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Christian views of the afterlife generally involve heaven and hell. These realms are thought to be eternal. Catholicism includes with these the transitory realm of purgatory whose denizens, dying in a state of sin but nonetheless assured of salvation, reside for a period of time to undergo...

Most Christians believe in the General Resurrection, in which all people who have ever lived will rise from the dead at the end of time, to be judged by Christ when He returns to fulfill the rest of Messianic prophecy.

Most Christians believe that Jesus died on the Cross, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven after appearing to his apostles, and about five hundred other people. The existence of this large group of witnesses is cited as support for the resurrection as a historical event.

Most Christians believe that salvation from sin and death is available through belief in the person and work of Jesus as savior (John 3:16; Romans 10:9). It is generally believed that Jesus made an atoning sacrifice, completed with his death on the cross, and thereby paid for the sins of mankind...

Most Christians believe that God is one single eternal being who exists as three distinct, eternal, and indivisible persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost). Christians generally believe that the three persons of the Trinity together form a single...

Most Christians believe that Jesus is "true God and true man" (or fully divine and fully human). Jesus is believed to have become fully human in all respects, including mortality, and to have suffered the pains and temptations of mortal man, yet without having sinned. From being true God he was...

The title Messiah comes from the Hebrew word מָשִׁיחַ (mashiakh) meaning the anointed one, for which the Greek translation is Χριστός (Christos), the source of the English word Christ.Christians identify Jesus as the Messiah. This view holds that Jesus' coming was the fulfilment of Old Testament...

Christianity adopted from Judaism a belief in the existence of a single God (YHWH) who created the universe and has divine power over it.[1] The understanding of God is modified and expanded in the light of other Christian beliefs about the divinity of Christ and the nature of God as a Holy...

We see a great example of this in the life of Abraham. Abraham was asked by God to get out of his country, his family and his father's house and go to a land He would show him. God promised if he would do this that He would make him a great nation, bless him and make all families of the earth to...