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Foundations of Religion: Christianity The Context:
The Bible:
The Bible is the holy book of Christianity. Christians believe the Bible is the Word of God. The Christian Bible is divided into two parts: the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Old Testament, or Jewish Scripture, was written before the time of Jesus. It tells the story of God’s people, the Jews.
The New Testament was written after the time of Jesus. It tells the story of Jesus and the first Christians.
The Jews read only the Old Testament, but the Christians read both, the Old and the New one. Christians read the Old Testament because it tells the story of how God prepared people for the coming of Jesus.
The Old Testament is divided into five parts: the Law ( Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy ), the Historical books, the Wisdom books, the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets. The Old Testament is written in Hebrew.
The New Testament is divided into five parts: the Gospels ( Matthew, Mark, Luke and John ), the Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline Epistles ( Romans, 1.Corinthians, 2.Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1.Thessalonians,
2.Thessalonians, 1.Timmothy, 2.Timmothy, Titus, Philemon and Hebrews ), the Catholic Epistles ( James, 1.Peter, 2.Peter, 1.John, 2.John, 3.John and Jude ) and the Revelations. The New Testament is written in Greek.
The Bible
The Bible is the holy book of Christianity. Christians believe the Bible is the Word of God. The Christian Bible is divided into two parts: the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Old Testament, or Jewish Scripture, was written before the time of Jesus. It tells the story of God’s people, the Jews.
The New Testament was written after the time of Jesus. It tells the story of Jesus and the first Christians.
The Jews read only the Old Testament, but the Christians read both, the Old and the New one. Christians read the Old Testament because it tells the story of how God prepared people for the coming of Jesus.
The Old Testament is divided into five parts: the Law ( Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy ), the Historical books, the Wisdom books, the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets. The Old Testament is written in Hebrew.
The New Testament is divided into five parts: the Gospels ( Matthew, Mark, Luke and John ), the Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline Epistles ( Romans, 1.Corinthians, 2.Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1.Thessalonians,
2.Thessalonians, 1.Timmothy, 2.Timmothy, Titus, Philemon and Hebrews ), the Catholic Epistles ( James, 1.Peter, 2.Peter, 1.John, 2.John, 3.John and Jude ) and the Revelations. The New Testament is written in Greek.
The Bible
Bible skills:
Finding Bible references is a skill that people can learn.
Every book of the Bible has: a name, chapters and verses. Example:
Mark
1 This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 It began as the prophet Isaiah had written “ God said ‘ I will send my messenger ahead of you to clear the way for you ‘.
3 Someone is shouting in the desert, ‘ Get the road ready for the Lord ‘, make a straight path for him to travel!”
Mark: the name of the book is at the top of the page.
1: chapter.
3: verse.
The Holy Land:
Palestine is the country where Jesus lived all his life. It is a small country beside the Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded by three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia.
Today the country where Jesus lived is called Israel. It is also known as the Holy Land.
Palestine is a land of many contrasts. There are snow capped mountains in the north, and a desert area in the south. In between, there are low hills and fertile valleys. The weather in Palestine is usually very hot during the day, but it can get cold at night.
Palestine is divided into three provinces or regions: Galilee, Samaria and Judaea; two larges lakes: the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee; one main river: the Jordan; one capital city: Jerusalem and many small towns: Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum and Bethsaida in the north, and Bethlehem, Emmaus, Jericho and Bethany in the south.
When Jesus became a travelling teacher he walked from place to place along narrow dusty roads. He went all over the country with his disciples teaching people about the love of God.
Jesus’ life in Palestine:
· He was born in Bethlehem.
· He grew up in Nazareth.
· He was baptised in the river Jordan.
· He met his first disciples at the Sea of Galilee.
· He taught people in Capernaum.
· He cured people in Jericho.
· He was put to death outside the city of Jerusalem.
Homes and life in Palestine:
Jesus lived with Mary and Joseph in a village house in Nazareth.
In Palestine the houses for ordinary people were simple in design. Each house was small and it has one door and one small window to keep the house cool inside. Inside there was only one room which was divided in two parts. The family lived on a raised platform at one end, and the lower part of the room was used as a stable for animals. Each family might have a goat, a donkey, some sheep and a few chickens.
The walls of the houses were built of mud and plaster. The outside walls were painted white to reflect the heat of the sun. The roof of the house was flat and the surface was often strong enough to walk on. The inside of the houses were dark, cool and very crowded. There were very little furniture, but however most houses had a chest.
Outside, some stairs at the side of the houses led up onto a roof. It was used as an extra space for the family. They sometimes ate theirs meals, sat and talked and said their prayers up there. On warm nights the family would sleep out on the roof. During the day, it was a place where the washing was hung up to dry.
Every Jewish house has an oil lamp, which was placed on a lamp stand and was always lit, day and night. Oil for the lamp was stored on a pottery jar.
At night, the family slept on mats on the floor, and in the morning, the mats were rolled up and stored in a corner.
All the family came together for the evening meal. The meal began and finished with a blessing. Everyone took food from a large dish. No cutlery was used. Fresh bread was eaten with the meal and it was broken and divided among everyone. During the meal the father of the family told stories from Jewish scripture.
The members of an ordinary Jewish family did a variety of jobs both inside and outside the home.
The day started with a breakfast of bread, cheese and fruits. When the breakfast is over, the boys go off to school at the synagogue. The class sit around the rabbi who teaches them Jewish scripture. After school, they work with their father for the rest of the day. The girls stay at home with theirs mothers. Together they tidy the house, bake the bread and go to the well for water. Later on, they go to the market to do the shopping. On the way to the market, there were small workshops in which they could see how carpenters, potters, sandal makers…. Were working. The market square is in the centre of the village, and it was always noisy and crowded. They sell baskets, mats, oil, cloth, jewellery, vegetables, fruits, grain…..
There were always travellers from others countries passing through the village.
The Roman Empire:
The Romans came from Rome in Italy. The Emperor was the head of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire lasted more than 500 years. Roman armies were very powerful for a long time and they won a lot of battles. Therefore, they controlled all the land around the Mediterranean Sea, and they spread throughout Europe and North Africa. When Jesus was born, Palestine was ruled by the Romans. The Romans knew that whoever controlled Palestine, had control of all the roads in and out of those areas. When the Romans reached Palestine, very soon they took control of the entire country. The Romans put their own governors in charge to rule the people, and each governor had to make sure that Jewish people of Palestine obeyed Roman laws and paid Roman taxes. Jewish people earned just enough money for food, clothes and a small house for their families, therefore, it was very difficult for them to pay the Roman taxes. As a result, the Jews didn’t accept the Romans, and they believed Palestine was their land, given to them by God.
Religious Groups:
As the time past, different groups of Jews were formed. Some Jews accepted the Romans as a fact of life and other Jews rejected them. There were four groups:
The Pharisees: these people rejected Roman rule. They ignored the Romans, and they continued practising their owns religions.
The Zealots: they rejected Roman rule and they were angry with the Romans. They also tried to fight against them.
The Sadducees: they accepted Roman rule and they adapted to the Romans and they tried to make the best of it.
The Essenes: they rejected Roman rule. They were disappointed with the Romans and the Jewish leaders and they left Jerusalem and went off to live in the desert.
Ancient Judaism:
The history the Jews takes from the time of Abraham to the time of Jesus, approximately 2,000 years.
1. God calls Abraham to lead his people from the city of Ur to the land of Canaan. God makes a sacred agreement in which Abraham’s descendants became God’s chosen people.
2. A period of extreme food scarcity appears in Canaan and Jacobs, Abraham’s grandson, moved the family to Egypt. At the beginning they were welcomed as guests, but later they were treated as slaves.
3. After a lot of years, God chose Moses to let the Jews out of slavery in Egypt. They reached Mount Sinai and God gave Moses the laws and the ten commandments.
4. Judges and prophets were sent to lead them in the ways of God. As the time past, the Jews established a kingdom and David became the king of all Israel. He was a very good fighter and he always tried to keep his people obeying the laws of God. His son Solomon built a beautiful temple in Jerusalem where everyone could adore God.
5. After Solomon’s death the kingdom was divided. The people fell into bad ways and they failed to keep the covenant. God sent prophets to remind them to keep their promises.
6. A bad period arrived and Jerusalem was attacked. The Temple was destroyed and the people were deported to Babylon as slaves. The Jews realised too late their mistake; they were being opposite to God.
7. In a exile and far from home, they learned to depend on God. They began to pray together on the Sabbath and they tried to follow God’s law.
8. when the Jews were set free, they retuned to Jerusalem and they rebuilt the Temple. They started from cero and the rabbis teached them to practice their believes in a prosperous way.
9. there was still no peace in Palestine. The country was invaded by one foreign power after another, for example the Romans in 63BCE.
10. The Jews were looking for a leader who would make their nation a great Jewish kingdom, a Messiah who would lead them to freedom.
Temple and Synagogue:
In Jesus’ time, the Jews had two kind of religious buildings: the Great Temple in the city of Jerusalem and the synagogues in every town and village.
The most important building was the temple. It was a very big place where a lot of people can stay at the same time. It was built of cream coloured stone and covered in gold. It was the dwelling place of God. The Jews used to go to the Temple at list once a year with their families in order to pray and to offer sacrifices to God.
In the temple there were two courts: the Court of Gentiles , were the Jews changed their Roman money into Temple money to buy birds and animals to sacrifice them, and the Court of Priests where the animals were sacrificed on the altar by the priests.
There was in the Temple a sacred part and it was called the Holy of Holies. In this place, only the high priest was allowed to enter into, to pray for God’s forgiveness for his people.
The Temple was destroyed by the Romans but part of a wall is still as a remain today.
The synagogue was a place were the Jewish community attended every week in order to celebrate the Sabbath service, to pray and to listen to the scriptures. This building had two plants although it was small and only permitted 150 people to be inside. The synagogue had two doors, women entered through one of them and the men by the other one. During the Sabbath, a rabbi, a teacher, read from a scroll of Jewish scripture and gave a talk about it. At the end, the scrolls were kept in a special part called the Ark, where a light was always burned on. In addition, a special candle with seven arms was also in the synagogue, and it was called a menorah.
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in wall of the Temple of Jerusalem
Finding Bible references is a skill that people can learn.
Every book of the Bible has: a name, chapters and verses. Example:
Mark
1 This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 It began as the prophet Isaiah had written “ God said ‘ I will send my messenger ahead of you to clear the way for you ‘.
3 Someone is shouting in the desert, ‘ Get the road ready for the Lord ‘, make a straight path for him to travel!”
Mark: the name of the book is at the top of the page.
1: chapter.
3: verse.
The Holy Land:
Palestine is the country where Jesus lived all his life. It is a small country beside the Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded by three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia.
Today the country where Jesus lived is called Israel. It is also known as the Holy Land.
Palestine is a land of many contrasts. There are snow capped mountains in the north, and a desert area in the south. In between, there are low hills and fertile valleys. The weather in Palestine is usually very hot during the day, but it can get cold at night.
Palestine is divided into three provinces or regions: Galilee, Samaria and Judaea; two larges lakes: the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee; one main river: the Jordan; one capital city: Jerusalem and many small towns: Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum and Bethsaida in the north, and Bethlehem, Emmaus, Jericho and Bethany in the south.
When Jesus became a travelling teacher he walked from place to place along narrow dusty roads. He went all over the country with his disciples teaching people about the love of God.
Jesus’ life in Palestine:
· He was born in Bethlehem.
· He grew up in Nazareth.
· He was baptised in the river Jordan.
· He met his first disciples at the Sea of Galilee.
· He taught people in Capernaum.
· He cured people in Jericho.
· He was put to death outside the city of Jerusalem.
Homes and life in Palestine:
Jesus lived with Mary and Joseph in a village house in Nazareth.
In Palestine the houses for ordinary people were simple in design. Each house was small and it has one door and one small window to keep the house cool inside. Inside there was only one room which was divided in two parts. The family lived on a raised platform at one end, and the lower part of the room was used as a stable for animals. Each family might have a goat, a donkey, some sheep and a few chickens.
The walls of the houses were built of mud and plaster. The outside walls were painted white to reflect the heat of the sun. The roof of the house was flat and the surface was often strong enough to walk on. The inside of the houses were dark, cool and very crowded. There were very little furniture, but however most houses had a chest.
Outside, some stairs at the side of the houses led up onto a roof. It was used as an extra space for the family. They sometimes ate theirs meals, sat and talked and said their prayers up there. On warm nights the family would sleep out on the roof. During the day, it was a place where the washing was hung up to dry.
Every Jewish house has an oil lamp, which was placed on a lamp stand and was always lit, day and night. Oil for the lamp was stored on a pottery jar.
At night, the family slept on mats on the floor, and in the morning, the mats were rolled up and stored in a corner.
All the family came together for the evening meal. The meal began and finished with a blessing. Everyone took food from a large dish. No cutlery was used. Fresh bread was eaten with the meal and it was broken and divided among everyone. During the meal the father of the family told stories from Jewish scripture.
The members of an ordinary Jewish family did a variety of jobs both inside and outside the home.
The day started with a breakfast of bread, cheese and fruits. When the breakfast is over, the boys go off to school at the synagogue. The class sit around the rabbi who teaches them Jewish scripture. After school, they work with their father for the rest of the day. The girls stay at home with theirs mothers. Together they tidy the house, bake the bread and go to the well for water. Later on, they go to the market to do the shopping. On the way to the market, there were small workshops in which they could see how carpenters, potters, sandal makers…. Were working. The market square is in the centre of the village, and it was always noisy and crowded. They sell baskets, mats, oil, cloth, jewellery, vegetables, fruits, grain…..
There were always travellers from others countries passing through the village.
The Roman Empire:
The Romans came from Rome in Italy. The Emperor was the head of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire lasted more than 500 years. Roman armies were very powerful for a long time and they won a lot of battles. Therefore, they controlled all the land around the Mediterranean Sea, and they spread throughout Europe and North Africa. When Jesus was born, Palestine was ruled by the Romans. The Romans knew that whoever controlled Palestine, had control of all the roads in and out of those areas. When the Romans reached Palestine, very soon they took control of the entire country. The Romans put their own governors in charge to rule the people, and each governor had to make sure that Jewish people of Palestine obeyed Roman laws and paid Roman taxes. Jewish people earned just enough money for food, clothes and a small house for their families, therefore, it was very difficult for them to pay the Roman taxes. As a result, the Jews didn’t accept the Romans, and they believed Palestine was their land, given to them by God.
Religious Groups:
As the time past, different groups of Jews were formed. Some Jews accepted the Romans as a fact of life and other Jews rejected them. There were four groups:
The Pharisees: these people rejected Roman rule. They ignored the Romans, and they continued practising their owns religions.
The Zealots: they rejected Roman rule and they were angry with the Romans. They also tried to fight against them.
The Sadducees: they accepted Roman rule and they adapted to the Romans and they tried to make the best of it.
The Essenes: they rejected Roman rule. They were disappointed with the Romans and the Jewish leaders and they left Jerusalem and went off to live in the desert.
Ancient Judaism:
The history the Jews takes from the time of Abraham to the time of Jesus, approximately 2,000 years.
1. God calls Abraham to lead his people from the city of Ur to the land of Canaan. God makes a sacred agreement in which Abraham’s descendants became God’s chosen people.
2. A period of extreme food scarcity appears in Canaan and Jacobs, Abraham’s grandson, moved the family to Egypt. At the beginning they were welcomed as guests, but later they were treated as slaves.
3. After a lot of years, God chose Moses to let the Jews out of slavery in Egypt. They reached Mount Sinai and God gave Moses the laws and the ten commandments.
4. Judges and prophets were sent to lead them in the ways of God. As the time past, the Jews established a kingdom and David became the king of all Israel. He was a very good fighter and he always tried to keep his people obeying the laws of God. His son Solomon built a beautiful temple in Jerusalem where everyone could adore God.
5. After Solomon’s death the kingdom was divided. The people fell into bad ways and they failed to keep the covenant. God sent prophets to remind them to keep their promises.
6. A bad period arrived and Jerusalem was attacked. The Temple was destroyed and the people were deported to Babylon as slaves. The Jews realised too late their mistake; they were being opposite to God.
7. In a exile and far from home, they learned to depend on God. They began to pray together on the Sabbath and they tried to follow God’s law.
8. when the Jews were set free, they retuned to Jerusalem and they rebuilt the Temple. They started from cero and the rabbis teached them to practice their believes in a prosperous way.
9. there was still no peace in Palestine. The country was invaded by one foreign power after another, for example the Romans in 63BCE.
10. The Jews were looking for a leader who would make their nation a great Jewish kingdom, a Messiah who would lead them to freedom.
Temple and Synagogue:
In Jesus’ time, the Jews had two kind of religious buildings: the Great Temple in the city of Jerusalem and the synagogues in every town and village.
The most important building was the temple. It was a very big place where a lot of people can stay at the same time. It was built of cream coloured stone and covered in gold. It was the dwelling place of God. The Jews used to go to the Temple at list once a year with their families in order to pray and to offer sacrifices to God.
In the temple there were two courts: the Court of Gentiles , were the Jews changed their Roman money into Temple money to buy birds and animals to sacrifice them, and the Court of Priests where the animals were sacrificed on the altar by the priests.
There was in the Temple a sacred part and it was called the Holy of Holies. In this place, only the high priest was allowed to enter into, to pray for God’s forgiveness for his people.
The Temple was destroyed by the Romans but part of a wall is still as a remain today.
The synagogue was a place were the Jewish community attended every week in order to celebrate the Sabbath service, to pray and to listen to the scriptures. This building had two plants although it was small and only permitted 150 people to be inside. The synagogue had two doors, women entered through one of them and the men by the other one. During the Sabbath, a rabbi, a teacher, read from a scroll of Jewish scripture and gave a talk about it. At the end, the scrolls were kept in a special part called the Ark, where a light was always burned on. In addition, a special candle with seven arms was also in the synagogue, and it was called a menorah.
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in wall of the Temple of JerusalemA synagogue 
The Messiah:
The prophets were holy people who spoke on behalf of God. There were very prophets in Old Testament times such as Isaiah, Jeremiah or Ezekiel. The prophets reminded the Jews about God’s law and warned the Jews what would happen if they disobeyed them. The prophets told the people that God promised to sent a great leader and the Jews called it Messiah. Today Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah although Jews believe that the Messiah has yet to come.
The prophets were holy people who spoke on behalf of God. There were very prophets in Old Testament times such as Isaiah, Jeremiah or Ezekiel. The prophets reminded the Jews about God’s law and warned the Jews what would happen if they disobeyed them. The prophets told the people that God promised to sent a great leader and the Jews called it Messiah. Today Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah although Jews believe that the Messiah has yet to come.
CONCLUSION:
I think this work has been very interesting, because now I know more things about religion, such as: the large trip in the Ancient Judaism, the differences between the religious groups that were formed in Palestine in the period of the Roman Empire....
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
I've looked for information in:
·Religion for Living ( my book of religion ).
·www.newadvent.org
By: Rocío, 3
New Testament
The Goods News are written in the four first book (Gospels) in the New Testament in the Bible.
For all Christians the Good News is that Jesus is God.
The gospels were written by the four evangelists (Mark, Matthew, Luke and John) in the first century CE.
An evangelist was a person of great faith, who believed that Jesus is God.
Some gospels begin with events closer from the birth of Jesus but the evangelists focus in particular in His teaching, healing, death and resurrection.
The Evangelists
In the New Testament the evangelists tell the story of Jesus from different points of view.
Each evangelist presents Jesus in a different way by showing us His different sides:
·His suffering side in Mark.
·His teaching side in Matthew.
·His caring side in Luke.
·His holy side in John.
Mark, Matthew and John used to be a Jew and Luke a Gentile but now they are Christians.
Mark´s Gospel was written about 70CE. Luke´s and Matthew´s gospel were written around 85CE. And John´s around 95CE.
Three Gospel Stages
The evangelists knew about Jesus, believed in Him and wrote the gospels about more than forty years after His death and resurrection. The gospels of Jesus came together in three different stages:
1- The Life stage.
Jesus taught and healed people in the last three years of His life. He was crucified and He died on a cross. Jesus raised from dead after three days and appeared to His disciples.
2- The Oral stage.
The apostles believed that Jesus is God so they travelled far and wide to tell the Good News.
3-The Written stage.
The apostles, the main witnesses of all said and did that were getting old, so Jesus story must be written down before it was too late, then the evangelist wrote the story of Jesus in the four Gospels.
The synoptic Gospels
The word synoptic means``can be together side by side´´.
The gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke are sometimes called Synoptic Gospels, so these means that they share a lot in common. The gospels of Matthew and Luke appeared twenty years after than Mark´s and are much longer because they used the ``Q´´ Document, which is a collection of Jesus sayings. Anyway John´s gospel is written much harder to understand and more complex.
Documents of Faith
A gospel is a particular type of writing , it´s a document of faith. It provides a written evidence about something important.
The four evangelists focused their attention on the last three years of Jesus´life, they examined all the facts.
A gospel provides the evidence that Jesus is God, and help people to believe in it.
Documents of History
It is very important to know that Jesus exist outside the New Testament
Some History Books were written a long time ago but there are two documents in particular that were written almost 2,000 years ago.
One of these documents was written by a Jew man called Josephus. He wrote a book to explain the religion of Judaism to the Romans.
Another document was written by a Roman man called Tacitus. He wrote a book about important people and events in the Roman Empire.
Both historians said that Jesus was a real person, he did exist.
So there are two sources of information about Jesus: Christian and Non-Christian.
The Kingdom of God
When Jesus was baptised by John in the River Jordan, something special happened. He felt the peace of God. He was inspired for a special mission to perform. Jesus had a vision of a perfect world, that he called The Kingdom of God: where everyone would love God and their neighbour as themselves.
Parables
A parable is a special kind of story with a hidden meaning.
Jesus told parables to teach people about the Kingdom of God. Parables were easy to understand and remember.
The Lost Sheep
Jesus told parables to show how God treats those who lose their way in life. Jesus said that God loved everyone and that there were no exceptions. Then Jesus explained it with two parables: The Parable of The Lost Sheep and The Parable of The Lost Coin.
The Good Samaritan
One day Jesus was teaching that in the Kingdom of God, you must love God and your neighbour. Someone asked Jesus that who was it´s neighbour and Jesus answered by telling a parable about a kind-hearted man who helped a person in need. It was the Parable of he Good Samaritan, this parable shows that one´s neighbour is everyone, the people we like, and people we don´t like.
By Ángela,1
MIRACLESA Miracle is wonderful event caused by the power of god. He used his power to help people in need. The evangelists record 3 miracles: Healing miracles: helping peopleNature miracles: change something in natureExpelling miracles: Jesus got rid of evil spiritsThe miracle helped people to believe that Jesus was the messiah. Isaiah told the Jews that god send someone to help them. Jesus worked miracles were ever he went. Jesus help: blind people saw, deaf people hear lame people work. Jesus tells everyone to know that GOD LOVES THEM. A BLIND MANIn the town of Jericho, was a man that was ignored by everyone. One day Bartimaeus listen to some people saying that Jesus was coming. Bartimaeus began to shout that he wanted the messiah to hear him. Jesus listened to Bartimaeus, he said he wanted to see. Jesus gave Bartimaeus back his sight. The miracle change is life. Poor people have a place in the KINGDOM OF GOD!A PERSON WITH LEPROSYA man with leprosy saw Jesus and shouted “un clean “un clean” Jesus did not move away like everyone else. Jesus said to the man he wanted to clean him. Jesus said to the man to go to the temple, Jesus showed himself that he was cured. The man tell everyone that he was cured by the miracle (the miracle change is life) THE DISCIPLESJesus travel all over Palestine. One day Jesus called his first disciples, Simon and the brother of Simon: Andrew. They follow him. Further along Jesus called James and John, and they went with him. Jesus called 12 disciples. A disciple is someone who learns from him. The disciples are: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartolomeu, Matthew, Thomas, James, Thaddeus, Simon and Judas. They believe that Jesus may be the messiah.THE BEATITUDESOne day Jesus gathered his disciples and teaches them the beauties. This is a list of good ways of behaving well. Be prayerful, be caring, be gentle, be fair, be forgiven, be respect, be brave.CHRISTIANS TODAY Jesus said love god and love your neighbour as yourself. Jesus wanted his disciples to open up their hearts to God. Everyone has a place in the KINGDOM OF GOD. The world vocation comes from the Latin word vocare. In the beginning Jesus called twelve people to follow him and be his disciples. Christians have answered the call of Jesus in different ways. Their day to day lives are an example of Gods love present in the world.Christian’s parents have a special vocation; they follow Jesus by showing the love of God to the children. Sister Staninlaus Kennedy has a vocation; she follows Jesus by helping young people who are out of home.Mother Teresa followed Jesus by helping the poorest of India.Brother Roger followed Jesus by building an ecumenical community in Taize.Archbishop Desmond Tutu follows Jesus by helping to bring peace and justice to people of all races in South Africa.JESUS AND OUTSIDERSOne day Jesus was passing through the town of Jericho. Zacchaeus a rich tax collector wanted to see him in person. He couldn’t see anything the Pharisees and the ordinary people in Jericho looked up to the Pharisees because they were the leaders in the synagogues.No one liked him because he worked for the Romans. They were to be avoided at all costs. He went around everyone and climbed a tree by the side of the road. He just wanted to see Jesus that was all that mattered.When Jesus finally came along, he looked up and saw Zacchaeus. Jesus said his name, and then calmly invited himself to Zacchaeus house for lunch.Zacchaeus couldn’t believe it!The tax collector promised to change his ways. Jesus told him that he had come to save him from being lost. He promised Zacchaeus that the kingdom of God is for everyone.JESUS FORGIVES SINSJesus went back to Capernaum. When his neighbours saw he was at home they all came to visit him. A group of men arrived. The man was hopping that Jesus would help him. They tried to get their friend inside the house but the crowd was too big. So they tried to reach Jesus another way. Everyone stood back and looked up in amazement. The friends told the paralysed man to hold on tight. He said to the paralysed man: my son, your sins are forgiven. These men knew that only God had the power to forgive sins. The Pharisees accused Jesus of blasphemy. Jesus turned to the paralysed man. Then he told him to roll up is mat and go home with his friends. Jesus power came from God, people thought that illness and disease was a form of punishment. They believed that sick people must have done something wrong in their lives. Jesus gave the man comfort by forgiving his sins. He healed him of his illness.JESUS AND SABBATH LAWSJesus came into conflict with powerful in Palestine. For the Jews the Sabbath day is a holy day. It is a day of rest and prayer. The Pharisees thought that God did not want that the Jews to do any work. There were hundreds of rules about not working on the Sabbath. The Pharisees believe that they were serving God when they encouraged ordinary Jews to obey all this rules. Jesus travelled throughout Palestine teaching about the kingdom of God. Jesus and his disciples were walking along by a field of corn. The disciples were hungry so they picked some corn. But they got in trouble. They told Jesus that it was against the law for the disciples to do something like that on the Sabbath. Jesus knew that the Sabbath was a holy day. People must come first he said before the small detail of the law. They believed exactly the opposite. The law came first and it was to be obeyed in every tiny detail. Jesus replied that he had every right to make different laws. In the kingdom of God, Jesus was the expert. They wanted to see what Jesus would do. They waited for him to make a mistake. Jesus told the man to come up. He asked him to stretch out his hand. Jesus believed that is was right to help people. Jesus said that the needs of people must come first, before the detail of the law, Jesus broke the law on purpose. Jesus was breaking all the rules.
By: Mª José 6
Part 4
Jesus was arrested on a Thursday evening after dark when Jesus, Peter and some of the others disciples met at the amount of olives. Jesus knew it was now only of matter of time, so He left them and went off by himself. In the silence of that night he fell on his knees and prayed. He heard some laud noise and he knows that it was Herodes who arrived. Herodes said to Judas to Kiss Jesus to arrested him and kill him. Judas went to kiss Jesus and Herodes do everything that he told.
On the Friday morning, roman soldiers led Jesus out to be crucified. It was obligatory to Jesus to carry his cross through the streets of Jerusalem. When he reached her friend Golgotha, the place of execution, the soldiers nailed Jesus a cross.
After three days Jesus death, when some people went to look at him, it was nobody at there. The people went to said to the disciples, when suddenly they met another person. When they arrived with the disciples Jesus show to them his injures.
It was the end of Jesus time on the earth. After the ascension the disciples had to wait a short time before beginning their new work. They had to wait almost forty days after the resurrection of Jesus. The disciples where together as usual in a house in Jerusalem. Their new jobs consist to tell the word of Jesus. They need to teach all the things that Jesus has done in his live.
After ten days of the ascension, on the Jewish feast of Pentecost, the disciples met to pray in a house in Jerusalem. The city was already crowned. Some people on the street heard a great deal of noise coming from the house. The doors were opened, so the people came in. They all seemed very excited.
The early Christian communities were like one big family.
The members were happy to share their faith, their worship and their way of live together. After Pentecost the apostles were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit.
They went out and worked openly in the city of Jerusalem.
The apostles had a special mission in the live. They need to teach the Good news of Jesus Christ to the people who believe in Good or who are Christianity. The apostles were the leaders of the Christian communities on Jerusalem. They need to teach every day the message of Good.
The turning time in St. Paul’s live happened on the road of Damascus. Paul changed from being someone who persecuted Christians to becoming a Christian himself. Before he went to Damascus he was totally against Jesus, when he went straight to the synagogue and began to teach about Jesus live and message. His real name was Saul but he change it to Paul because he began to be a missionary of Good and he travelled all over around the world to teach the message of Goodand the live of Jesus.
The apostles tried to express of understanding of Jesus identity. After Jesus resurrection the apostles experienced Jesus in a new way.
Son of Man was the only title Jesus called himself. This idea comes of the old testament
By Maria 8
Bibliografy
- The religion book of 1º Eso(7º)
Conclusions
- I have learned in this work the live of Jesus.
- I have learned of this work how to work with other people and respecting their form of thinking. Also I learned the respect of others persons.
New Testament
The Goods News are written in the four first book (Gospels) in the New Testament in the Bible.
For all Christians the Good News is that Jesus is God.
The gospels were written by the four evangelists (Mark, Matthew, Luke and John) in the first century CE.
An evangelist was a person of great faith, who believed that Jesus is God.
Some gospels begin with events closer from the birth of Jesus but the evangelists focus in particular in His teaching, healing, death and resurrection.
The Evangelists
In the New Testament the evangelists tell the story of Jesus from different points of view.
Each evangelist presents Jesus in a different way by showing us His different sides:
·His suffering side in Mark.
·His teaching side in Matthew.
·His caring side in Luke.
·His holy side in John.
Mark, Matthew and John used to be a Jew and Luke a Gentile but now they are Christians.
Mark´s Gospel was written about 70CE. Luke´s and Matthew´s gospel were written around 85CE. And John´s around 95CE.
Three Gospel Stages
The evangelists knew about Jesus, believed in Him and wrote the gospels about more than forty years after His death and resurrection. The gospels of Jesus came together in three different stages:
1- The Life stage.
Jesus taught and healed people in the last three years of His life. He was crucified and He died on a cross. Jesus raised from dead after three days and appeared to His disciples.
2- The Oral stage.
The apostles believed that Jesus is God so they travelled far and wide to tell the Good News.
3-The Written stage.
The apostles, the main witnesses of all said and did that were getting old, so Jesus story must be written down before it was too late, then the evangelist wrote the story of Jesus in the four Gospels.
The synoptic Gospels
The word synoptic means``can be together side by side´´.
The gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke are sometimes called Synoptic Gospels, so these means that they share a lot in common. The gospels of Matthew and Luke appeared twenty years after than Mark´s and are much longer because they used the ``Q´´ Document, which is a collection of Jesus sayings. Anyway John´s gospel is written much harder to understand and more complex.
Documents of Faith
A gospel is a particular type of writing , it´s a document of faith. It provides a written evidence about something important.
The four evangelists focused their attention on the last three years of Jesus´life, they examined all the facts.
A gospel provides the evidence that Jesus is God, and help people to believe in it.
Documents of History
It is very important to know that Jesus exist outside the New Testament
Some History Books were written a long time ago but there are two documents in particular that were written almost 2,000 years ago.
One of these documents was written by a Jew man called Josephus. He wrote a book to explain the religion of Judaism to the Romans.
Another document was written by a Roman man called Tacitus. He wrote a book about important people and events in the Roman Empire.
Both historians said that Jesus was a real person, he did exist.
So there are two sources of information about Jesus: Christian and Non-Christian.
The Kingdom of God
When Jesus was baptised by John in the River Jordan, something special happened. He felt the peace of God. He was inspired for a special mission to perform. Jesus had a vision of a perfect world, that he called The Kingdom of God: where everyone would love God and their neighbour as themselves.
Parables
A parable is a special kind of story with a hidden meaning.
Jesus told parables to teach people about the Kingdom of God. Parables were easy to understand and remember.
The Lost Sheep
Jesus told parables to show how God treats those who lose their way in life. Jesus said that God loved everyone and that there were no exceptions. Then Jesus explained it with two parables: The Parable of The Lost Sheep and The Parable of The Lost Coin.
The Good Samaritan
One day Jesus was teaching that in the Kingdom of God, you must love God and your neighbour. Someone asked Jesus that who was it´s neighbour and Jesus answered by telling a parable about a kind-hearted man who helped a person in need. It was the Parable of he Good Samaritan, this parable shows that one´s neighbour is everyone, the people we like, and people we don´t like.
By Ángela,1
MIRACLESA Miracle is wonderful event caused by the power of god. He used his power to help people in need. The evangelists record 3 miracles: Healing miracles: helping peopleNature miracles: change something in natureExpelling miracles: Jesus got rid of evil spiritsThe miracle helped people to believe that Jesus was the messiah. Isaiah told the Jews that god send someone to help them. Jesus worked miracles were ever he went. Jesus help: blind people saw, deaf people hear lame people work. Jesus tells everyone to know that GOD LOVES THEM. A BLIND MANIn the town of Jericho, was a man that was ignored by everyone. One day Bartimaeus listen to some people saying that Jesus was coming. Bartimaeus began to shout that he wanted the messiah to hear him. Jesus listened to Bartimaeus, he said he wanted to see. Jesus gave Bartimaeus back his sight. The miracle change is life. Poor people have a place in the KINGDOM OF GOD!A PERSON WITH LEPROSYA man with leprosy saw Jesus and shouted “un clean “un clean” Jesus did not move away like everyone else. Jesus said to the man he wanted to clean him. Jesus said to the man to go to the temple, Jesus showed himself that he was cured. The man tell everyone that he was cured by the miracle (the miracle change is life) THE DISCIPLESJesus travel all over Palestine. One day Jesus called his first disciples, Simon and the brother of Simon: Andrew. They follow him. Further along Jesus called James and John, and they went with him. Jesus called 12 disciples. A disciple is someone who learns from him. The disciples are: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartolomeu, Matthew, Thomas, James, Thaddeus, Simon and Judas. They believe that Jesus may be the messiah.THE BEATITUDESOne day Jesus gathered his disciples and teaches them the beauties. This is a list of good ways of behaving well. Be prayerful, be caring, be gentle, be fair, be forgiven, be respect, be brave.CHRISTIANS TODAY Jesus said love god and love your neighbour as yourself. Jesus wanted his disciples to open up their hearts to God. Everyone has a place in the KINGDOM OF GOD. The world vocation comes from the Latin word vocare. In the beginning Jesus called twelve people to follow him and be his disciples. Christians have answered the call of Jesus in different ways. Their day to day lives are an example of Gods love present in the world.Christian’s parents have a special vocation; they follow Jesus by showing the love of God to the children. Sister Staninlaus Kennedy has a vocation; she follows Jesus by helping young people who are out of home.Mother Teresa followed Jesus by helping the poorest of India.Brother Roger followed Jesus by building an ecumenical community in Taize.Archbishop Desmond Tutu follows Jesus by helping to bring peace and justice to people of all races in South Africa.JESUS AND OUTSIDERSOne day Jesus was passing through the town of Jericho. Zacchaeus a rich tax collector wanted to see him in person. He couldn’t see anything the Pharisees and the ordinary people in Jericho looked up to the Pharisees because they were the leaders in the synagogues.No one liked him because he worked for the Romans. They were to be avoided at all costs. He went around everyone and climbed a tree by the side of the road. He just wanted to see Jesus that was all that mattered.When Jesus finally came along, he looked up and saw Zacchaeus. Jesus said his name, and then calmly invited himself to Zacchaeus house for lunch.Zacchaeus couldn’t believe it!The tax collector promised to change his ways. Jesus told him that he had come to save him from being lost. He promised Zacchaeus that the kingdom of God is for everyone.JESUS FORGIVES SINSJesus went back to Capernaum. When his neighbours saw he was at home they all came to visit him. A group of men arrived. The man was hopping that Jesus would help him. They tried to get their friend inside the house but the crowd was too big. So they tried to reach Jesus another way. Everyone stood back and looked up in amazement. The friends told the paralysed man to hold on tight. He said to the paralysed man: my son, your sins are forgiven. These men knew that only God had the power to forgive sins. The Pharisees accused Jesus of blasphemy. Jesus turned to the paralysed man. Then he told him to roll up is mat and go home with his friends. Jesus power came from God, people thought that illness and disease was a form of punishment. They believed that sick people must have done something wrong in their lives. Jesus gave the man comfort by forgiving his sins. He healed him of his illness.JESUS AND SABBATH LAWSJesus came into conflict with powerful in Palestine. For the Jews the Sabbath day is a holy day. It is a day of rest and prayer. The Pharisees thought that God did not want that the Jews to do any work. There were hundreds of rules about not working on the Sabbath. The Pharisees believe that they were serving God when they encouraged ordinary Jews to obey all this rules. Jesus travelled throughout Palestine teaching about the kingdom of God. Jesus and his disciples were walking along by a field of corn. The disciples were hungry so they picked some corn. But they got in trouble. They told Jesus that it was against the law for the disciples to do something like that on the Sabbath. Jesus knew that the Sabbath was a holy day. People must come first he said before the small detail of the law. They believed exactly the opposite. The law came first and it was to be obeyed in every tiny detail. Jesus replied that he had every right to make different laws. In the kingdom of God, Jesus was the expert. They wanted to see what Jesus would do. They waited for him to make a mistake. Jesus told the man to come up. He asked him to stretch out his hand. Jesus believed that is was right to help people. Jesus said that the needs of people must come first, before the detail of the law, Jesus broke the law on purpose. Jesus was breaking all the rules.
By: Mª José 6
Part 4
Jesus was arrested on a Thursday evening after dark when Jesus, Peter and some of the others disciples met at the amount of olives. Jesus knew it was now only of matter of time, so He left them and went off by himself. In the silence of that night he fell on his knees and prayed. He heard some laud noise and he knows that it was Herodes who arrived. Herodes said to Judas to Kiss Jesus to arrested him and kill him. Judas went to kiss Jesus and Herodes do everything that he told.
On the Friday morning, roman soldiers led Jesus out to be crucified. It was obligatory to Jesus to carry his cross through the streets of Jerusalem. When he reached her friend Golgotha, the place of execution, the soldiers nailed Jesus a cross.
After three days Jesus death, when some people went to look at him, it was nobody at there. The people went to said to the disciples, when suddenly they met another person. When they arrived with the disciples Jesus show to them his injures.
It was the end of Jesus time on the earth. After the ascension the disciples had to wait a short time before beginning their new work. They had to wait almost forty days after the resurrection of Jesus. The disciples where together as usual in a house in Jerusalem. Their new jobs consist to tell the word of Jesus. They need to teach all the things that Jesus has done in his live.
After ten days of the ascension, on the Jewish feast of Pentecost, the disciples met to pray in a house in Jerusalem. The city was already crowned. Some people on the street heard a great deal of noise coming from the house. The doors were opened, so the people came in. They all seemed very excited.
The early Christian communities were like one big family.
The members were happy to share their faith, their worship and their way of live together. After Pentecost the apostles were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit.
They went out and worked openly in the city of Jerusalem.
The apostles had a special mission in the live. They need to teach the Good news of Jesus Christ to the people who believe in Good or who are Christianity. The apostles were the leaders of the Christian communities on Jerusalem. They need to teach every day the message of Good.
The turning time in St. Paul’s live happened on the road of Damascus. Paul changed from being someone who persecuted Christians to becoming a Christian himself. Before he went to Damascus he was totally against Jesus, when he went straight to the synagogue and began to teach about Jesus live and message. His real name was Saul but he change it to Paul because he began to be a missionary of Good and he travelled all over around the world to teach the message of Goodand the live of Jesus.
The apostles tried to express of understanding of Jesus identity. After Jesus resurrection the apostles experienced Jesus in a new way.
Son of Man was the only title Jesus called himself. This idea comes of the old testament
By Maria 8
Bibliografy
- The religion book of 1º Eso(7º)
Conclusions
- I have learned in this work the live of Jesus.
- I have learned of this work how to work with other people and respecting their form of thinking. Also I learned the respect of others persons.
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