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U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment and Church and State Separation

bitter conflict and debate. In Philadelphia, for example, full-scale riots and bloodshed erupted in the 1840s over which version o...

An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Anabaptism

This five paper paper reviews the book The Anabaptist Story An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Anabaptism by William R. Estep. T...

The Catholic Church in Brazil

The writer discusses the influence of Roman Catholicism on the people of Brazil, nearly all of whom self-identify as Catholic. The...

Taxation and Churches

In 6 pages this paper examines if churches should be expected to pay government taxes in a consideration of the U.S. Constitution,...

Great Britain and Early Christianity

In eleven pages this paper examines the Christian origins of Great Britain in a consideration of the Romans, Pope Gregory, St. Aug...

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...

U.S. Religious Freedom

In six pages the U.S. church and state separation is examined in an overview that argues how the rights guaranteed by the 1st Amen...

Roman Catholic Church's Mortal Sin Actions and Thoughts

In five pages this research paper discusses the Catholic Church's doctrinal differences between mortal sin thought and actions and...

Pope John Paul II's Views on the Church Position as Defined in the Documents of Vatican II

The pope then adds: The unity of all divided humanity is the will of God. For this mission he sent his Son, so that by dying and ...

Catholic Church's Official Position on Abortion and Contraceptives

This paper examines the Catholic Church's position regarding women, sexuality, and issues such as abortion and contraception in ni...

Humanity and Divinity of the Christian Church

wanted only man as His own: God, Who has fatherly concern for everyone, has willed that all men should constitute one family and ...

A Concise History of the Catholic Church by Thomas Bokenkotter

rule of the Church during the Middle Ages (1). He points out that during the Renaissance, Church authority was undermined by "soci...

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,...

Separation Between Church and State

this section, well try to answer if a liberal democracy requires a strict separation of church and state. In theory, at least, a d...

History Shaped by the Russian Orthodox Church

particular concern was the Viking marauders and Asian nomads and even factions of the people themselves who sought to exploit the ...

Topics on Adolescent Development

In order to contextualize the views of adolescent behavior and egocentrism and the changes that are important through maturation, ...

Canonization Process

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

Gay Marriages and the Church

on the sanctity of traditional matrimony, traditional values, where a man and a woman join lives to create a family. Sex may be a...

Society of Canada, the Church, and Homosexuality

was not the case just a few years ago in Canada. The Conservative Era was an era exemplified by a societal policies which...

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...

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 ...

Catholic Tradition Aspects

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

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 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...

Radical Aspects of the Scientific Revolution

the sun around which our planet revolved, not the sun around the earth as was held by the Church (Meeks, 1997). This assertion al...

Abortion from the Christian Perspective

(AGI) consistently collects higher figures because they survey abortion providers directly (Abortion in the United States: Statist...

Origin and Tenets of the Catholic Religion

Peter now confessed? Remove it, and nothing can supply its place; the whole of Christianity crumbles into ruin" (Wylie, 1888, p. P...

Split Between the Catholics and the Lutherans

In eleven pages this historical overview of this religious split considers the doctrines that caused it with the Ninety Five Thesi...

30 Years' War and the Catholic Church's Role

In nine pages this paper discusses the 30 Years' War in an overview of its causes and the role played by the Catholic Church. Eig...