基督教主要包括：天主教、正教、新教三大教派和其他一些较小教派。在中国，因为历史翻译的原因，通常把新教称为基督教，为了说明“基督教”的确切概念，本词条称“新教”为“基督新教”，而不是惯称的“基督教”。
相关词汇
Catholicism n 天主教
Christ n. 救世主
Christian n. 基督徒
Christianity n. 基督教
dogma n 教条
evangelical adj. 福音的，福音派新教会的.
Jesus n. 耶稣.
Messiah n. 弥赛亚，救世主
missionary n. 传教士
Nativity n. 耶稣诞生
original sin 原罪
Orthodox n. 东正教
Protestant n. 新教教徒
Protestantism n. 新教
Puritanism n.清教
remission n. 宽恕
salvation n. 救世
saviour n. 救世主
sect n. 派别
sinner n. 有罪过的人，罪人
情景对话:
A: David, are you a Christian?
B: Yes, I believe in Christianity. Many people in my country do.
A: Are there many different sects of Christianity?
B: Yes, but there are mainly 3 largest groups: the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the various churches of Protestantism.
A: Then which one do you exactly believe in?
B: The Catholicism. My parents and I are all Catholics. But some of my cousins are Protestants.
A: What's the difference in your beliefs? I mean, you and your cousins.
B: Well, it's complicated. But we all believe that Jesus is the Son of God, God having become human and the saviour of humanity. Because of this, we Christians commonly refer to Jesus as Christ or Messiah.
A: So according to your belief, Jesus was born for the salvation of the world, right?
B: Yeah, for the salvation of sinners. You know about the original sin, don't you?
A: Yeah, I do.
B: So we believe in Jesus and trust him for the remission of our sins.
参考译文:
A:戴维，你是基督徒吗?
B:是的，我信奉基督教.我们国家的很多人都信基督教.
A:基督教分很多派别吗?
B:是的，不过主要是三大派系罗马天主教、东正教及新教。
A:那么你具体信的是哪种呢?
B:天主教。我和我父母都是天主教教徒.不过，我几个表兄弟是新教教徒。
A:你们的信仰上有什么区别?我说的是你和你表兄弟之问。
B:哦，这挺复杂。不过我们都相信耶稣是上帝之子，是人间的上帝，是人类的救世主。正因如此，我们一般都把耶稣称为基督或救世主。
A:那么，按照你们所信奉的，耶稣是为拯救全世界而生的吗?
B:是的，是为拯救那些有罪的人。你了解原罪吧?
A:是的。
B:我们信奉耶稣，相信他能赦免我们所犯的罪。
