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Essays 631 - 660
is arguing in this poem that the search for eternal peace and a relationship with the divine can be just as meaningful when carrie...
to approach the church, is a very viable approach as well as a very intelligent approach. Chavez argues that the Churchs duty is...
said they had an obligation to give witness to the whole moral truth and reinforce Catholic teaching that gay sex is a sin" (Bisho...
"unclean spirits knew who Jesus was" (Davies 94). Jesus method of exorcism was to "cast out demons by the spirit of God" (Davies 9...
many lawsuits and debates. In Widmar, the school obviously interpreted the clause to mean that religious activities should be ke...
a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...
faith" (Sharing Catholic). This document explains that Catholic social teaching is founded on a "commitment to the poor," which ar...
philosophy itself has changed" (#47) over the centuries (47). This field no longer seeks universal truth and wisdom, it is little ...
by an official of the Church and attended by faithful members of the church. Although the Popes encyclical clarified the sacred ...
Medieval sculpture is of special interest in regard to the varying influence of the Christian faith on the sculpture that was prod...
abusers" (Jenkins 133). This use of language paints Church officials as innocent victims of social change, rather than being knowi...
their introduction to "A Crack in the Mirror: Reflexive Perspectives in Anthropology" Barbara Myerhoff and Jay Ruby (editor) obser...
of the city, as it was under his reign that construction on the Colosseum was started.6 As Suetonius indicates, Vespasian undert...
and orientation. Fox argues that there is a "creation-centered spirituality" within the framework of Christian tradition that shou...
is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that ...
this Sacrament is central to the Christian faith, it was an issue that had to be decided. The ruling philosophy at that time was ...
The Chaucer we envisage here might regard this tale as valuable for its religious elements, for its depiction of a valiant woman w...
strong independent Church (based on the assumption of the Corpus Christianum common to all three confessions) through which he des...
Passion at a distance (Atlantic Baptist University). This author suggests that Peter refers to himself as an eyewitness because "h...
lanes of the Mediterranean" (Knox, 1999). The result was that the West lost contact with Egypt and the Holy Land, except for some ...
passing laws that say all students WILL pray in class that they run afoul of the Supreme Court. There are many solid reasons why ...
Pope made it clear that the Code was to be shared with all the people of God, not held only among the clergy (Kasten, 1994). Kast...
by Church & Dwight are similar those faced by many other companies; how the company should proceed and develop strategy in a chang...
recognized in terms of what they profess to be the truth. Churches need to be in harmony with Scripture. This is also part of rec...
by everyone.5 The all-important link that connects all rituals and practices, individuals to society/community, and believers to ...
personally believe on our own" (Duncan, 2003). So the concepts are clear: in a "vertical" religion adherents see God as a distant...
to believe in God and as such does not work for all youth. But, for those who are religious or want to be religious it is invaluab...
uses his own words, saying, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Fathers house into a market!" (John 2:16). Jesus authorit...
only legitimate when it was performed by water immersion (Simmons 38). It is believed that baptism in the early Church was perfor...
carry its full symbolic meaning, which was formulated over time.5 At the time of the historical Last Supper, the Holy Spirit had n...