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Essays 271 - 300
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...
of itself, is not the end of the line in relation to the state of religious toleration, inasmuch as its very definition is that of...
where "The hand of the Lord prevailed and the forces of Maxentius were routed (Lactantius 8). Maxentius was driven into the Tiber ...
personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...
To understand however how different Christian groups understand evolution, it is important to understand the two different formula...
very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...
They believe that there is only one acceptable religion and that is theirs. Things are beginning to change in modern society, how...
of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
this might be. What is most astonishing is that in the past those Christian states did not provide the best of possible climates f...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...
of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...
evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...
into the premier representation of Christianity, Jesus was to occupy a dual role within the religious world. He did not eschew hi...
will proclaim their "Christian" beliefs but such beliefs often do not square with the traditional Christian ideologies of either t...
weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...
analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...
offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...
understand the draw to the marginalized groups such as the converted Jews, but to see the evidence which supported the recruit of ...
that they were in contrast to many of the characteristic elements of Japanese culture (4). By 1564, some say that the missionarie...
ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...
date). In order to fit into the economic Western world, many Jews have forsaken their heritage and do not rigidly practice the t...
War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teachi...
but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...
The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...
not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...
discover which hermeneutical key to open each door (Blowers, 2004). Alexandria was based on a soteriological theology, which mean...
eternity. There is significant archaeological evidence supporting this "Book" (RBC Ministries). * Its explanation for life. All re...
built a temple in honor of Jehovah (Yahweh). Following the construction of the Temple on Mt. Moriah in about the 10th century B.C...