Religion, also known as religion, is a global religion that believes in Jesus as its Savior. This religion has a large number of adherents around the world and is known as one of the three major religions in the world, along with Buddhism and Islam. However, in Chinese academic circles, there is a distinction between broad and narrow meanings in the use of the term "*jiao".
Broadly speaking, Christianity includes the three major denominations of Roman Catholicism (Catholicism), Orthodoxy (Orthodoxy), and Protestantism (Christianity), as well as a number of smaller denominations. And among the Chinese, for historical reasons, for a long time only Protestantism was called ** religion. The Protestant churches in the continental region also never called themselves Protestant, but called themselves ** or Jesus, while Roman Catholicism was called Catholicism and Orthodoxy was called Orthodoxy.
In order to distinguish between the broad and narrow sense of **religion, the Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan have proposed a new term "**religion" to denote **religion in a broad sense. The term is now also beginning to be accepted by scholars on the mainland, making the term "** religion" refer exclusively to Protestantism.
Although the various denominations believe in Jesus as the Messiah and use the Bible as the canon, there are certain differences in doctrine, sacraments, and church structure. For example, Protestantism has only two sacraments, while both Catholicism and Orthodoxy have seven. In addition, Catholicism implements a papal system, Orthodox Christianity implements a patriarchate system, and the ** Church system is more complex and diverse, with various forms such as the presbyterian system, the congregational system and the bishopric system.
** Christianity originated as a Jewish community in Palestine under the Roman Empire in the first century A.D. and has since developed into a global religion. With the emergence of Eastern and Western Rome, the Church was also Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. By 1453, after the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire, ** religion entered a new stage of development.
The Reformation movement began in the 16th century and was sparked by a campaign led by Martin Luther against the sale of indulgences. Luther's slogan of "Scripture alone, grace alone, faith alone" became the principle inherited and followed by later Reformers. This reform movement spread throughout Western Europe, leading to a series of reform movements. Switzerland, Geneva, Britain and other places have successively carried out reformation activities, forming their own ** sects.
In general, Christianity is a pluralistic religion that includes many different sects. Although there are certain differences between the denominations, they all share a common belief in Jesus** and use the Bible as their canon.
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