Book of Kells, Chi Rho folio, c. 800 · public domain

Christianity

Tradition·Founded 30 CE·est. ~2.4 billion worldwide

Judaism → Christianity → 11 branches

Branch
Scripture of Christianity

The Bible.

Two testaments bound as one claim: the God of Israel kept his promises in Jesus.

LanguageHebrew, Aramaic, Greek
Composedc. 1200 BCE – 100 CE; canon settled by the fourth century
What it holdsTwo testaments: law, prophets, gospels, letters, apocalypse — 66 to 81 books by canon
How it is usedRead aloud in every liturgy; translated into over 3,700 languages
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held

The Bible is a library rather than a book, and its contents are not identical across Christianity: Protestant Bibles have 66 books, Catholic 73, Orthodox more, with the difference lying in the deuterocanonical works. How it is read differs as sharply — inerrantist, historical-critical, canonical, liturgical — and those approaches often divide Christians more than denominational labels do. It is the most translated text in history, and the fight over vernacular translation was, in the sixteenth century, a matter people were executed over.

The same ground, other faiths

claims that share this one's ideas
The Rigveda. Vedic Religion Open the book →
The Vedas & Upanishads. Hinduism Open the book →
The Pali Canon. Buddhism Open the book →
The Agamas. Jainism Open the book →
Argument, for the sake of heaven, is sacred. Judaism · core tenet Go deeper →
The Quran is the speech of God. Islam · core tenet Go deeper →

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