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Hope this is helpful Jainsworth16 (talk) 23:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Christianity Article

There has been a bit of an edit war on the chritianity page. Although the original edit and all subsequent edits by the user (who has now been banned) were really bad, I have come up with something similar which is probably what the guy was trying to say. Can you have a look at the talk page and see if the alternate wording in the section called "Jesus' Commandment" is appropriate for the article or not. Thanks very much. Jainsworth16 (talk) 14:56, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

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According to the synoptic gospels, Christ generalised the law into two underlying principles; 1) "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." and; 2) "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."Matthew 22:34–40 These are in fact quotes from Deuteronomy 6:4 and Leviticus 19:18. Barnes' Notes on the New Testament comments on these verses saying: "These comprehend the substance of what Moses in the law, and what the prophets have spoken. What they have said has been to endeavour to win men to the love of God and each other. Love to God and man comprehends the whole [of] religion; and to produce this has been the design of Moses, the prophets, the Saviour, and the apostles."

Christianity, like other religions, has adherents whose beliefs and biblical interpretations vary. Christianity regards the Biblical canon, (the Old Testament and the New Testament), as the inspired word of God. The traditional view of inspiration, is that God worked through human authors in such a way that, without suspending thier particular style or freedom, what they produced was literally "God breathed"2Timothy 3:161Cor 15:141Cor 15:6

Baptism

Baptism is a ritual act, with the use of water, by which a person is admitted to membership of a church. Beliefs on baptism vary among denominations. Differences occur firstly, on whether the act has any spiritual significance, some churches hold to the doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration, which affirms that baptism creates or strengthens a person’s faith, and is intimately linked to salvation, this view is held by Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches as well as Lutherans and Anglicans, while others simply acknowledge it as a purely symbolic act, an external public declaration of the inward change which has taken place in the person. Secondly, there are differences of opinion on the methodology of the act. These methods being: Baptism by Immersion; if immersion is total, Baptism by Submersion; and Baptism by Affusion (pouring) and Baptism by Aspersion (sprinkling). Those who hold the first view may also adhere to the tradition of Infant Baptism.

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