Essays 121 - 150
covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...
By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...
intercede on their behalf before God (2002). Hence, saints serve as role models as well as intercessors (2002). Beyond obvious m...
worries that God is angry with her, that maybe He hates her. She feels she has destroyed her relationship with God. She even asks ...
The reason these cells are called stem cells is because they are like a stem, these cells are the source of every kind of tissue t...
good work in his book appropriately titled Good Work. Authors essentially provide a review of controversial professions, like gene...
(Offertory, 2002). It is interesting to note the use of bread and wine in the service, which has several meanings (The Off...
the wives would remain with their own family. After the Church organized the marriage, couples were encouraged to set up their own...
political structure of the church which has been divinely inspired (Armstrong, 2002). The Authority of the Bishops in Catholici...
pedophile activity by priests, about keeping secrets in the hierarchy. Then the hierarchy made a mistake by trying to spin the ped...
by various members of the Hebrew-Jewish community between the 12th century B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era (Larue). Th...
was doing the exact opposite of what was being promoted; they were doing what people said would turn kids off of religion and yet,...
acronym - prayers are ACTS of mind and heart: * A-doration and praise of God, who made us and through whom we have whatever we hav...
personal and preached rule. "To conquer the temptations he would undertake strict mortifications. He traveled to Egypt to convert ...
Canonization (Canonization Information, 2002). This step is key because this is what often distinguishes a mere "accident" from a...
to begin before the date of the rebellion and consider the events that lead to the events, as well as the events themselves. Bac...
churches and communities that are not Catholic can also be channels of grace (McEoin, 1997). In other words, the Church recognized...
must refrain from homosexual activity if they are to abide by Biblical directives. The issues which the Catholic Church is confro...
views regarding homosexuality. The Catholic and Jewish religions are unique in their adaptations, however, in that church doctrin...
views should be assessed and aligned. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians that they should make the most of every oppo...
Dolans work is particularly concerned with looking at Catholic history from a standpoint which does rely solely on a narrow eccles...
William P. Schoenberg's works are employed in a consideration of Catholic assimilation in the Pacific Northwest in this paper cons...
In six pages the corruption that existed in the Medieval Catholic Church as reflected in the text in the irony of the characters i...
In 2 three page papers the Protestant and Catholic missions are examined in this Ecumenical Movement consideration. Outlines are ...
just the opposite during Irelands late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, proving to pull people apart who would otherwise ...
said they had an obligation to give witness to the whole moral truth and reinforce Catholic teaching that gay sex is a sin" (Bisho...
time of the Reformation, which dictates that the Bible alone offers teachings that are valid (Madrid, 2005). Catholics reject this...
In six pages this research paper discusses women's roles in Latin America and the economic effects, the Catholic Church throughout...
The primary ethical issue lay in whether to terminate the pregnancy. The doctor of record resisted abortion as an option, in fact...
like the sacraments, but ex opere operantis, through the faith and devotion of those using them" (Piggin, 2005). The Sacraments o...