Christianity (dk Eyewitness Guides)

Eyewitness CHRISTIANITY Russian Orthodox icons Holy water stoup Stained-glass fragment depicting the Madonna and Child Salvation Army song leader playing a cornet Horn of Saint Hubert Abbot’s crozier Model of the Mayflower Eyewitness CHRISTIANITY Written by PHILIP WILKINSON Photographed by STEVE TEAGUE Illuminated Latin psalter Bread and wine for Holy Communion LONDON, NEW YORK, MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELHI For Bookwork Ltd Editor Annabel Blackledge Art editor Kate Mullins For DK Publishing Managing editor Andrew Macintyre Managing art editors Clare Shedden, Jane Thomas US editors Margaret Parrish, Christine Heilman Category publisher Linda Martin Production controller Erica Rosen Picture researchers Angela Anderson, Bridget Tily Picture librarian Claire Bowers DTP designer Siu Yin Ho Jacket designer Dean Price Carving of an angel swinging a censer Consultants Annette Reynolds, AD Publishing Services Ltd, Jon Reynolds, Diocesan Director of Education PAPERBACK EDITION Editor John Searcy Writer Elizabeth Hester Consultant Peggy Morgan Publishing director Beth Sutinis Senior designer Tai Blanche Designer Diana Catherines Photo research Chrissy McIntyre Art director Dirk Kaufman DTP designer Kathy Farias Production Ivor Parker Gargoyle Censer and incense boat on stand This Eyewitness ® Guide has been conceived by Dorling Kindersley Limited and Editions Gallimard Hardback edition first published in Great Britain in 2003 This edition first published in Great Britain in 2006 by Dorling Kindersley Limited, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 Copyright © 2003, © 2006 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London A Penguin Company All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-13: 978-1-40531-603-3 ISBN-10: 1-4053-1603-9 Colour reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore Printed in China by Toppan Co. (Shenzen) Ltd. Statue of Saint Joseph Discover more at Rosary with medals Rosary medal Model of a baroque church Contents 6 In the beginning 8 The birth of Jesus 10 The teachings of Jesus 14 The crucifixion 16 The resurrection 18 Spreading the word 20 God’s book 26 Heaven and Hell 28 Catholicism 32 The Orthodox church 34 The Reformation 36 Protestantism 40 The Christian life 44 Monks and nuns 48 The priesthood 50 The church 52 Holy Communion 54 Ways to worship 56 Christian calendar 58 The cycle of life Abbot in ceremonial robes 60 Christian culture 64 Did you know? 66 Timeline 68 Find out more 70 Glossary 72 Index In the beginning THE BIBLE BEGINS WITH stories of the creation of the world and the early Jewish people. These books, which make up the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, and which are also sacred to the Jews, were written by Jewish scribes long before the birth of Jesus. For the Jews they are important because they describe the covenant, or special relationship, between God and the Je