Essays 121 - 150
in these times of change and forward movement. Will the Catholic Church change its stance? That remains to be seen. This is like e...
by an official of the Church and attended by faithful members of the church. Although the Popes encyclical clarified the sacred ...
offer mankind salvation through faith. He was put to death and rose from the dead. Aside from this the various Christian faiths po...
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...
and its failure to promote education for all Canadians, male and female. In the seventeenth century, the first French colonists t...
The leading priest of a particular region was elected by his fellow priests to serve as bishop. These bishops became increasingly...
special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...
(AGI) consistently collects higher figures because they survey abortion providers directly (Abortion in the United States: Statist...
Peter now confessed? Remove it, and nothing can supply its place; the whole of Christianity crumbles into ruin" (Wylie, 1888, p. P...
the first Christians inherited their forms of worship from Judaism, that is, from the temple and the synagogue (Bieler 12). Howeve...
fifty years (Sander 27). However, other sources indicate that the rate of intermarriage is on the rise. The 2000 National Jewish P...
social structure. His prediction of severely negative consequences directly related to artificial contraception shed light upon t...
Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...
she suffered a paralyzing illness - her illnesses were depicted not as physical in nature but as her souls struggles against tempt...
all involvement with Copernicanism and to stop teaching and talking about this approach (ChristianAnswers.net). The fact that he d...
hardly "empty"; in the classical sense it is extremely structured. "Inventio," which can be translated as "invention" or discover...
the "mechanical" society grows out of social cohesion, which derives from similarities between individuals in a social group, and ...
hold on until Dell can come back again and demonstrate its prowess. To its credit, it is not the only company doing poorly in this...
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...
views should be assessed and aligned. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians that they should make the most of every oppo...
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...
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...
was doing the exact opposite of what was being promoted; they were doing what people said would turn kids off of religion and yet,...
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...
intercede on their behalf before God (2002). Hence, saints serve as role models as well as intercessors (2002). Beyond obvious m...