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Essays 421 - 450
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...
became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...
In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...
events of the faith, such as God coming to earth in the form of man only once. It was also created out of love. "Although the worl...
obvious, even if one had not heard the laws of God as such, this ignorance has never constituted an excuse for sin. As this indica...
from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...
sixteenth century when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church on the church do...
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...
They believe that there is only one acceptable religion and that is theirs. Things are beginning to change in modern society, how...
points of doctrine, particularly in regards to controversy over whether Judaic custom was still applicable to Christians. Missiona...
(Constitution, Apostles, 1996). The creed derived its name from the initial belief that it was written by the Apostles on the tent...
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 art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...
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...
she stands at the coast, watching the stormy sea, hoping that her lover would return" (The French Lieutenants Woman (1981)). Fr...
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...
eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...
personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...
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...
represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...
time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
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...
It can be said that his treatises on this subject had great influence on the study of redemption in later years, or in the vernacu...