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Augustine’s Confessions

grace precedes faith."7 Augustine argues that it is impossible "to believe without having heard," yet is also impossible for the i...

A STUDY OF COMMON IDEAS IN LATE MEDIEAL EUROPE

about humanitys relationship to God was that God was chief ruler. "Praise God at your waking," it says in the first article of the...

The Church Union Process in Early Twentieth Century Canada

of religion. That is, there was a great deal of discord. As with any controversial move, there are two sides to the story that may...

Social Justice, Wealth Inequality/A Catholic Perspective

a telling story related by economist Hannah Arendt that concisely conveys the basic philosophy of the Catholic Church in regards t...

Augustine/On Christian Teaching

is pleasure derived from worshiping the Triune God. In Book II, Augustine discusses further the subject of signs. He defines wha...

Canterbury Tales

that is good about the Church and religion. But, all the others are seemingly far less than perfect as they are connected with the...

Theology of Missions

New Testament is diverse and encompasses multiple and, sometimes, conflicting perspectives. One of the most intriguing of these ...

Catholic Church: Colonial Times to Present Day

Mississippi valleys and later in the Spanish regions of Florida, the Southwest and California, Catholics were a decided minority i...

The Integration of Church and School

those attending private schools were projected to be 10,653,000 (US Department of Education, 2007). The percentage of the nations...

Galileo, Science, and the Church

that this success could mean tremendous wealth and prestige for Galileo (Maran and Marschall, 2009). Galileo was, after a...

Hierarchical Church And Liberation Theology

church. The laws and regulations may change but those changes take a very long time. Our society has changed dramatically over t...

A Memo to Constantine the Great: Recommendations for Christian Church Architecture

primarily made up of those who have not accepted Christ as their Savior. It is important, therefore, that we take careful, calcul...

Preparation for Baptism and Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church

like the sacraments, but ex opere operantis, through the faith and devotion of those using them" (Piggin, 2005). The Sacraments o...

Analyzing Pope John Paul II and His Church Role

One may classify the action as the various things that this Pope engaged in as he grew up. He was ordained in 1946 (Christensen, 2...

Latino Author's St. Mary's Church Memories

both Rosa and Marianna attended. Father Ramirez and Sister Stevens spent long hours in that basement classroom teaching us abou...

“A Pretribulation Rapture of the Church”: A Critique

to occur back on earth. The counter view of rapture and Christs second coming, however, is that Christians will also have to end...

'Some keep the Sabbath going to church' by Emily Dickinson

In four pages this poetic explication focuses on the contrast between Victorian era religious conventions and Dickinson's individu...

Hagia Sophia or the Church of the Holy Wisdom

analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...

Christian Church and Capital Punishment

the topic, some history is in order. How has the death penalty been treated in Christian religions, particularly among the Protest...

The Roman Catholic Church and The Future of Priesthood

and Asia (Catholic News Web, 2003). The number in Europe has increased slightly (Catholic News Web, 2003). This does not eliminate...

Church of Scientologists International Lawsuit Against Time Warner

teaching and counseling that can cost thousands of dollars. They have hundreds of centers throughout the nation and by all appeara...

Body of Christs and the Church

or more believers are gathered that they are also the body of Christ. This had to be very confusing, and it has led many to questi...

Florida's Reconstruction Era and the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Reverand Robert Meacham

blacks, who were primarily former slaves, Meacham and other representatives from the AME Church fought the governmental process to...

A Church and Dwight Business Analysis

In using Michael Porters Five Forces model (which focuses on a barriers to entry, competitive rivalry, buyer power, supplier power...

The Response of the Church

more important to protect the reputation of the Church. Bishops around the world have forwarded thousands of accusations the Vatic...

An Outsider’s Experience at an Apostolic Pentecost Church

Religion can be one of the biggest defining factors in culture. Some religions are radically different than others even in...

Urban Church in Queens

Urban ministers need to remember their primary mission, according to Pastor Etwaru, from the Global Christian Ministries in Queens...

Is There a Wall of Separation Between Church and State

This paper considers this important question. Does the wording in the First Amendment indicate a true wall exists? There are fiv...

Parallels in the Early Church and Contemporary Society

This paper considers the quest for maturity of a Christian, a quest delineated in Roberta C. Bondi's book, To Love as God Loves. ...

Holy Spirit and Church

Trinity was revealed throughout Scripture. He is an integral part of everything that was done and said. It is through the Spirits ...