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Essays 781 - 810
5, "First Conflicts with the State," begins by pointing out that early Christianity had a violent beginning.i The first section ex...
Pliny and Trajan This is the first section of chapter 6, "Persecution in the Second Century," and it deals with the actions of Pl...
Lofty Criticism As mentioned in the previous chapter, due to the Roman policy towards Christianity throughout the second century ...
this chapter is on describing the variety of backgrounds and experience that informed early interpretations of the gospel message....
chapter by explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with per...
of Early Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those d...
Gonzalezs text, "The Great Persecution and the Final Victory," focuses on Christian persecution under Diocletian, which is charact...
The concept of just how related politics should be to religion has been one that has occupied the minds of the greatest thinkers o...
This essay pertains to the perspective of theologian L.F. Fuchs on koinonia, a defining concept that characterizes the early Chris...
This essay pertains to theologian Jeffrey Gros's views on the biblical concept of koinonia, which translates as "fellowship" Gros ...
This essay pertains to the history and ordinary processes of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Three pages in length, ...
This paper reports an interview with an urban pastor. The writer identifies the pastor's theology and philosophy and provides a lo...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Paul's epistle to the Galatians. It examines the corporate structure of the church a...
This essay offers an overview of the issues associated with divorce and remarriage from the perspective of scripture and the Chris...
This essay describes the history and ordination processes of the United Methodist Church. Three pages in length, three sources are...
This essay pertains to the debate in Christian churches over what sort of music should be played during services, traditional hymn...
Although the tale of St. Guineforte revolved to a large degree around Christian iconography and teachings, it was condemned by the...
This paper traces the importance of religion in the fight against slavery. Ironically, although the African Methodist Episcopal C...
A Sacrament is a Christian rite recognized as of particular importance and significance. Not all denominations recognize the same ...
There have been missionaries since the early days of the Christian church. This paper examines the way in which early missionaries...
This essay offers a summary of "The Church as Forgiving Community" by Chad M. Magnuson and Robert D. Enright. The article describe...
Discusses the Church of Scientology and whether it is a "viable" religion or a brainwashing cult. There are 5 sources listed in th...
to the scientific merit of this process or to the belief that scientists would violate the rights of human subjects. In fact, int...
Ages were a time of intense emotion. Every event brought intense feelings and the people expressed those feelings as a child might...
basic Christian doctrine; undervaluing talents of the more artistic members of the congregation; failing to connect the creative v...
New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...
this new mandate. Catholic universities sent letters to the President asking him to exempt all religious individuals and instituti...
Aquinas. There is a lack of unity in terms of theology. Aquinas attempted to solve this very problem during his time. Aquinass wor...
This essay pertains to Church, State and Public Justice: Five Views, which is edited by P.C. Kemeny and presents five perspectives...
This research paper offers a brief discussion of the dominance of the Christian Church in regards to architecture during the the m...