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out, but that he would do his best to convey his thoughts on loving God in the hopes it can help others, focusing only on loving G...

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

ridden. At one point he is in a restaurant and is remembering one time when his son was 2 or 3 years of age. The child had run int...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...

reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...

ages. In fact, both accounts contain detailed descriptions of the deaths, which are very similar. In addition, throughout both acc...

In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...

in World War II. Not only did Japan attack American soil, and its people, but the United States could no longer ignore the debauch...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

In eight pages this research paper contrasts and compares these Christian theologians in terms of their similarities and differenc...

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...

still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...

same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural compe...

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

This paper focuses on St. Paul, the Pharisee to whom Christ appeared and to whom Christ gave a special mission. It was hard for pe...

of Christianity is "Thou Shalt Not Kill," and yet Christians have been killing each other, as well as non-Christians, for millenni...

been evicted from Rome (Kruse 20). Paul worked with the couple during the week and on the Sabbath he tried to teach Jews and Greek...

speaking against him were false apostles. There is some question as to exactly who these false apostles are. Some scholars suggest...

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

In seven pages the views of Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Thomas Hobbes are compared and contrasted in a consideration of whether or ...

the Summa that "St. Thomas, following Aristotle, gives a perfect description and a wonderfully keen analysis of the movements of m...

In five pages this paper examines illusion and conflict in a thematic analysis of Paul's Case by Willa Cather....

such as the dietary laws and male circumcision. One of the many issues that Paul discussed in Galatians is the fact that he is g...

Dominican Order)," dedicating his life to following his Orders commitment to both scholarship and ministry (Honderich, et al 43). ...

way his eyes move continually to the fact that he cannot stand to be touched: "Once, when he had been making a synopsis of a parag...

primary purposes. First, he is declaring and reaffirming that he is, indeed, Christs Apostle and has spoken the truth. Second, he ...

as this passage shows. Examination of the passage 3:12 : Therefore, since we have such hope, we are very bold (NIV). Because of ...

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that despite living in different times these men's concepts and thoughts were...

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...