The most powerful, influential and numerous of all the major world religions that currently exist, ahead of Buddhism and Islam, is Christianity. The essence of religion, which breaks up into the so-called churches (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and others), as well as many sects, is the veneration and worship of one divine being, in other words, the God-man, whose name is Jesus Christ. Christians believe that he is the true son of God, is the Messiah, that he was sent down to Earth for the salvation of the world and all mankind.
The religion of Christianity was born in distant Palestine in the first century AD. e. Already in the first years of its existence, it had many adherents. The main reason for the emergence of Christianity, according to the clergy, was the preaching activity of a certain Jesus Christ, who, being essentially a demigod-half-man, came to us in human form in order to bring people the truth,and its existence is actually not denied even by scientists. Four sacred books, called the Gospels, are written about the first coming of Christ (the second Christendom is only awaiting). Jesus in the glorious city of Bethlehem, about how he grew up, how he began to preach.
The main ideas of his new religious teaching were the following: the belief that he, Jesus, is indeed the Messiah, that he is the son of God, that there will be his second coming, there will be the end of the world and the resurrection from the dead. With his sermons, he called to love neighbors and help those in need. Proved his Divine origin and those miracles with which he accompanied his teachings. Many sick people were healed by his word or touch, three times he raised the dead, walked on water, turned it into wine, and fed about five thousand people with just two fish and five cakes.
He expelled all merchants from the Temple in Jerusalem, thus showing that dishonorable people have no place in holy and noble deeds. Then there was the Last Supper, the betrayal of Judas Iscariot, the accusation of deliberate blasphemy and brazen encroachment on the royal throne and the death sentence. He died, being crucified on the cross, taking upon himself the torment for all human sins. Three days later, Jesus Christ was resurrected and then ascended to heaven. OAfterlife, the religion of Christianity says the following: there are two places, two special spaces, inaccessible to people during earthly life. This is heaven and hell. Hell is a place of terrible torment, located somewhere in the bowels of the earth, and paradise is a place of universal bliss, and only God himself will decide who to send where. The religion of Christianity is based on several dogmas. The first is that God is one. Second, he is trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). The birth of Jesus happened at the instigation of the Holy Spirit, God incarnated in the Virgin Mary. Jesus was crucified and then died, atoning for people's sins, after which he was resurrected. At the end of time, Christ will come to judge the world, and the dead will rise. Divine and human nature are inextricably linked in the image of Jesus Christ.
All religions of the world have certain canons and commandments, while Christianity preaches to love God with all your heart, and also to love your neighbor as yourself. Without loving your neighbor, you cannot love God. The religion of Christianity has its adherents in almost every country, half of all Christians are concentrated in Europe, including Russia, one quarter - in North America, one sixth - in South, and significantly fewer believers in Africa, Australia and the Middle East.
