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1、Unit11ReligionandBeliefsTextAChristianityWords&ExpressionsNotesExercisesTextBChurchofEnglandWords&ExpressionsNotesExercisesSupplementaryReadingStPaul'sCathedralKnowledgeExpansionListofChurchofEnglanddiocesesTextAChristianity导读：现在英国人享有充分的宗教信仰的自由，但基督教在英国还是最为普遍的宗教。基督教，是以新旧约全书为圣经，信仰人类有原罪，相信耶
2、稣为神子并被钉十字架从而洗清人类原罪、拯救人类的一神论宗教，其发源于犹太教，与佛教、伊斯兰教并称世界三大宗教。ChristianityisamonotheisticreligionbasedonthelifeandteachingsofJesusaspresentedincanonicalgospelsandotherNewTestamentwritings.ItisthemostwidelypracticedanddeclaredreligioninEngland.AdherentsoftheChristianfaithareknownasChristians.His
3、toryofChristianityThehistoryofChristianityconcernstheChristianreligion,itsfollowersandtheChurchwithitsvariousdenominations,fromthefirstcenturytothepresent.ChristianitywasfoundedinthefirstcenturybythefollowersofJesusofNazarethwhotheybelievedtobetheChristorchosenoneofGod.ThefoundersofChris
4、tianityincludedthosewhohadbeendisciplesofJesussuchasPeter,Matthew,JamesandJohn,aswellasotherswhomayneverhavemethimbutwereeitherinfluencedbyaccountsofhisteachingssuchastheGospelwritersMarkandLuke,ordescribedhavingmysticalrevelationsofhisdivinenature,suchasPaulofTarsuswhoactivelyencouraged
5、thefoundingofChristiancommunitiesor"churches".ChristianityspreadinitiallyfromJerusalemthroughouttheNearEast.Inthe4thcenturyitwassuccessivelyadoptedasthestatereligionbyArmeniain301,Ethiopiain325,Georgiain337,andthentheRomanEmpirein380.ItbecamecommontoallofEuropeintheMiddleAgesandexpandedt
6、hroughouttheworldduringEurope'sAgeofExplorationfromtheRenaissanceonwardstobecometheworld'slargestreligion.Throughoutitshistory,Christianityhasweatheredpersecutions,schismsandtheologicaldisputesthathaveresultedinmanydistinctchurches.ThelargestbranchesofChristianityaretheRomanCatholicChurc
7、h,theEasternOrthodoxChurchandtheProtestantChurches.MajorGroupingsWithinChristianityThethreeprimarydivisionsofChristianityareCatholicism,EasternOrthodoxy,andProtestantism.TheCatholicChurchcomprisesthoseparticularchurches,headedbybishops,incommunionwiththePope,theBishopofRo
