Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings Overview

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

2 

“I am the 

Lord

 your God who brought you out of Egypt, where

you were slaves.

3 

“Worship no god but me.

Exodus 20:2-3

The Nature of God

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

37 

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Luke 1:37

God as omnipotent, loving and just

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

16 

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.

Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

John 3:16

God as omnipotent, loving and just

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

4 

Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to

others. It does not brag. It is not proud. 

5 

It does not dishonour

other people. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not

easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people’s

wrongs. 

6 

Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the

truth is spoken. 

7 

It always protects. It always trusts. It always

hopes. It never gives up.

8 

Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages

that had not been known before will end. And knowledge will pass

away.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

God as omnipotent, loving and just

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 

2 

The

earth didn’t have any shape. And it was empty. There was

darkness over the surface of the waves. At that time, the Spirit

of God was hovering over the waters.

3 

God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light.

Genesis 1:1-3

Different Christian beliefs about creation

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

1 In the beginning, the Word was already there. The Word was

with God, and the Word was God. 

2 

He was with God In the

beginning. 

3 

Through him all things were made; without him

nothing was made that has been made.

John 1:1-3

Different Christian beliefs about creation

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

18 

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about. His

mother Mary and Joseph had promised to get married. But

before they started to live together, it became clear that she

was going to have a baby. She became pregnant by the power of

the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:18

The incarnation and Jesus, the Son of God

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

11 

A voice spoke to him from heaven. It said, “You are

my Son, and I love you. I am very pleased with you.”

Mark 1:11

The incarnation and Jesus, the Son of God

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

46 

Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I

commit my life.” After he said this, he took his last breath.

Luke 23:46

The crucifixion

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

39 

And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus,

saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of

God!”

Mark 15:39

The Crucifixion

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

50 

Jesus led his disciples out to the area near Bethany. Then he

lifted up his hands and blessed them. 

51 

While he was blessing

them, he left them. He was taken up into heaven.

Luke 24:50-51

The resurrection and ascension

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

42 It will be like that with bodies that are raised from the dead.

The body that is planted does not last forever. The body that is

raised from the dead lasts forever. 43 It is planted without honour.

But it is raised in glory. It is planted in weakness. But it is raised

in power. 44 It is planted as an earthly body. But it is raised as a

spiritual body. Just as there is an earthly body, there is also a

spiritual body.

 1 Corinthians 15:42-44

Resurrection and life after death

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

31 

“The Son of Man will come in all his glory. All the angels will

come with him. Then he will sit in glory on his throne. 

32 

All the

nations will be gathered in front of him. He will separate the

people into two groups. He will be like a shepherd who

separates the sheep from the goats. 

33 

He will put the sheep to

his right and the goats to his left.

34 

“Then the King will speak to those on his right. He will say,

‘My Father has blessed you. Come and take what is yours. It is

the kingdom prepared for you since the world was created. 

35 

I

was hungry. And you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty.

And you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger. And you

invited me in. 

36 

I needed clothes. And you gave them to me. I

was sick. And you took care of me. I was in prison. And you

came to visit me.’

Matthew 25:31-36

The afterlife and judgement

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

      creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

      who was conceived by the Holy Spirit

      and born of the virgin Mary.

      He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

      was crucified, died, and was buried;

      he descended to hell.

      The third day he rose again from the dead.

      He ascended to heaven

      and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.

      From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

      the holy catholic* church,

      the communion of saints,

      the forgiveness of sins,

      the resurrection of the body,

      and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Apostles Creed

The afterlife and Judgement

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

5 

So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He

gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has

saved you. 

6 

God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us

with him in his heavenly kingdom. That’s because we belong to

Christ Jesus. 

7 

He has done it to show the riches of his grace

for all time to come. His grace can’t be compared with

anything else. He has shown it by being kind to us. He was

kind to us because of what Christ Jesus has done. 

8 

God’s

grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your

salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s

gift. 

9 

It is not based on anything you have done. No one can

brag about earning it.

Ephesians 2:5-9

Sin and Salvation

Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings

21 

Death came because of what a man did. Rising from

the dead also comes because of what a man did.

1 Corinthians 15:21

The role of Christ in salvation

Christianity: Practices

Our Father, Who art in heaven

Hallowed be Thy Name;

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass

against us;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. Amen.

The Lord Prayer

Christianity: Practices

19 

Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them

my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 28:19

The Sacraments: Baptism

Christianity: Practices

23 

For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on

to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed,

took a piece of bread, 

24 

gave thanks to God, broke it, and

said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of

me.” 

25 

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and

said, “This cup is God's new covenant, sealed with my blood.

Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me.”

26 

This means that every time you eat this bread and drink

from this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

The Sacraments: Holy Communion

Christianity: Practices

22 

And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to

be head over everything for the church, 

23 

which is his

body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Ephesians 1:22-23

The role of the Church in the local community

Christianity: Practices

19 

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send

you out to fish for people.”

 Matthew 4:19

The place of mission and evangelism

Christianity: Practices

15 

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to

all creation.

16 

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but

whoever does not believe will be condemned. 

17 

And these signs will

accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out

demons; they will speak in new tongues; 

18 

they will pick up

snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will

not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and

they will get well.”

19 

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into

heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. 

20 

Then the disciples

went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them

and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

Mark 16:15-20

Church Growth

Christianity: Practices

10 

For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to

him through the death of his Son, how much more, having

been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life

Romans 5:10

The importance of the worldwide Church

Christianity: Practices

10 

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of

righteousness,

    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and

falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of

me. 

12 

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in

heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who

were before you.

Matthew 5:10-12

Christian persecution

Christianity: Practices

10 

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his

resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him

in his death

Philippians 3:10

Christian persecution

Christianity: Practices

17 

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or

sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God

be in that person? 

18 

Dear children, let us not love with words

or speech but with actions and in truth.

 1 John 3:17-18

The Church’s response to world poverty

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

4 

Hear, O Israel: The 

Lord

 our God, the 

Lord

 is

one. 

5 

Love the 

Lord

 your God with all your heart and with all

your soul and with all your strength.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

The Nature of God: God as One

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

The Nature of God: God as Creator

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high

and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his

robe filled the temple. 

2 

Above him were seraphim, each with

six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two

they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

Isaiah 6:1-2

The Nature of God: God as lawgiver and judge; the divine

presence

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

2 

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some

to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2

Life after death, judgement and resurrection

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

10 Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it

on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not

the 

Lord

 anointed you ruler over his inheritance?

1 Samuel 10:1

The nature and role of the Messiah

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

12 The 

Lord

 had said to Abram, “Go from your country,

your people and your father’s household to the land I will

show you.

2 

“I will make you into a great nation,

    and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

    and you will be a blessing.

3 

I will bless those who bless you,

    and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

    will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 12:1-3

The Promised Land and the covenant with Abraham

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

And God spoke all these words:

1.

“I am the 

Lord

 your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

2. “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the

waters below.

3. 

“You shall not misuse the name of the 

Lord

 your God, for the 

Lord

 will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his

name.

4. 

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

5.“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the 

Lord

 your God is giving you.

6. “You shall not murder.

7. “You shall not commit adultery.

8. “You shall not steal.

9. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.

10. “You shall not covet your neighbour's house. You shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or his male or female

servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.”

 Exodus 20:1-17

The covenant at Sinai and the Ten Commandments

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

24 

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a

never-failing stream!

Key moral principles in Judaism

Amos 5:24 

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

34 

The foreigner residing among you must be treated as

your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were

foreigners in Egypt. I am the 

Lord

 your God.

Leviticus 19:34

Key moral principles in Judaism

Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings

16 

“‘Do not go about spreading slander among your

people.

“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbour's

life. I am the 

Lord

.

Leviticus 19:16

Sanctity of Life

Judaism: Practices

21 

Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the

shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as

the 

Lord

 commanded him.

Exodus 40:21

Interior features of a synagogue

Judaism: Practices

1 

Praise the 

Lord

.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

    praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 

Praise him for his acts of power;

    praise him for his surpassing greatness.

3 

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

    praise him with the harp and lyre,

4 

praise him with timbrel and dancing,

    praise him with the strings and pipe,

5 

praise him with the clash of cymbals,

    praise him with resounding cymbals.

6 

Let everything that has breath praise

the 

Lord

.

Praise the 

Lord

.

 Psalm 150

Worship in Orthodox and Reform synagogues

Judaism: Practices

9 

This observance will be for you like a sign on your

hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of

the 

Lord

 is to be on your lips. For the 

Lord

 brought you

out of Egypt with his mighty hand.

Exodus 13:9

Daily services and prayer

Judaism: Practices

3 

Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving

you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted

as sweet as honey in my mouth.

 Ezekiel 3:3

Shabbat in the synagogue

Judaism: Practices

35 

Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,

“Rise up, 

Lord

!

    May your enemies be scattered;

    may your foes flee before you.”

Numbers 10:35

Shabbat in the synagogue

Judaism: Practices

28 

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and

increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule

over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and

over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

 Genesis 1:28

Ceremonies associated with birth

Judaism: Practices

24 

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is

united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

Marriage

Judaism: Practices

34 

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for

his son many days.

Genesis 37:34

Mourning for the dead

Judaism: Practices

23 

But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is

the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

 Deuteronomy 12:23

Dietary Laws

Judaism: Practices

19 

 “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Dietary Laws

Exodus 23:19 

Judaism: Practices

29 

“This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of

the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—

whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you— 

30 

because

on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then,

before the 

Lord

, you will be clean from all your sins.

31 

It is a day

of Sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting

ordinance.

Leviticus 16:29-31

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Judaism: Practices

6 

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the 

Lord

, and I will

bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free

you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an

outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 

7 

I will

take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you

will know that I am the 

Lord

 your God, who brought you out

from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

Exodus 6:6-7

Pesach

Relationships and Families

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united

with his wife, and they become one.

Genesis 2:24

Christian teaching about human sexuality

Relationships and Families

“You shall not commit adultery”

Exodus 20:14

Sexual relationships before and outside marriage

Relationships and Families

So God created human beings, making them to be like himself.

He created them male and female

Genesis 1:27

Sexual relationships before and outside marriage

Relationships and Families

25 

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church

and gave himself up for her

Ephesians 5:25

Christian teachings about marriage

Relationships and Families

11 

He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries

another woman commits adultery against her. 

12 

And if she

divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits

adultery.”

Mark 10:11-12

Divorce and remarriage

Relationships and Families

But if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the

members of their own family, they have denied the faith and

are worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8

Religious teachings about family

Relationships and Families

So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between

slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one

in union with Christ Jesus

.

Galatians 3:28

Religious attitudes to gender equality

Religion and Life

The origins of the universe

 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 

2 

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of

the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 

4 

God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the

darkness. 

5 

God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

6 

And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 

7 

So God made the vault and separated the

water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 

8 

God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was

morning—the second day.

9 

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 

10 

God called the dry

ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

11 

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according

to their various kinds.” And it was so. 

12 

The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing

fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 

13 

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third

day.

14 

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark

sacred times, and days and years, 

15 

and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 

16 

God

made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 

17 

God set

them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 

18 

to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And

God saw that it was good. 

19 

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” And God saw

that it was good. 

24 

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move

along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.”  And God saw that it was good.

26 

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the

sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,

[

a

]

 and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 

So God created mankind in his own image,

    in the image of God he created them;

    male and female he created them.

28 

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea

and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

29 

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.

They will be yours for food. 

30 

And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the

ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2 

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 

3 

Then God

blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Religion and Life

The value of the world

3 

When I consider your heavens,

    the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

    which you have set in place,

4 

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

    human beings that you care for them?

Psalm 8:3-4

Religion and Life

The value of the world

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his

eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being

understood from what has been made, so that people are

without excuse.

Romans 1:20

Religion and Life

The use and abuse of the environment

The 

Lord

 God took the man and put him in the Garden of

Eden to work it and take care of it.

Genesis 2:15

Religion and Life

Pollution

The earth is the 

Lord

’s, and everything in it,

    the world, and all who live in it

Psalm 24:1

Religion and Life

The use and abuse of animals

Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just

as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

Genesis 9:3

Religion and Life

The use and abuse of animals

The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the

one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything

must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.

Romans 14:3

Religion and Life

The origins of human life

So God created mankind in his own image,

    in the image of God he created them;

    male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:27

Religion and Life

Abortion

For you created my inmost being;

    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

    your works are wonderful,

    I know that full well.

Psalm 139:13-14

Religion and Life

Abortion

 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew

you,

    before you were born I set you apart;

    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5

Religion and Life

Euthanasia

“You shall not murder”

Exodus 20:13

Religion and Life

Euthanasia

7 

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Matthew 5:7

Religion,  peace and conflict

Reasons for war

10 

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some

people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and

pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 Timothy 6:10

Religion,  peace and conflict

Reasons for war

But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you

on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

Matthew 5:39

Religion,  peace and conflict

Nuclear war and WMDs

“You shall not murder.

Exodus 20:13

Religion,  peace and conflict

Nuclear war and WMDs

23 

But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for

life, 

24 

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for

foot

Exodus 21:23-24

Religion,  peace and conflict

Holy War

52 

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all

who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Matthew 26:52

Religion,  peace and conflict

Holy War

36 

He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and

also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and

buy one.

Luke 22:36

Religion,  peace and conflict

Holy War

21 

“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You

shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to

judgment.’ 

22 

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a

brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone

who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the

court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the

fire of hell.

 Matthew 5:21-22

Religion,  peace and conflict

Pacifism

3 

He will judge between many peoples

    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.

They will beat their swords into ploughshares

    and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

    nor will they train for war anymore.

Micah 4:3

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Pacifism

6 

For to us a child is born,

    to us a son is given,

    and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

    Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God,

    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7 

Of the greatness of his government and peace

    there will be no end.

He will reign on David’s throne

    and over his kingdom,

establishing and upholding it

    with justice and righteousness

    from that time on and forever.

The zeal of the 

Lord

 Almighty

    will accomplish this.

Isaiah 9:6-7

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Pacifism

9 

Blessed are the peacemakers,

    for they will be called children of God.

Matthew 5:9

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Pacifism

15 

The eyes of the 

Lord

 are on the righteous,

    and his ears are attentive to their cry

Psalm 34:15

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Religious responses to victims of war

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’ There is no

commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:31

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Social justice and human rights

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there

is no authority except that which God has established. The

authorities that exist have been established by God.

Romans 13:1

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Social justice and human rights

The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no

child. It was the same with the third.

Mark 12:21

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Prejudice and discrimination

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is

there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:28

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Religious freedom

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with

everyone.

Romans 12:18

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Prejudice and discrimination- disability and race

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’  There is

no commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:31

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Christian teachings about wealth

The 

Lord

 will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of

your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your

ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

Deuteronomy 28:11

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Status of women

Women

should remain silent in the churches. They are not

allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the

law says. 

35 

If they want to inquire about something, they

should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for

a woman to speak in the church.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35

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Poverty and its causes

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The

one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

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Exploitation of the poor

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor

    and do not crush the needy in court,

Proverbs 22:22