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Do It For RetroTheFloof (Or For The Sour Candy - Either One Is Cool For Me) :3

Do It For RetroTheFloof (Or For The Sour Candy - Either One Is Cool For Me) :3 | image tagged in retrothefloof,repost this,do it for the republic,thank you | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

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AVATAR - THE LAST AIRBENDER Timeline (By SimoTheFinlandized / Paul Palazzolo - 2022 CE):

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CHRISTIANITY SUMMARIZED: By Yours Truly, SimoTheFinlandized / Paul Palazzolo - 2022 CE)

CHRISTIANITY SUMMARIZED: By Yours Truly, SimoTheFinlandized / Paul Palazzolo - 2022 CE) | ===========================================
CHRISTIANITY SUMMARIZED: By Yours Truly,
SimoTheFinlandized / Paul Palazzolo - 2022 CE)
===========================================
Christianity is the largest world religion by number
of followers (around 2.4 billion). Members of the religion
are called Christians. Christians generally believe
Jesus to be the Son of God, the second person of the
Trinity. It is a Abrahamic monotheistic religion, meaning
it has only one God. It emerges from the root of
Judaism. It is based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
To most of the people of his time Jesus was a preacher,
teacher, healer, and prophet from ancient Judea.
However, his disciples believed him to be much more
than that: they believed that Jesus was God's one and
only son who was sent down to earth to die on a cross
for their sins. The man said to be his father, Joseph,
was a carpenter. Jesus was executed by being nailed
to a cross (or crucified) under Pontius Pilate, the local
Roman governor at the time. His life and followers are
written about in the New Testament, part of the Bible.
Christians consider the Bible, both the Old Testament
and New Testament, as sacred. The Gospels or "The
Good News" are the first four books of the New
Testament and are about the life of Jesus, his death,
and him rising from the dead. God created the world.
Jesus is the name of God the Son. Christians believe
Him to be the Son of God. They believe that He was the
human son of the Virgin Mary and the divine Son of
God. They believe he suffered and died to free humans
from their sin and was later raised from the dead. He
then went up into Heaven. At the end of time, Jesus will
come back to Earth to judge all mankind, both alive and
dead, giving everlasting life to those who believe in
him. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God on the Earth that
spoke through prophets. The prophets foretold in the
Old Testament of Jesus as the Savior. Christians think
of Jesus Christ as a teacher, a role model, and
someone who revealed who the Christian God was.
Just like Judaism and Islam, Christianity is an
Abrahamic religion. Christianity started out as a Jewish
sect in the eastern Mediterranean. It quickly grew in
number of believers and influence over a few decades,
and by the 4th Century it had become the dominant
religion in the Roman Empire. Armenia was the First
Nation in the world to adopt Christianity as its official
religion, under the rule of King Tiridates III of the
Arsacid dynasty in the early 4th century. The Kingdom
of Aksum became the first empire to adopt Christianity.
During the Middle Ages, the rest of Europe mostly was
Christianized. At that time, Christians were mostly a
religious minority in the Middle East, North Africa, and
parts of India. Following the Age of Discovery, through
missionary work and colonization, Christianity spread
to Africa, the Americas, and the rest of the world.
Christianity has been an important part of the shaping
of the world. As of the early 21st century, Christianity
has approximately 2.2 billion followers.
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JESUS CHRIST:
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The most basic part of Christianity is the belief in
Jesus as the Son of God and Messiah (Christ). The title
"Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word מָשִׁיחַ (māšiáħ)
meaning anointed one. The Greek translation Χριστός
(Christos) is the source of the English word "Christ".
Jesus is English for the Hebrew word Yeshua.
Christians believe that, as the Messiah, Jesus was
anointed by God as ruler and savior of all people.
Christians also believe that Jesus' coming was the
fulfillment of prophecies of the Old Testament. The
Christian belief of the Messiah is much different than
the contemporary Jewish concept. The main Christian
belief is that, through the death and resurrection of
Jesus, sinful humans can be reconciled to God.
Through this, they believe they are given salvation and
eternal life. There have been many theological
disagreements over the nature of Jesus over the first
centuries of Christian history. But Christians generally
believe that Jesus is God incarnate and "true God and
true man." Jesus, having become fully human, suffered
the pain and temptations of a mortal man, but he did not
sin. As fully God, he defeated death and came back to
life again. According to the Bible, "God raised him from
the dead," he ascended to heaven, is "seated at the
right hand of the Father" and will return again to fulfill
the rest of Messianic prophecy such as the
Resurrection of the Dead, the Last Judgment, and the
final creation of the Kingdom of God. The Gospels of
Matthew and Luke say that Jesus was conceived by the
Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary. Only a little of
Jesus' childhood is written in the canonical gospels, but
infancy gospels were popular in antiquity. However, the
time of Jesus' adulthood the week before his death is
written much about in the gospels. Some of the Biblical
writings of Jesus' ministry are: his baptism, miracles,
preaching, teaching, and deeds.
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DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS:
===========================================
Christians believe the resurrection of Jesus to be the
main part of their faith (see 1 Corinthians 15) and the
most important event in human history because it would
show that Jesus has power over death and has the
authority to give people eternal life. Among Christian
beliefs, the death and resurrection of Jesus are two
main events of Christian doctrine and theology. From
what the New Testament says, Jesus was crucified,
died a physical death, was buried in a tomb, and rose
from the dead on the third day afterwards. Most
Christians place his death on a Friday each year, which
is the first day of his death. Saturday is the second day,
and Sunday is the third day. The New Testament writes
that after rising from the dead Jesus appeared many
times before his Twelve Apostles and disciples. Once
He appeared before "more than five hundred brethren
at once". This was before Jesus' Ascension to heaven.
Jesus' death and resurrection are remembered by
Christians in their worship services, and most
commonly during Holy Week, which has Good Friday
and Easter Sunday in the week.
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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST:
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Protestantism teaches that eternal salvation is a gift
that is given to a person by God's grace. It is sometimes
called "unmerited favor." This would mean that
Salvation is God bringing humans into a right
relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. It is
the belief that one can be saved (rescued) from sin and
the eternal death of hell. Many Protestants believe in
the "assurance of salvation"—that God can put
confidence in a believer that he has truly received
salvation from Jesus Christ. Catholicism teaches
that although in most cases someone must be baptized
a Catholic to be saved, it is sometimes possible for
people to be saved who have not fully joined the
Catholic Church. Catholics normally believe in the
importance of "faith working through love" and
sacraments in receiving salvation. The Catholic Church
teaches that good works and piety, such as obedience
to commands, taking the sacraments, going to church,
doing penance giving alms, saying prayers, and other
things, are important in becoming holy, but strongly
emphasize that salvation is through God's grace alone,
and all we can do is receive it. Different denominations
and traditions of Christianity believe in forms divine
grace. Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
teach the complete importance of the free will to work
together with grace. Reformed theology teaches the
importance of grace by teaching that a person is
completely incapable of self-redemption, but the grace
of God overcomes even the unwilling heart.
Arminianism believes in a synergistic view, while
Lutheran and most other Protestant denominations
teach justification by grace through faith alone.
===========================================
SCRIPTURES:
===========================================
Christianity uses the Bible, a collection of many
canonical books in two parts, the Old Testament and
the New Testament. It is believed by Christians that
they were written by people who were inspired by the
Holy Spirit, and therefore it is most often believed to be
the word of God. The Bible has been translated into
over 600 languages. The translators are able to verify
accuracy by using thousands of handwritten copies of
the scriptures which are in the original languages of
Hebrew Aramaic, and Greek.
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CREEDS:
===========================================
Creeds (from Latin credo meaning "I believe") are direct
doctrinal statements or confessions, usually of religious
beliefs. They started as formulas used when someone
was baptised. During the Christological controversies
of the 4th and 5th centuries they became statements of
faith. Some main Christian creeds are "The Apostles'
Creed" (Symbolum Apostolorum) and "The Nicene
Creed". Many Christians accept the use of creeds, and
often use at least one of the creeds given above. A
smaller number of Protestants, notably Restorationists,
a movement formed in the wake of the Second Great
Awakening in the 19th century of the 19th century
United States, oppose the use of creeds.
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TRINITARIANISM:
===========================================
The Bible mentions God the Father, God the Son, and
the Holy Spirit, which are three persons of the one True
God. This idea, called Trinity, was developed at the
First Council of Nicaea, in 325, and formalized during
several church meetings or councils. Today, many
Christian groups agree with it. Oriental Orthodox
Churches did not agree with the idea, and split after the
council. The biggest of the Oriental Orthodox is the
Coptic Orthodox Church. The Oriental Orthodox
Churches agree with the ideas in the First Council of
Nicaea, but they disagree with other councils.
Trinitarianism is the teaching that God is three different
persons, or has three different relations, within One
God; the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy
Spirit. In the words of the Athanasian Creed, "the Father
is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and
yet there are not three Gods but one God."
Trinitarianism is the group of Christians who
believe in the doctrine of Trinity. Today, most Christian
denominations and Churches believe this. Churches
have different teachings about the trinitarian formula.
Some say the Spirit comes only from the Father. Others
say the Spirit comes both from the Father and the Son.
This is known as filioque. Nontrinitarianism (also called
Oneness) is the beliefs systems that reject the Trinity.
Many different Nontrinitarian views, such as
adoptionism or modalism, existed in early Christianity,
leading to the disputes about Christology. An example
of a more recent Christian movement that rejects
trinitarianism is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. The Latter Day Saints started in the first half of
the 19th century, in the United States. There are other
smaller Christian groups who also reject trinitarianism.
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THE AFTERLIFE AND END-TIMES:
===========================================
Christians believe that human beings will receive
judgement from God and are given either eternal life or
eternal damnation. This includes the "Last Judgment"
as well as the belief of a judgement particular to the
soul after death. There are also some differences
among Christians in this belief. For example, in Roman
Catholicism, those who die in a state of grace, go into
purgatory, where they are cleansed before they can go
into heaven. Christians believe that at the second
coming of Christ at the end of time, all who have died
will be raised up from the dead for the Last Judgment,
when Jesus will establish the Kingdom of God. There is
also the belief of Universal Reconciliation. That is the
belief that all people will someday be saved, and that
hell is not forever. Christians who believe in this view
are known as Universalists.
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WORSHIP:
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Worship is thought by most Christians to be a very
important part of Christianity all through its history.
Many Christian theologians have called humanity
homo adorans, which means "worshiping ," and so the
worship of God is at the very center of what it means to
be human. This would mean that because God created
all humanity, Christians should worship and give praise
to God. Most Christian worship has Scripture reading,
talk about Scripture from a leader, singing, prayer
together, and a small time for Church work. Christians
may meet in special buildings, also called Churches, or
outdoors, or at schools, or anywhere Christians feel
they are needed. The main worship service in Catholic
Churches is the Mass and the main worship service in
many Orthodox Churches is called the Divine Liturgy. In
both of these Churches, along with the other parts of
worship, the Eucharist or Communion is central. Here a
priest by prayer asks God to change a small amount of
bread and wine into what Catholics and Orthodox
believe is Jesus's real body and blood, but without
changing the accidents (appearance, taste, colour, etc.)
of the bread and wine. Then the people each may
receive a portion. Many Protestant churches have
worship services similar to the Mass, some every week,
others a few times a year. Some Protestants believe
Jesus is really present at the Communion service, and
some believe the bread and wine are symbols to help
them remember what Jesus did. The Catholic Church
has developed a short ceremony, Eucharistic
Benediction, worshiping Jesus present in the Eucharist.
They also may visit a Church building to pray in the
presence of the Eucharist, Eucharistic Adoration.
The Orthodox and Catholic Churches spirituality
place importance on the use of human senses such
as sight and on the use of beautiful things. Catholic
spirituality often involves the use of statues and other
artistic representations, candles, incense, and other
physical items as reminders or aids to prayer. The
Orthodox Churches also use candles, incense, bells,
and icons, but not statues. Orthodox and Catholic
worship also makes use of movements, such as the
Sign of the Cross, made by each person touching first
the forehead, then chest, one shoulder, then the other
shoulder. There is also bowing, kneeling, and
prostration in Catholic and Orthodox worship.
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SACRAMENTS:
===========================================
In Catholic belief and practice, a sacrament is a
religious symbol or often a rite which shows divine
grace, blessing, or sanctity for the Christian who
receives it. Examples of sacraments are Baptism and
the Mass." The word is taken from the Latin word
sacramentum, which was used to translate the Greek
word for mystery. The two most regularly used
sacraments are Baptism and Eucharist (communion).
Most Catholics use seven Sacraments: Baptism, the
ritual immersion of a candidate to welcome them into
the church; Confirmation, the sealing of the Covenant;
the Eucharist, a ritual where consecrated bread (discs
of unleavened, toasted bread) and wine representing
Jesus' body and blood are consumed; Holy Orders,
Reconciliation of a Penitent (confession), Anointing of
the Sick, and Marriage. Some Christian denominations
prefer to call them ordinances. These are the Orders
from Christ to all believers found in the New Testament.
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LITURGICAL CALENDAR:
===========================================
Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Christians,
and traditional Protestant groups center their worship
around a liturgical calendar. Some events that are part
of this calendar are the "holy days", such as
solemnities which honor an event in the life of Jesus or
the saints, times of fasting such as Lent, and other
events, such as memoria. Christian groups that do not
follow a liturgical tradition often keep some
celebrations, such as Christmas, Easter,and Pentecost.
A few churches do not use a liturgical calendar.
===========================================
HISTORY:
===========================================
Christianity has had a large history from the time of
Jesus and his apostles to the present time. Christianity
began in the 1st century AD as a Jewish sect but
quickly spread throughout the Greco-Roman world.
Although it was originally persecuted under the Roman
Empire, it later became the state religion. In the Middle
Ages it spread into Northern Europe and Russia.
During the Age of Exploration, Christianity expanded
throughout the world, and is now the largest religion of
the world. The religion had schisms and theological
disputes that had as result ten main branches or
groupings: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, the Church
of the East (Nestorianism), Oriental Orthodoxy
(Miaphysitism), Lutheranism, the Reformed churches
(Calvinism), Anglicanism, Anabaptism, Evangelicalism
—these last five often grouped and labeled as
Protestant—and Nontrinitarianism.
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DEMOGRAPHICS:
===========================================
With an estimated number of Christians being
somewhere around 2.2 billion, split into around
34,000 different denominations, Christianity is
the world's largest religion. The Christian share of
the world's population has been around 33% for the
last hundred years. This has caused Christianity to
spread throughout the world, mainly in Europe
and North America. It is still the main religion of Europe,
the Americas, the Philippines, and Southern Africa.
However it is becoming smaller in some
areas, some of them are; Oceania (Australia and New
Zealand), Northern Europe (with Great Britain,
Scandinavia and other places), France, Germany, the
Canadian provinces of Ontario, British Columbia,
and Quebec, the Western and Northern parts of the
United States, and parts of Asia (especially the
Middle East, South Korea, Taiwan and Macau).
In most countries in the developed world, the number
of people going to church who claim to be Christians
has been dropping over the last few
decades. Some believe that this is only because many
no longer use regular membership in places, for
example, churches, while others believe it is
because people may be thinking that religion is no
longer important.
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ECUMENSIM:
===========================================
Most churches have for a long time showed that they
want to be tolerant with other belief systems, and in the
20th century Christian ecumenism (the uniting of
Christians from different backgrounds), advanced in
two ways. One way was more cooperation between
groups, such as the Edinburgh Missionary Conference
of Protestants in 1910, the Justice, Peace and Creation
Commission of the World Council of Churches started
in 1948 by Protestant and Orthodox churches, and
similar national councils, for example the National
Council of Churches in Australia with Roman Catholics.
The other way was creating unions for different
churches to join together. Congregationalist, Methodist,
and Presbyterian churches joined together in 1925 to
form the United Church of Canada, and in 1977 to form
the Uniting Church in Australia. The Church of South
India was formed in 1947 by the union of Anglican,
Methodist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, and
Reformed churches. And other such formations have
been done by different Christian groups throughout the
years.
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SOURCES & REFERENCES:
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
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KILLING GROUND (Sabaton):

KILLING GROUND (Sabaton): | KILLING GROUND:
(BY SABATON - ALBUM: CAROLUS REX); Frozen ground
Ride with the wind
Emerge from the gunsmoke like demons
Rehnskiöld’s men
Charging their flanks
The enemy trembles with fear
-
One by one the Saxons disband
Or die where they stand
-
Killing ground
Even though you surrender
Turn around
You will never survive
Killing ground
At the battle of Fraustadt
-
Fall in line
Battle formations
Show no fear
Riding them down
Break their will
Show them no mercy
Caroleans attack
-
Round them up, look into their eyes
They beg for their lives
-
See the Caroleans standing tall
All for one and one for all
Enemies fall at their feet
Begging for their mercy
See the Caroleans standing tall
Conquer lands and slaughter all
Enemies fall at their feet
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CAROLUS REX (Sabaton):

CAROLUS REX (Sabaton): | CAROLUS REX
(BY SABATON - ALBUM: CAROLUS REX); All embrace me
It’s my time to rule at last
Fifteen years have I been waiting
To sit upon my throne
-
No allegiance
I will swear no oath
Crowned by god not by the church
As my power is divine
-
They thought I was too young to rule the land
Just as they failed to understand
Born to rule
My time has come
-
I was chosen by heaven
Say my name when you pray
To the skies
See Carolus rise
With the lord my protector
Make them bow to my will
To the skies
See Carolus rise
-
To the skies
See Carolus rise
-
Proved in battle
Led my men to victory
No man alive or dead commands me
I answer to the Lord
-
Hear my orders
Question me and die
What I say was said in heaven
And so it shall be done
-
I know I was destined to rule alone
All for myself I have claimed the throne
Born to rule
My time is now
-
I was chosen by heaven
Say my name when you pray
To the skies
See Carolus rise
With the lord my protector
Make them bow to my will
To the skies
See Carolus rise
-
To the skies
See Carolus rise
-
[Spoken words by Joakim Brodén:]
Framåt Karoliner
Fiendens dom är här
Låt oss krossa dom
Kasta in dom genom helvetets portar
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All that’s thine shall be mine, there’s no stopping me
All over Europe my rule shall be questioned by none
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All I see give to me, that is my decree
My will be done
-
They thought I was too young to rule the land
Just as they failed to understand
Born to rule
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THE CAROLEAN'S PRAYER (Sabaton)

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1-6-4-8 (Sabaton)

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LONG LIVE THE KING (Sabaton):

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POLTAVA (Sabaton):

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I, SimoTheFinlandized, Have A Major Announcement For The "Gaymer" Stream - I MADE A VIDEO-GAME!!! (see link in comms)

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Meet Mandawuy Yunupingu, the Aboriginal-Australian rock-star who founded the Indigenous rock-&-roll band "Yothu Yindi" :)

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I Made Some Really Awesome A.I.-Generated Music Albums On Boomy.com - Please, Take A Listen :3

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"I'll take US Dollars as my preferred currency, thank you very much."

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