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Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist Initiations of Christianity

Holy Communion. BUT, there are no theological reasons. The arguments on each side will be presented. The Sacraments of Baptism, C...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Plato's Influence

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

A Response to 1 Thessalonians

a mixed population of Greeks, Romans and Jews with more Greeks than the other two (Johnson, 1998). Paul began his ministry there i...

Alexander Campbell and the Christian System

newly emerging country. His treatise, The Christian System, was designed for both the layman to read and understand, but also f...

'Beowulf' and Its Representation of Heroic and Christian Traditions

a rather powerful enemy. Thus, one sees heroic feats on either end, but also, there is Christian love and the love of a parent tha...

Elizabethan Drama, Scriptures, and the Christian Church

In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...

Development and Christian Church Influence on British Cinema

political practice. Perhaps the most obvious ways in which these influences manifested themselves were in censorship, and in the w...

Saint Patrick's Life, Humility, and Courage

blessing of the Pope, to convert pagans to Christianity. "Indeed, Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. Through active...

Two Articles Compared Regarding Business Ethics

business ethics. The first, they maintain, was launched in the defense industry during the 1980s, when reports of military contrac...

Impact of Islam on the Pre Crusades Christian Islam

conception of the medieval period is that the Catholic Church was a lone beacon of light, preserving ancient knowledge until such ...

Rev. Billy Graham Life and Achievements

p. 12). As we can note, right from the beginning Graham was not a man who approved of strict guidelines and rules when it came to ...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

Didache Manuscript on the Twelve Apostles' Teachings

of Life and the Way of Death; 2.) a rituale that deals with baptism, fasting, and Holy Communion; and 3.) the ministry (Chapman, 1...

Church Elders and Ecclesiology

logical that the same sentiment would apply to the post of "elder" as well. While not stated overtly, the clear implication is tha...

Katie Eriksson's Nursing Theory

grounds that it is not caring at all but rather reduces the patient to a process component that needs medical attention. While tr...

Personal Ethics Development

his relationship with God (Smith, 2001). Based on this description and my own upbringing and early training, my own decisions re...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Cultural Products, and Religion

hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...

Christian Allegory and 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Warren in his famous essay on "Mariner" stated the primary theme is that humanity needs to, somehow, live in harmony with Nature, ...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and its Christian Content

persecuted and killed for their faith. We also note that throughout the play Lear slowly develops into a man who understands hi...

Fairytales and Their Importance

is true even of the fairy stories that originated with Han Christian Andersen, such as the Ugly Duckling (Zipes, 1985). Th...

Pacifist Just War Theory Analysis

the war has a specific goal in mind. NON-CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT The problem, the non-Christian would say, is that these rules are ei...

Religious Connotations of 'Just War'

with holy wars that are most familiar to Westerners are in the Old Testament. Exodus 32:27 tells of how God ordered the destructio...

Christian Counseling Pros and Cons

the same as other parts of the country, it would seem. One of the first Christian Counseling centers appears to have started in th...

Christianity History and Significance of 'Church Order'

holding certain truths? The members of the Church are united, not by their belief in certain men, but by their belief in certain ...

Writings of 5 Founding Fathers of Early Christian Theology

the standards of Christian piety that were expected. From reading the Didache, the modern Christian can begin to see how the lab...

John Winthrop and William Bradford on Character Qualities

is considered to be especially significant in regards to the documentation of American history and despite having been written in ...

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and Christianity

the Christian and the truth regarding Christians as they hide behind the name of religion itself. Another excerpt occurs wherei...

Soteriology and Christology

perceived as Jesus being chosen by God to serve a divine purpose. This manner of perceiving Jesus was soon overshadowed by a diffe...

Christian Dogma in Beowulf

one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...