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3 Marks of the Church According to John Calvin

holy catholic and apostolic Church" (Mills, 2000, p. 2). Mills (2000) suggests that the earliest identification of the marks of th...

Catholic Tradition Aspects

that the entire Christian movement was galvanized and energized by an unseen agency, the Holy Spirit (Ottati 1044). Believers in J...

The Fallibility of the Pope

stories in that he was a teacher, a healer, a preacher and a savior. There are many stories of his having the ability to heal, wal...

Orthodox Church In Eastern Europe Post-Communism

daring to practice their Orthodox faith. What happened in Russia also happened in all of the Eastern Bloc. It was under Presiden...

Transformations of Hagia Sophia

second fire, it was reconstructed yet again by Justinian I (Justinian the Great) during the sixth century. Due in large part to J...

Freedom of Religion, A First Amendment Right

travel to Massachusetts for the sole purpose of disrupting Puritan church services and heckling their ministered (Woods 2). This a...

Vatican Council II : Purpose, Changes

of the Popes purposes in all he did was to establish Christian unity (Christus Rex, Inc. and Olteanu, n.d.). The special commissi...

Canonization Process

Canonization (Canonization Information, 2002). This step is key because this is what often distinguishes a mere "accident" from a...

Communism vs. Catholic Church

spiritual mission. Furthermore, by asserting that it spoke for the working class, many of whom were Catholic, the CP directly thre...

The Interpretation Of The Bible In The Church A Commentary

"Each individual book only becomes biblical in the light of the canon as a whole" (Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1994, Canonical...

Thinking Makes It So

by the church, works for them. She relents and tells him to remain just as he is, but that he still cannot join her church. The st...

Gay Marriage and the Catholic Church

in these times of change and forward movement. Will the Catholic Church change its stance? That remains to be seen. This is like e...

Catholic Church, Tradition and Scripture

The leading priest of a particular region was elected by his fellow priests to serve as bishop. These bishops became increasingly...

Doctrine of the Reformed Church

(Engelsma, 2000). The Reformation Church was and is the one that depends exclusively on Scripture (Engelsma, 2000). In fact, that ...

Christianity History and Significance of 'Church Order'

holding certain truths? The members of the Church are united, not by their belief in certain men, but by their belief in certain ...

Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priest 1997 Instruction

Functions. Pope John Paul II cautioned local parishes here, warning that even thought there may be a shortage of ordained priests,...

Church Committee & Influence of Watergate

on Nixons opponents, as Nixon was convinced that leaks to the press directly threatened the effectiveness of his administration...

Universalization of Jesus

This essay focuses on two main topic areas but comments on other issues such as the connexion structure of the Methodist church, w...

Church in the Middle Ages

This paper discusses our issues about the separation of Church and state. It also discusses the power of the church in the middle ...

Reflections on Subjects Relevant to Pastoral Work

Working in the church is a challenge. The paper reflects on some pastoral subjects that are important to consider while on probati...

Houses That Change the World by Wolfgang Simson

This book review is on Houses That Change the World by Wolfgang Simson. This author argues for a return to the house-churches desc...

Different Perspectives on Church

This essay reports different perspectives regarding the nature of the church. The major divisions are the nature of the church as ...

A Revies of Church Burning in African American Communities by Carolyn S. Carter

A 3 page essau reviewing the 1999 article by Carolyn S. Carter. This essay emphasizes the importance of the church to the black co...

Small Urban Baptist Churches and Pastoral Leadership

In fifty two pages this paper discusses small urban churches as they regard pastoral leadership with Baptist Ecclesiology and the ...

Critique of 'A Theological Reflection' by Avery Dulles

In this paper consisting of five pages a critique of the book that considers the Catholic Church's present position is offered alo...

The Christian Church and Greek Temple Compared

The contemporary church and Greek Temple are compared and contrasted. The Rock Church of Montgomery, Alabama is compared with the...

Roman Catholic Church and Moral Theology

In nine pages this research paper considers the Catholic Church's current theological stance regarding morality. Four sources are...

Peggy Pond Church's The House at Otowi Bridge and the U.S. Atomic Age

as the atomic bomb. In examining hte realities that relate to Churchs book, and to history itself, we go back and look at our so...

Chastity, Sex, Marriage, and the Catholic Church

This paper consists of five pages and examines the Catholic Church's position regarding chastity, sex, and marriage. Eight source...

Life After Death and Roman Catholicism

live out eternity in blissful spiritual peace, while those damned to Hell will live out eternity in misery as punishment for disob...