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Jan. 27, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon Jim Rosenthal, Director of Communications
Anglican Communion Office
London, England

[97.1.4.8]

CHRISTIANITY (From Canterbury Cathedral)

(ACNS) A Christian is someone who believes that Jesus Christ is God
showing
everyone what he is like.

Jesus lived in Palestine and was killed by being nailed to a cross in
about
33 A.D. - a victim of wrong-doing and evil.  Yet he was given new life,
so
overcoming evil and death.  He promised his followers that they too
would
have the experience of travelling the same kind of path: often one of
suffering, but ultimately one of life with God.

God invites us to meet and follow Jesus - which means following his way
of
life and teachings as recorded and interpreted in the Bible.  As a
person
becomes convinced of the truth of life with Jesus, so he or she gets to
know God better.  In doing this, we should find that we become more
aware
of God at work in the life of the world and in people.

Life and people are seen to be of infinite value because they belong to
God.  The Christian's own life should be one of service to the world and
to
people, because that was how Jesus lived and died and lives.

Jesus promised that God would go on making himself known in his world
and
in his church, through his Holy Spirit.  This is the way he inspires and
guides his people in their Christian lives.

You can learn about Christianity by contacting anybody from a church
near
your home.