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Western Civilization and the Roman Empire's Collapse

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

Christian Worship and the Sacraments

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...

Christianity Expansion

points of doctrine, particularly in regards to controversy over whether Judaic custom was still applicable to Christians. Missiona...

Christian Creeds, Confessions of Faith, Councils and Their Historical Significance

(Constitution, Apostles, 1996). The creed derived its name from the initial belief that it was written by the Apostles on the tent...

Contemporary Religion of Japan

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

Christianity and Buddhism

other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...

Self Mastery Similarities in John Cassian's Conference I, Hinduism, and Buddhism

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...

'Image of God' and Humanity Implications

of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...

God's Doctrine as Interpreted by Gordon Kaufman, Pamela Young, and Sallie McFague

evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...

'Great' Pope Gregory the First

In ten pages this paper examines Pope Gregory's letters and their influence upon the spread of Christianity throughout Medieval Eu...

Life and Works of Augustine of Hippo

In five pages this paper discuses the life and Western religious and cultural contributions of Augustine of Hippo which includes C...

4 Aspects of Christian Apologetics

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...

Muslims, Jews, and Shared Christianity

date). In order to fit into the economic Western world, many Jews have forsaken their heritage and do not rigidly practice the t...

Civilizations of Islam, Greece, and Rome

in government policy-making, for example....

Irish Scholar Gareth Higgins

War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teachi...

Japan and Spreading Western Religion

that they were in contrast to many of the characteristic elements of Japanese culture (4). By 1564, some say that the missionarie...

Early Christians' Success Factors

understand the draw to the marginalized groups such as the converted Jews, but to see the evidence which supported the recruit of ...

An Examination of Arianism Theology

but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...

Modern World Strategies and Religion

They believe that there is only one acceptable religion and that is theirs. Things are beginning to change in modern society, how...

Art and Europe's Christianity Rise

of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...

Judaism, Christianity, Religious Misinterpretation, and Environmental Problems

into the premier representation of Christianity, Jesus was to occupy a dual role within the religious world. He did not eschew hi...

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton, Christianity, and Classics

very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...

Christianity and Evolution Compatibility

To understand however how different Christian groups understand evolution, it is important to understand the two different formula...

Politics and the Arts

weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...

Hagia Sophia or the Church of the Holy Wisdom

analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...

Religious Rituals of Judaism and Christianity

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

Fair and Accurate? Evaluating Constantine’s Conversion

there is also the possibility that his refusal to do away with pagan practices entirely is because of his own adherence to them. ...

History and Introduction of the Early Catholic Church

Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...

Christianity Models

the universal models there are ideas of the way that good will reveal the good news, before death or after death at either immedia...

India, Social Change, and Eucharist

Soares Prabhu discussed the religious pluralism in India at great length, noting that all religions can find a home in India, even...