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A few basic points that the majority of Christians agree on; any disagreement will be mentioned '''in the entry for the appropriate sect!''':
* Christianity is a monotheistic religion from the perspective of modern adherents. The most prevalent view is that the one [[God]] subsists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (sometimes collectively called the Trinity). Needless to say, a ''lot'' of philosophy and theology has been devoted to understanding this and it's still a [[Mind Screw]] for many; some sects do away with it entirely, [[Voodoo Shark|probably for that reason]].
* God is omniscient (i.e., knows everything that has ever transpired or will transpire, past, present, and future), omnipotent (i.e., capable of doing anything He desires to), and omnibenevolent (i.e., He loves everyone and everything). As above, a lot of philosophy has been dedicated to comprehending how these qualities interact with each other, and how they can coexist given the seemingly contradictory nature of the world man exists in; the general answer being that [[These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|God is playing a long game the understanding of which is beyond man's comprehension.]]
* Christ is not Jesus' last name but His title designating His role as Messiah and Savior; it comes from the Greek ''Christos'' meaning "[[The Chosen One|anointed]]", in turn a translation of ''Māšîăḥ''. This is why phrases like "Passion of ''the'' Christ" make sense. Note that this also means that referring to Jesus as "Christ" or "Jesus Christ", rather than just "Jesus", constitutes an implied claim that Jesus was, in fact, the Messiah. To refer to the historical, secular view of Jesus, as opposed to the Christian view, the preferred proper name is "Jesus of Nazareth".
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