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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...
in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...
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...
particular motif is also seen in biblical passages that indicate Yahwehs strength: "Was it not you who split Rahab in half, who pi...
arose that the city was burned intentionally on the command of the emperor. One contemporary account asserts that "Certain people ...
In 9 pages and 2 parts this paper examines religion, myth, and philosophical contradictions and then also discusses the 4 elements...
Augusta Euphemia. He had adopted his elder nephew who took the name Justinian. Justin began his reign by executing Amantius and Th...
A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...
This book review discusses the motivations described by MacMullen that propelled conversion to Christianity during its early centu...
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...
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...
Gnosticism's role in early Christianity is considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There are six sources cited in the bib...
This paper consists of five pages and discusses early Christianity in terms of Gnosticism's role and purpose. Six sources are cit...
Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...
where "The hand of the Lord prevailed and the forces of Maxentius were routed (Lactantius 8). Maxentius was driven into the Tiber ...
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...
societys pressure. "It is impossible to read Great Expectations without sensing Dickenss presence in the book, without being awar...
In five pages an overview and analysis of this famous Edward Hallett Carr essay are presented....