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. 1
John Mark was an important person among the early Christians. Kingsbury, Conflict in Matthew: Jesus, Authorities, and Disciples. This, of course, confuses the believers who have difficulties to accept that some sayings attributed by Mark, Matthew or Luke to Jesus, are not from Him. It is thought that his father was Roman and his mother Jewish. Matthew published his Gospel in Judea; it was first written in Hebrew, or in Aramaic according to other sources, whereas the other Gospels were written in Greek. When Jesus appeared again after the crucifixion he asked his believers to make more disciples, to baptize them and to teach them to behave according to His Laws (Matt. He had a Roman name (Mark or Marcus) and a Jewish name (John or Jonah). Julius Africanus (circa 221 AD) cited Thallus who wrote in around 52 AD and was 7the first non-Jew to mention Jesus Christ and also the eclipse that occurred the day of Jesus' death. He became interested in them when the Orthodox Jews attacked him. 4Finding the authentic words of the historical Jesus is not an easy task. Marcus, John 1-8, Anchor Bible 27A. He also had a cousin called Barnabas, (Col. LaVerdiere, The Beginning of the Gospel: Introducing the Gospel According to Matthew, Vol. 0:3), or "portitores", working for the "publicani" who had the concession for the tax collection in Capernaum in the territory ruled by Antipas.
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