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Compare And Contrast Christianism And Judaism

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The two religions I have choose to write my essay on are Christianity and Judaism. There are many different religions in the world today, however these two sparked my interest. I learned some interesting similarities and differences between these two religions. Christianity was founded by Jesus, Peter, and Paul in Southern Levant in 30 C.E. Christian beliefs center around Jesus of Nazareth who is a teacher and a healer who lived in the first century of Palestine. The Gospels were written between twenty to one hundred years after his death. During a three year teaching and healing ministry, twelve disciples became very close to Jesus as well as many other followers that believe him to be the Messiah. Christianity means a follower of Christ or Messiah. There are 2.2 billion Christian adherents of Christianity. The original languages are Aramaic and Greek. Christianity has the three largest branches, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant. In Protestantism, there are numerous denominational groups, which include Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, and also Evangelicals. There are three main locations Europe, North and South America, and Africa. Christian’s regular worship is on Sunday in a church, a chapel, or a cathedral, in these buildings they hold prayer meetings, bible studies, and baptisms. The birth of Jesus is believed to be a virgin birth and the death of Jesus is believed to be a real physical death and

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