bible, which is a library of books that expresses Christian faith. As the bible was written over a long period of time and includes many different teachings and morals, there is no overall biblical morality that can be chosen therefore different denominations choose different parts of the bible to support their beliefs. For instance in Genesis it says that ‘God breathed the breath of man into Adam’s nostrils’ and from this Roman Catholics can argue that as God has given life, only he can take it away so things such as abortion, euthanasia and murder are absolute wrongs.
CHRISTIANITY VS. JUDAISM Christianity and Judaism are religions that are each very unique. Although they both have plenty of differences, they also have similarities. In fact they probably have more in common than some of the other major religions in the world, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Although both Christians and Jews believe God to be their creator and controller; Judaism has no founder, as opposed to Christianity whose founder was Jesus Christ. In Christianity it is believed that Jesus Christ was the savior to all humanity and was sent to Earth by his father (God) to pay for the sins of all mankind.
Jehovah Witnesses Jehovah Witnesses The religion of Jehovah Witnesses dates back to the late 1800’s. A man named Charles Taze Russell created a group called International Bible Students Association in 1872. Charles Taze Russell had a hard time believing what was being taught in the traditional Christianity. He did not believe in bad people going to hell and being tormented for all eternity, nor did he believe that the Father (God), the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit are all in one. Jehovah’s witnesses are more commonly associated with being a cult.
The New Testament book of John starts off with, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him not anything was made, that was made” (John 1:1-3). Throughout the New Testament; John was often referred to as the disciple whom Jesus loved. Jesus and John shared a unique relationship and John knew Him more intimately than any other disciple.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church , the Didache is a collection of short teachings on morality and on the practises of the Church. The word itself, which is Greek, means “teaching”, for the Didache teaches us about ideas of the Twelve Apostles, and its full title is thought to be ‘The Lord’s Instruction to the Gentiles through the Twelve Apostles’ . It is one of the oldest patriarchal writings in the Christian Church. It consists of sixteen chapters, and the date, the author, and the place of origin are not fully known, although many scholars believe it was written in the first century. It is thought that it may have been written by a group of Jewish Christians, similar to Jesus, who were interested in building a network of Christian communities.
BOOK OF JAMES The book I chose to write about is the book of James, which is present in the New Testament of the Christian bible. The book of James was written around 45 A.D., which would make it the first book written in the New Testament. There are four different James’ that occur throughout the bible, but though the process of elimination most people believe it was James the brother of Jesus who wrote the book of James. The process of elimination that people use is not a complicated one. They eliminate James the son of Zebedee because he died in 44 A.D. so if the book of James was written in 45 A.D. it would be impossible for this James to have written the book.
This book was probably written in Palestine or nearby. There are also a lot of References used from the Old Testament, beginning with the Genealogy of Jesus. The next Gospel is The Book of Mark. This book was written by John Mark, cousin of Barnabas. He was not one of the twelve Disciples, but he did travel with Paul on his missionary journeys.
Certificate of Religious Education (NSW) Unit 2: The Scriptures Part B: The New Testament 1. Parables 1. Compare and contrast the meaning of the Parable of the Lost Sheep in the context of both the gospels of Luke and Matthew. 2. How does Ezekiel 34:1-10 inform your reading of the Parable in the gospel of Luke.
Secondly, the transformation of their hearts to accept Christianity fully. Therefore, Paul took many pains in clarifying any doubts that arose in the minds of his listeners after each sermon. He also took much care in guarding his message reflective of Christ against evil forces. Pattern of Paul’s sermon: By taking a close look at the details of each of Paul’s Sermon we can come to an overall conclusion of a pattern. We must further realize that some of the sermons do not speak directly of the exact pattern mentioned in the points below, however, the overall intension and conclusion of his message was the same.
There are so many religions out there but only one true God. This religion called Christianity is more about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Religion is set on rules and works needed to be close to god but those religions that have rules and works in order to reach god are not really reaching the one and only true God. There is only one religion and it is Christianity: it is the only religion that is true, alive, and many have witnessed the experience of meeting and having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The Bible is the only true source that talks about the true God and the son of God, Jesus Christ.