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where "The hand of the Lord prevailed and the forces of Maxentius were routed (Lactantius 8). Maxentius was driven into the Tiber ...
crucial doctrines as creation, incarnation and resurrection (61). Born around 130 A.D., Irenaeus of Lyons was primarily a pastor...
scholarly and historical thought on this subject offers guidance on these issues. Christianity "was born of Judaism: it was the ...
women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...
(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...
mankind has attempted to provide explanation of the events they see unfolding around them in the natural world and in interrelatio...
In five pages this paper considers Imperial Russia's decline, whether it was simply unfortunate or ill fated as covered in James C...
spans millennia. The emergence of Chinese urban life and society is associated with formulation of a highly centralized government...
Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...
to see Bissells point as Kaplan defines imperialism as "a form of isolationism, in which the demand for absolute, undefiled securi...
In seven pages this paper discusses such global events as sect to established religion transition, Medieval Christianity and Europ...
of the supposed "truth" of some Christian believers to cut through the sin of the real world for the sake of the individual soul o...
society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...
to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....
were called-(5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephes...
arose that the city was burned intentionally on the command of the emperor. One contemporary account asserts that "Certain people ...
Ward & Friedman (2006) report, "Our findings suggest that TV use, in multiple forms, appears to be linked with adolescent sexualit...
20:9-16. Slave gangs were often used by large landowners. The author points out that this custom would have existed during Jesus l...
covenant between God and humanity, a covenant that was the fulfillment of prophecy but also one that included all of humanity. T...
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...
level, even working very long hours. They may have benefits, depending on the company, but they may depend on public transportatio...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...