RELS 131 Chapter 4: Chapter 4- Christian Traditions.docx
22 Jun 2013
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To identify oneself as a christian is to declare jesus the lord and saviour of the world. To be a christian is to make a commitment of faith in the doctrine that jesus was the incarnate son of god. There is about a billion and a half christians in the world. Very little is known about the early years of jesus, before he began his public life around the age of 30. We are told that his childhood home was in nazareth, in a northern region called galilee, and we assume that he learned the trade of his father (a carpenter or builder) At the age of 12, after spending the high holidays in jerusalem with his family, he is said to have become so absorbed in discussing the subtleties of. Jewish law with the teachers at the temple that his family started home without him.
