About this belief system
Christianity is one of the world's most widely practiced religions. It is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of the Nazarene figure named Jesus. The important text associated with Christianity is the Holy Bible, which is comprised of the Old Testament and the New Testament. There are over two billion people practicing Christianity around the world, making it the biggest (with Islam behind it).
Parent belief system
Abrahamic Religion · MonotheisticHeads up. Christian Religion belongs to a parent belief system on the basis of shared myths and deities.Abrahamic religions refer to Semitic monotheistic religious groups that are based on the patriarch Abraham in the Judean tradition. The top three are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
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Top myths
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| Biblical Genesis | Divine Comedy | Biblical Apocalypse | |
| Creation myth | Afterlife myth | Doomsday myth | |
| Unknown author | Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri | John of Patmos | |
| Read myth | Read myth | Read myth | |
Top deities
Christian myths: A-Z
- Biblical Apocalypse Doomsday myth
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The four horsemen of the apocalypse bring about the end of the known world and there is mass suffering and destruction. A destructive beast, marked with the number 666, is also involved. The beast comes from the water and has seven heads and ten horns.
- Biblical Genesis Creation myth
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God created everything in the course of six days, as follows: (day 1) the heavens and the earth—effectively the entire universe—followed by day and night; (day 2) a dome to separate heaven and earth; (day 3) land, from which trees and plant life is raised; (day 4) sun and moon; (day 5) creatures that dwell in the ocean, and; (day 6) animals and humans (Adam and Eve), modeled in his image. Afterwards, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Upon eating the apple and gaining awareness, they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden and forced to live out their mortal days on Earth.
- Divine Comedy Afterlife myth
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Halfway through his life (age thirty-five), Dantes goes to the underworld to see hell before visting purgatory and then heaven.
Christian deities: A-Z
- God Christian · 3 myths
God is the sole deity of the Christian faith, as well as its denominations. This deity is referenced heavily in the Holy Bible and artistically depicted as an older-aged male.
- Jesus Christ Christian
Jesus Christ was a Jewish religious leader and believed to be the son of the Christian deity named 'God.'
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Christian." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 19 Jul. 2019, omnika.org/stable/221. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
OMNIKA (2019, July 19). Christian. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/221
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Christian." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 19, 2019. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/221.
