1. Beliefs
1.1. Followers believed that Jesus was the Son of God, humanity's savior
1.2. Those who accept Jesus as a savior are saved and will go to Heaven
1.3. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" -- The Golden Rule
2. Forms of Christianity
2.1. Roman Catholic
2.1.1. Largest branch of Christiantiy
2.1.2. Believe the Pope is Christ's representative on Earth
2.1.3. Center of the Catholic church is Rome (the Vatican)
2.2. Greek Othrodox
2.2.1. The Eastern Orthodox Church officially split from the Catholic church in the 11th century
2.2.2. Found mostly in Greece, Eastern Europe, and Russia
2.2.3. Orthodox Christians do not follow the rules of the Pope but rather have their own leaders; The Patriarchs
2.3. Protestant
2.3.1. Began in the 16th centry
2.3.2. Includes churches such as the Baptists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Pentecostals, Quakers, Calvinists, Seventh Day Adventists, and Jehovah's Witnesses, and others.
2.3.3. Protestants do not follow the Pope or Patriarchs
3. Celebrations
3.1. Christmas
3.1.1. Christmas is another important holiday that takes place in the winter
3.1.2. Christmas celebrates the Birth of Jesus
3.2. Easter
3.2.1. Easter takes place in spring, around the time of Jewish Passover.
3.2.2. Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus
4. Founding
4.1. Started about 2,000 years ago
4.2. Also was founded by Paul of Tarsus, who made Christianity into a full-on religon
4.3. Founded by the followers of a Jewish teacher and prophet named Jesus (later called Christ)
4.4. Spread
4.4.1. Christianity spread in the region that is now known as northern Israel, which at the time was controlled by Rome
4.4.2. Roman Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity and converted himself