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Essays 301 - 330
a Prophet. Gregory makes a case for Christ as well as for the fact that the bible should not be taken literally. Of the latter poi...
from its past and divorced it from having any real sense of future. "The past becomes merely a theme park to visit occasionally fo...
at the other religions, we see that all three believe in the "Word of God" as a direct and personal message to Man from the Divine...
including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...
come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...
sixteenth century when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church on the church do...
from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...
basis of the religion (Esposito, 1978). This began his quest for a true religion. Muhammad believed that both Judaism and Christi...
over the centuries, and in those changes we can see the way in which the teachings of the religion have turned outward to impact t...
in Galatia." After his salutation, Paul goes right to the heart of the matter, which is that the people have been thrown into conf...
off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...
the religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...
Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...
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...
is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that ...
p. 12). It was not until William had to seek new employment because his employer died that he began to take an interest in religi...
impossible to really illustrate the origins of the two as they involve many historical and religious ideals. For example, in relat...
on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...
(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...
of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...
at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price o...
that there is "within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted i...
however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...
that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...
eighteenth centuries was the formulation of the additions to the doctrine of the apostles in modern times (Marty, 1959). The first...
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...