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That's pretty much the extent of what Christianity shares, belief-wise. And even parts of those two paragraphs are disputed. See, Christianity began (amongst the post-ascension people) as basically a Jewish apocalypse cult. People thought Yeshua's return would be coming very soon (which is definitely suggested by some of His words in the Bible), so they weren't especially concerned with long-term planning. But since He'd said that getting into Heaven required His approval, the word had to get out, and FAST. So his followers, now given the title Apostle, scattered to the corners of the world, bringing the good word with them. Take a look at a map of where Israel is. Peter went to Rome, Thomas went to India, Mary Magdalene went to France. Huge distances, even today. When you consider that they had to WALK them, it seems kind of insane. But it explains a big part of why Christianity is so disjointed; just because a stranger from the middle east arrives in your town in India doesn't mean you'll be able to communicate with the people who live there. Different communities rose up espousing different details, and some doubtless collapsed, as the Second Coming that heralded the end of the world hasn't happened (spoiler alert). But some of them didn't collapse; a religion preaching the fundamental equality and shared humanity of all humankind will a lot of people very, very angry, and when one of those angry people is the king, well...
Yeshua had said that Peter would be the rock upon who He'd build his Church (the guy's original name was Simon; "Petra", from we derive the name Peter, literally means "rock"). One of the disputes in the early Church (and the current Church, too) was what, exactly, this meant. If the Church was supposed to be centralized, then Rome was a remarkably poor choice for a location, since the emperor outlawed Christianity, and brutally killed any captured Christians who refused to recant. But since it was considered a great honor to be martyred for the sake of Yeshua, that only drove them on. One particularly vehement hunter of Christians was a guy named Saul, who claimed he had vision where Yeshua came to him and told him to knock it off, even going so far as to blind him. Then Yeshua sent a vision to a follower of His in the city where Saul was staying, and told him to go and heal Saul. The follower did so, and Saul was so impressed, both the power to blind and to heal, and by the faith of one of the people he'd come to arrest and have killed, that he converted on the spot, changed his named to Paul, and declared himself an Apostle. There are many similar stories in the early history of Christianity, but I mention Paul because he played a very important role. While Peter viewed Christianity as an attempt to reform Judaism, and so something you had to be Jewish first to join, Paul saw it as its own faith, something more universal. The exact details are arguable, but he's probably the person most responsible for turning Christianity from a Jewish faith into a Roman one.
In the fourth century AD, three hundred years (or so) after Yeshua's ascension, the emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, and everything changed. Suddenly, the Christians weren't hiding in the catacombs, but holding political offices. They didn't have to fear being persecuted for their faith any more. Cool, right? Well, it didn't take long before they started fighting amongst themselves. There had been a sizable rebellion in Israel forty years after Yeshua's time, and many records were destroyed. Did He leave any writings? Not that we know of- but maybe He did and they were lost. Certainly a lot was. And the Christians in other parts of the empire, who had to communicate in secret, had serious difficulties in agreeing what "Christianity" actually MEANT. So Constantine called the first of a series of Councils (there may have been some earlier, but they would have been smaller affairs, since it's hard to call everybody together when the government wants to kill you all, and no records of them survive) to set policy.
There were disagreements pretty much from the beginning. And those who disagreed could claim that they were following words handed down from the disciples of Yeshua Himself, so clearly they were right. So they left and went back home, keeping their Church separate from the larger community. More and more splintered off as time went on and more councils set more specific positions. Some of those splits were very reasonable: the split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, for example, is about whether the Pope, the successor of Peter, is the supreme authority of the Church, or whether it should be vested more locally- a reasonable thing to disagree on. Some of the splits are NOT reasonable: the division between the (then unified) Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church was about whether Jesus had both a divine nature and a human nature, or had one nature, which was both human and divine (putting aside the question of why that really matters, can you even tell what the difference is?). And some of them (bear in mind that I say this as a Catholic myself) are just stupid: the Triclavian heresy holds that when Yeshua was crucified, it was done with three nails, rather than four. Why on Earth would that matter to a faith that's about loving all humanity as children of a loving God? Talk about missing the point! But it's even worse than that- the Romans DIDN'T USE NAILS when they crucified people; nails were expensive and could only be used once. They used rope. There is of course more to say, but I think I've gone on long enough for now.
Of course. I didn't see this message until after I'd posted all of that; sorry if I overwhelmed you.
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What's Your Opinion? Sign Up Now! No, some protestant churches allow women to be Priests, and they tend to be ridiculously liberal and also allow homosexual marriage.
Most Protestant churches do NOT allow women to be priests, because the Epistles forbid that in plain text. A woman can be a "Deaconess" (Diakonia) as Phoebe was, but anyone in a five-fold office is required to be a MAN and either celibate or married to one wife. Divorce or Polygamy disqualifies a man from office of ministry..
In the Old Testament it specifically tells you that a Priest must be a man and must be either married to one wife, or celibate.
In the New Testament, Paul wrote, "I forbid a woman to teach or usurp authority over a man..."
A Woman can be a Deaconess, and she can deliver a sermon, WITH the Senior Pastor's consent and oversight, and he has the authority to pull her off the podium the moment she says anything out of order too.
The only reason Joyce Meyer and Paula White are allowed to be "preachers" is because they ae believed to be "Covered" by their own senior pastors, and they don't teach any doctrine that hasn't been approved by a Senior Pastor MAN first.
In Christianity, the Order of "Five Fold Callings" is believed to be this:
Apostle
Prophet
Evangelist
Pastor
Teacher (such as a Sunday School teacher)
In Catholicism the Pope is considered to have "Apostolic Succession" and some Protestants believe in Apostolic Succession, whereby each "Apostle" is "Anointed" by a previous Apostle.
In the Old Testament, the Highest office is actually "Judge" which is similr to the office of a Prophet, and if you ever read the Book of Judges, most of them have "Gifts of the Spirit" for super-human knowledge or Super-human physical feats. Not only was Samson the Strongest Man who ever lived, but he was actually INVINCIBLE. He died killing the Philistines in the arena, but th ereason he died is the Spirit of the LORD allowed him to die, because he had sinned against God one too many times to remain in his office..
I am a "High Prophet" and my calling is to rebuke fallen churches and fallen religions.
And I know the Bible better than almost anyone alive, including the Pope. The only person I know of who knows the Old Testament better than me is Rabbi Tovia Singer, and like me he opposes Christianity. I was a Christian for the first 36 yeas of my life, and God spoke to me and told me to convert from Christianity and just believe in God.
I've studied two entire volumes of Bible Commentaries, and I am a licensed Pastor/Evangelist in the State of Louisiana, but technically they don't ordain "Prophets" so my license just says "Pastor/Evangelist".
The only Female Judge in the book of Judges is Deborah, and she willfully handed over her office to a man as soon as a Godly man was found to replace her.
the only female Author in the Bible is half of one chapter of Proverbs was dictated by Solomon's Mother, but written down by Solomon himself.
If I remember correctly, Paul White got divorced, and that disqualifies her from preaching, according to even the most liberal Protestant doctrines.
@Wade8888 I don't know to much about Ptotestants so that why i talk so little, i finde a video one time wher it whas a woman priests so i thoush you accept them.
I'm Ortodox in our church women can be nothing more than nuns and part of the choir. Otherwise, all official positions are held by men.
and accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, believing that His sacrifice was worthy for our Salvation, and that, if we follow His teachings, we can go to Heaven. Hmm, öyleyse Türkce yazsana kardeşim sjsjsjs. Mesela İslam'a karşı neden mesafelisin. İslam'da bulamayıp da diğer dinlerde bulabileceğini düşündüğün şey ne. İslam, Hristiyanlık, Yahudilik; bunlar zaten İbrahimi dinler büyük farklılıkları olsa da büyük benzerlikleri var. Hristiyanlık çok tuhaf bir din. Hristiyan olmasan bile eğer iyi bir insansan cennete gidebiliyorsun. O yüzden Hristiyan olmaktansa iyi bir insan olmaya bak eğer Hristiyanlığa karşı sıcaksan. Yahudi zaten istesen de olamazsın çünkü Yahudi olabilmen için annenin de Yahudi olması lazım.
pardon sadece "hmm" kısmını görmüşüm. ben zaten deistim. yani iyi bir insan olmak ve tanrıya imandan ibaret inancım. ama insan daha fazla şeye inanmak güvenmek de istiyor bazen. bütün dinlerin mantığımla uyuşmayan tarafları var ama bilemiyorum. vicdanımla tamamen örtüşücek inancı arıyorum
Ben ateistim. Ve ateist olduğumdan beri ne tanrıya inanma ihtiyacı duydum ne ona güvenme, sığınma, ondan yardım dileme ihtiyacı duydum. Evet, hayatımın birçok yerinde zorluklarla karşılaşıyorum; gerek okulda olsun, gerek sağlık açısından olsun, gerek insan ilişkilerinde olsun ama oturup tanrıdan yardım dilemektense sorunlarımı kendim halletmeye çalışıyorum. İşe yaradığı oluyor. İşe yaramadığı da oluyor elbet ama sanki tanrıdan medet umsaydım daha mı farklı sonuçlanacaktı. Aslında bu inanma, güvenme vs. zırvalıkları bize sonradan öğretilen bir şey. Öylesine empoze ettiler ki bize taa çocukluktan beri, bunun gerçekten böyle olduğunu düşünüyoruz. Doğaüstü bir varlığa inanma, güvenme vs. ihtiyacı tamamen insanın cahilliğinden ileri gelir. Tabi ki bu senin bileceğin bir iş. İstediğin dine mensup olabilirsin. Hristiyanlık'a meraklı olabilirsin ama Hristiyanlığı öğrendikçe en az İslam kadar hatta ondan daha da gerikafalı bir sin olduğunu göreceksin. Bugünku Avrupalılar Hristiyanlık'a hakkıyla inanmıyorlar. İnansalar şu an Avrupa'da tek bir eşcinsel barınamazdı. Darwin'i aforoz edip onu tarihin çöplüğüne atmaları gerekirdi.
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