What are the basic beliefs of christianity?    7 Answers | Add
Yours  emk's profile pic  Posted on (Answer #1)  The doctrinal
answer using the Creed is correct, but I wonder if you're
thinking about the doctrinal beliefs or the practical ones -
it's much more difficult to find agreement on those.  A good
place to start, though is with the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew
5 - 7) and its corresponding passage, the Sermon on the Plain
(Luke 6).  Still, interpretations of these passages can vary
widely.  A simplistic answer is that Christians are called to
love one another and forgive one another always.  As I tell my
students, it's simple but not easy.  And interpreting exactly
what "love" means can be tricky, to say the least.
readerofbooks's profile pic  Posted on (Answer #2)  This is a
great question, but something that almost all Christians
(Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant) agree with is the Apostle's
Creed. Here it is:  I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the
Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, H