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What is the identity of Jesus in Christianity?
In Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God and in many mainstream Christian denominations he is God the Son, the second Person in the Trinity. He is believed to be the Jewish messiah (Christ) who is prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, which is called the Old Testament in Christianity.
What do we know about Jesus of Nazareth?
Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is Christianity’s central figure, both as Messiah and, for most Christians, as God incarnate. Muslims regard him as a major prophet and some regard him as the Messiah.
What was Jesus’s religion?
Of course, Jesus was a Jew. He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues.
How does the Catholic Church view Jesus of Nazareth?
Catholics believe that Jesus is God incarnate, “true God and true man” (or both fully divine and fully human). Jesus, having become fully human, suffered our pain, finally succumbed to His injuries and gave up his spirit when he said, “it is finished.” He suffered temptations, but did not sin.
What is the difference between Hebrew and Aramaic?
The main difference between Aramaic and Hebrew is that Aramaic is the language of the Arameans (Syrians) while Hebrew is the language of the Hebrews (Israelites). Both Aramaic and Hebrew are closely related languages (both Northwest Semitic) with a quite similar terminology.
What is Paramhansa Yogananda’s mission?
Paramhansa Yogananda said that one of his key commissions was to resurrect the teachings of Christianity as originally taught by Jesus, and to distinguish them from misinterpretations, sectarianism and dogma. He often called his mission “the second coming of Christ.”
Who is Yogananda and why is he important?
Yogananda was the first Hindu teacher of yoga to spend a major portion of his life in America. He lived in the United States from 1920 to 1952, interrupted by an extended trip abroad in 1935–1936, and through his disciples he developed various Kriya Yoga centers around the world.
How did Yogananda get to America?
In 1920, while in meditation one day at his Ranchi school, Yogananda received a vision – faces of a multitude of Americans passed before his mind’s eye, intimating to him that he would soon go to America.
What are some of the best documentaries about Yogananda?
A 2014 documentary, Awake: The Life of Yogananda, won multiple awards at film festivals around the world.