Christanity

             Christianity: the religion of those people who believe in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world. Christians know little about Jesus. Paul's Letters, which are the earliest known written documents about Jesus, were written about ten years after his death. Thirty to fifty years after his death The Canon was written. The Canon: a set of books or texts by which a group or community abides. In Christianity this set of books is called the Bible. Within the Canon are the Gospels. Christians use the Bible everyday, and most read it to try and figure out the "proper" way to live their life. Searching for the ultimate truth about life Christians question, why are we here? How should we live our lives to better serve God? To "believe in" Jesus meant accepting the teachings of the church and to act them out accordingly. Two of the Synoptic Gospels in the New Testament are Matthew, and John. They are stories about Jesus' birth and his resurrection. Within the stories of these two similar books come differences; these differences consist of how each of the two "storytellers" begin their story.
             Matthew, also known as Levi, was the brother of James the Less whose father was Alpheaeus (Mark 2:14). He was a custom officer (Matt. 10:3), or "portitores", working for the "publicani" who had the concession for the tax collection in Capernaum in the territory ruled by Antipas. Matthew became an Apostle after Peter, James and John who were also from Capernaum (Matt 9:11; 14:18; Mark 5:37). He was not a follower of John the Baptist as were most of the other apostles. In his Gospel he recalls that the first thing he did after becoming a disciple was to invite Jesus to his home for a feast as stated in Werner H. Kelber's Matthew's Story of Jesus. Most of his guests were sinners, the
             only ones who would accept his invitation. Jesus was criticized for accepting this i...

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