re definition of christianity in article may athos rutgers edu autry magellan stlouis sgi com larry autry writes the subject of what the definition of christianity is his definition is tied directly to that of the trinity and the catholic church s definition of it and belief in jesus christ is not sufficient to call one s self a christian so is there common definition of what christianity is the basic definition that i use is the belief that jesus was god incarnate the belief that jesus was crucified and raised from the dead for our salvation the acceptance of jesus as personal lord and savior this would include most christian denominations but exclude the unitarians sarima teradata com formerly tdatirv sarima or stanley friesen elsegundoca ncr com
