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Essays 151 - 180
It might be contended that the development...
at that time. It was always in turmoil with one battle or one war or another being waged. The Greco-Roman world consists of the al...
we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...
the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...
he sought to bring truth to others. Does Socrates Do Evil? From Kierkegaards position it is perhaps truth that all people do e...
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...
This essay draws upon three writings from the second century to discuss the way in which Roman authorities perceived Christianity ...
Christianity expanded and grew exponentially in the early centuries. There were many reasons for this quick growth including its m...
This book review discusses the motivations described by MacMullen that propelled conversion to Christianity during its early centu...
Chapter 25: Political Horizons: The United States Gonzalez begins this chapter by briefly summarizing the sociopolitical atmosphe...
Chapter 35: Protestantism in the United States From World War I to the Great Depression 750 Gonzalez begins this chapter by point...
Tickle writes that there is an upheaval in Christianity about every 500 years and we are going through one now. It is called the G...
newly unchanging societal conditions, and passing this culture down to their children, who largely lived in the same geographical ...
most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...
leader of the group told him that was not based on love but on rewards form God. He left the group. He made the leap to Christiani...
ethically necessary to offer the right of sanctuary to individuals who are fleeing political oppression (Voice of America, 2009). ...
of his text The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. Justin Gonzalez discusses "The C...
Mission In this chapter, Justin Gonzalez elaborates further on the history of the early Christian church, as recorded in Acts, re...
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...
Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...
New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...
1: The Call for Reformation Justo L. Gonzalez begins chapter 1 of his text on Christian history, The Reformation to the Present D...
Chapter 2: Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation Martin Luther Justo Gonzalez begins his discussion of Luther by describing ho...
Chapter 3: Luthers Theology The Word of God In this chapter, Gonzalez picks up Luthers story in 1521, which is when he appeared b...