Christianity

[Chris*tianĀ·i*ty]

The body of Christian believers.

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The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

Noun
a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior

Noun
the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"


n.
The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

n.
Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion

n.
The body of Christian believers.


Christianity

Chris*tian"i*ty , n. [OE. cristiente, OF. cristient'82, F. chr'82tient'82, fr. L. christianitas. ] 1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ. 2. Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion 3. The body of Christian believers. [Obs.]
To Walys fled the christianitee Of olde Britons.

The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

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Usage Examples

Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul the Second, and Billy Graham. Each showed, in their own way, the relentless and powerful influence of the message of Jesus Christ.

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith.

A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people.

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Other Usage Examples

After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son.

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion.

First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.

Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind.

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