Christianity

Christianity developed from Judaism and is centered on the birth, life teachings, crucifixion and resurrection of the Messiah or Savior, Jesus Christ, a descendant of Judah. Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah prophesied by the Jews in the Old Testament. While a monotheistic religion, most Christians refer to a godhead trinity.

List of religious group profiles: http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/profiles/listalpha.htm

Basic Christian background: http://www.stormwind.com/common/christianity.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
Deaths of the Apostles: http://www.maggiesattic.net/q6_apostles_die.html

Catholicism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism
The Papacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papacy
List of Popes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes

Vatican, Rome

St. Jerome, Bible translator, ca. 340-420 A.D.

Notre Dame Cathedral

The Nicene Creed

The Blue Madonna, France

The Pieta by Michalangelo, Rome

Guadalupe, Mexico http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe

Popular Books in which Mary Magdalene has a prominent and controversial role: Author Dan Brown and Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_and_Demons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code The Da Vinci Code is debunked in: http://www.salon.com/books/feature /2004/12/29/da_vinci_code/ The Da Vinci Code is based on a 1982 bestseller, Holy Blood, Holy Grail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The_Holy_Blood_and_the_Holy_Grail

The Holy Grail by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Protestantism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism

George Washington in prayer at Valley Forge

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream" speech Listen to and read speech

Martin Luther

John Calvin

John Wesley

Shakers: a unique American religion which was based on Quaker teaching and practiced celibacy. They worshipped with dance and music (see Shaker song: "Tis a Gift to be Simple, 'Tis a Gift to be Free") http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/shakers/shakers/

Shakers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers Reverend Billy Graham, well-known Evangelist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham