1. Group 1 : 王艺伦 徐丹 张倩倩 张洪月 郭珊
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PPT 制作：王艺伦

2. Outline:
ⅠBackgroud of Christianity
Ⅱ
A. Relations
B
. The Introduction of Christianity: Puritanis
C. Influence
Ⅲ Conclusion

3. ⅠBackgroud of Christianity
• Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life
and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical
gospels and other New Testament writings.
• The three largest groups in the world of Christianity are
the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox
churches, and the various denominations of
Protestantism.
• The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox split from
one another in the East–West Schism of 1054 AD, and
Protestantism came into existence during the Protestant
Reformation of the 16th century, splitting from the
Roman Catholic Church.

4. Ⅱ A. Relation
Christianity
Branch Number of Adherents
Catholic 968,000,000
Roman Catholic
Protestant Orthdox
395,867,000
Other Christians 275,583,000
Orthodox 217,948,000
Protestant
Anglicans
Major Traditional Branches of Christianity
Puritanism
(mid-1995; source: Encyclopedia Britannica)

5. B. Puritanism 清教主
义 the late 16th and 17th centuries
Time:
Purpose: to“purify” the Church of England
Beliefs:
• Covenant of Works( 行为之约 ) is God‘s promise to Adam.
• Covenant of Grace( 恩典之约 ) is God’s promise to send the Holy Spirit.
• God predetermines who is to be chosen (God's elect 上帝的选民 ) and who is
predestined to be damned to hell.
Requrements:
work hard, spend little and invest for more business. Working hard and living a
moral life were their ethics. they also advocated self-discipline and introspection.

6. Christian 基督徒
Definition:
A person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion.
Based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the
Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament.
Faith groups:
• Four to seven meta-groups, (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy,
Protestantism…)
• Three wings, (conservative, mainline and liberal)
• Fifteen religious families, (Adventist, Baptist, Lutheran, Reform…)
• Dozens of denominations, (from the Amish to The Way)
• Many systems of belief, (Arminianism, British Israelism, Calvinism…)
Personalities:
God, Yeshua/Jesus, Mary, Saints, Satan/demons

7. Catholic 天主教徒
Definition:
The term "catholic", derived from the Greek word
καθολικός (katholikos), which means "universal" or
"general", was first used to describe the Church in the early
2nd century.

8. Catholic 天主教
Roman Catholic doctrine:
maintains that the Church is infallible when it
definitively teaches a doctrine of faith or morals.
Catholic worship is centred on the Eucharist, in
which the Church teaches that the sacramental
bread and wine are transubstantiated into the
body and blood of Christ. The Church holds the
Blessed Virgin Mary in special regard. Catholic
beliefs concerning Mary include her Immaculate
Conception and bodily Assumption at the end of
her earthly life.

9. Orthodox 东正教
• History ：
The Eastern Orthodox Churches trace their roots back
to the Apostles and Jesus Christ. Apostolic
succession established the seats of Patriarchy (for
example see the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of
Jerusalem). Orthodoxy reached its golden age
during the high point of the Byzantine Empire, taken
over by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the
Serbian Orthodox Church before it continued to
flourish in Russia after the Fall of Constantinople.
Numerous autocephalous churches have been
established in Eastern Europe and Slavic areas
Orthodox Church ：
the second largest Christian denomination in the
world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in
the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia,
Greece, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania,
Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine, all of which are majority
Eastern Orthodox.
The Orthodox Church is composed of several self-
governing ecclesial bodies, each geographically and
nationally distinct but theologically unified.

10. Protestantism 新教主义
Definition:
the term Protestant has been used in many different senses, often as a
general term merely to signify Christians who belong to neither the
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodoxy, or Oriental Orthodoxy Churches.
Founders: the first major reformers and theologians( 神学家 )
14th century
John Wycliffe, English reformer, the "Morning Star of the Reformation".
15th century
Jan Hus, Catholic Priest and Professor, father of an early Protestant
church
16th century
Martin Luther, church reformer, Father of Protestantism ， theological
works guided those now known as Lutherans.

11. Protestantism 新教主义
Movements ：
Fundamental principles ：
Scripture Alone ： The belief in the Bible as the supreme
source of authority for the church.
Justification by Faith Alone: The subjective principle of the
Reformation is justification by faith alone, or, rather, by free
grace through faith.
Universal Priesthood of Believers: The universal priesthood
of believers implies the right and duty of the Christian laity
not only to read the Bible in the vernacular, but also to take
part in the government and all the public affairs of the
Church.

12. C. Influence
• persecution ( 迫害 )of the Puritans, that brought about Puritan
migration to Europe (Holland) and America( the Plymouth Colony in
what is now southeastern Massachusetts).
Mayflower （五月花
号）：
America:
1.Traditon: New England also established another American tradition—a
strain of often intolerant moralism.
2.American Values: American values such as individualism, hard work, and
the sense of equality.
3.American Education: The foundation of a series of institutes, such as
Harvard( 哈佛学院 )founded in 1636, College of William and Mary( 威廉玛丽
学院 ) in 1693, and Yale( 耶鲁大学 ) in 1701.

13. Ⅲ Conclusion
• The Christianity is the most important religion in
the Western world. The development of the
several branches and its beliefs caused a lot of
influences in history which have a great impact
on American began since the voyage of
Mayflower.
• To have a better understanding of the relations
between different branches and its beliefs help
us to learn western culture better.

14. Thank you ^^