ONE ONLY GOD

A HISTORY

OF RELIGIONS

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Abraham was my name, UR my nation,

the only God … my religion.

God blessed me with a son,

Isaac

This had a son too, Jacob

...whom, the 12 tribes come from.

Muslim, Jewish, Christian

who our great...grandparents are?

Why we haveseparated so much?

Where the roots of our problems are?

Let’s put our family tree

upside down, and we’ll see

all its branches meet

one.

AnglicanismHenry VIII

Catherine of Aragon

It’s a nice day, isn’t it?

Pope

Clement VII

Henry arranges an audience with Pope Clement VII to obtain an annulment

The north of Europe is tired of the clergy gorging itself on riches

I will be the head of the Church, I will divorce Catherine

and bring a son into the world.

Charles V . Emperor of the Sacred Roman

Germanic Empire. Catherine of

Aragon’s nephew

. Supported by the Pope.

Henry, I will not let you make a mockery of the Spanish Royal family. You will not leave my aunt.

In 1534, Henry VIII creates the

Acts of Supremacy

which appoint him head of the Church of England

In 1534, Henry VIII creates the

Acts of Supremacy

which appoint him head of the Church of England

Thomas Crammer, Bishop of

Canterbury

Henry leaves

Catherine of Aragon

Henry marries Anne Boleyn

Anne is beheaded

Anne gave Henry a child,

Elizabeth I

who, later, enforces Protestantism in England.

Similarities between Islam and Christianism.A Muslim Girl and a Catholic Girl meet in a park.

Maria is wandering about, waiting for her sister whilst eating a

sandwich. Suddenly, a girl runs past her, trips and falls into her, causing

her to drop her sandwich.

I don’t eat pigs’ meat.

…my sandwich, it’s ham!

We pray five times a day facing Mecca.

I have to pray every day, too.

On Fridays, I go to the mosque.

And on Sundays, I go to church.

During Ramadan we don’t eat nor drink from sunrise till sunset.

Fridays, during Lent, we shouldn’t eat meat either.

I have to go on a pilgrimage to

Mecca, at least once in my life.

Catholics go on pilgrimages to Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela…

…we can meet next time and continue our conversation.

THE PROTESTANTISM

In 1517 the Roman Catholic Church

continues to become more discredited.

Martin Luther will

denounce the situation and

will reform the Catholic

Church giving rise to

Protestantism.

They’ll think I’m crazy

for nailing my thoughts to the door

of the Wittemberg

palace…

The pardon of sins can be bought, even murder.

Everything is ok to fill up the Pope’s coffers.

Luther burning papal bull

Charles V and Leo X disagree about the situation.

You should stop this. The German princes support Luther. They would use him as an excuse for the war.

Martin Luther in defense of his ideas before the Emperor, Charles V. 

The war broke out between the German princes and Charles V

The war broke out between the German princes and Charles V

Luther translated the Bible into German so that everybody

could read it.

We need to be united in front of a common enemy,

the Turks are advancing from the East.

Make peace with

the heretics?

That is absurd!

…the war began again. The Princes formed

the Schmalkaldic League. Charles knows his defeat.

Luther dies in 1546

In 1555, we make the Augsburg Peace. I resign to my dream, to have religious unity

in my domains. Everyone will be able to profess the religion they wish.

Protestantism would consolidate in England.

Some differences between the Anglicanism and Catholicism.

Some differences between the Anglicanism and Catholicism.

Anglicanism has women pastors and bishops.

The Catholics believe in the images of the Saints. Anglican churches do

not have images of saints.

ONE

ONLY GOD