About Christian Churches

A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ. They believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and he lived on Earth for a short period of time before being crucified, and after three days he was resurrected and went into heaven. While there are a large number of Christian denominations that exist today, all of them share this central belief, even if they don't agree on various other aspects of Christianity. Most Christians also believe that Jesus is the source of salvation, and it is only through him that a person can be saved. To gain salvation through Jesus, Christians believe that you must live by the Word of God. Even though many Christian churches describe themselves as being monotheistic, some denominations split God into three parts, and these are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

As a whole, Christian churches comprise the largest membership of any religion in the world, with nearly 2.1 billion people. Of all the Christian denominations, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest. There are a few Christian groups that don't even hold the basic beliefs that were mentioned above, and they are referred to as being Liberal Christians. The term "Christian" is exceptionally broad, because there are a large number of Christian groups. At the most basic level, a person is called a Christian when they agree to follow the doctrines that were established in the Bible. Despite this, Christians will be broken down into groups that are called denominations. Each denomination may have beliefs that differ from other Christian denominations.

One thing that many Christian churches have in common is the concept of the Baptism. Baptism is a practice in which a person will be submerged under water for a very short period of time. While some denominations only allow adults to be baptized, others allow baptism for infants as well. While many denominations require a baptism to signify that one is a Christian, others only require a person to believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that he was resurrected after dying. There are also small Christian denominations that do not consider Jesus to be in the same line as God, and they consider the two to be separate entities. An example of a Christian group that holds this belief are Jehovah's Witnesses.

The rise of Christians first begin during the Roman Empire, and there were many attempts by the Roman government to suppress the movement. The Roman emperor Nero is well known for blaming the Christians for the Great Fire in Rome, and he tried to use this event for their extermination. The persecution of Christians did not end until Constantine signed the Edict of Milan. No only did persecution of Christians end, but they also begin to gain a tremendous amount of political power, which many today view as being controversial. Christianity would eventually become the chief religion of the state. A hierarchal structure would eventually be formed, and disagreements about various matters lead to an event that was called the Great Schism. The Roman Catholic Church begin to gain dominance during the Middle Ages.