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Essays 361 - 390
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 ...
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...
require freedom. It would not be until much later, during the latter part of the eighteenth century, that the world would see imme...
existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...
their apples will find himself stuck fast to the tree until Open Heart releases them ("Apple Tree" 453). God agrees. 8. ACTIONS ...
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...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...
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 ...
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...
And finally, can the nature of Jerusalem as a "sacred space" for all three faiths "throw any light on the conduct of politicians a...
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...
of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...
(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...
on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...
first arose, "on the basis that fundamental principles upon which the larger religious group is supposedly founded have become cor...
Soares Prabhu discussed the religious pluralism in India at great length, noting that all religions can find a home in India, even...
basis of the religion (Esposito, 1978). This began his quest for a true religion. Muhammad believed that both Judaism and Christi...
to be happy, but to be happy he has to know what happiness is and how to achieve it (Alfarabi, p. 35). Here we come to the idea of...
Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...
the local political process (Ceasar, 2005). The Dawa party which is religious based was the top winner in that election (Ceasar, ...
she stands at the coast, watching the stormy sea, hoping that her lover would return" (The French Lieutenants Woman (1981)). Fr...
where "The hand of the Lord prevailed and the forces of Maxentius were routed (Lactantius 8). Maxentius was driven into the Tiber ...
time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...
implied threat to John of Salisbury as well. To oppose the power of the king in any fashion could be very dangerous. Nevertheless,...
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...
represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...