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Church and State in the Petrine Supremacy

of power and influence as change came to the western civilization(s). Within each region discussed by Spielvogel we see differe...

Education, the Separation of Church and State and the 2002 US Supreme Court Case of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

The controversy over this program surrounded the fact that in the 1999 to 2000 school year some 82% of the private...

Prebaptism Initiation Rite

and changed Christianity from first a persecuted sect to a tolerated religion and finally to the legal and preferred religion, the...

An Intervention Using Appreciative Inquiry Theory

and suitable, AI theorists underscore the need for effective leadership through the process of organizational change. Further, A...

Same Sex Marriages and the Baptist Church

that will be addressed on the following pages. Possible Causes of Homosexuality When exploring a subject as controversial and vo...

North American Asian Indian Temples or Churches

in the existence of Brahma or "the supreme world soul or spirit" (Ramisetty-Mikler, 1993, p. 36). The older generation incorporat...

Models of the Church by Avery Dulles

order" (Dulles PG). The reincarnation of the sacramental model, according to Dulles, is traced back some sixty years ago when th...

The Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century by Jacob Burckhardt

individual" (Burckhardt, 1878; Mosaic, 2003). Modern historians often dispute some of Burckhardts claims but most concede that in ...

Daryl Eldridge's The Teaching Ministry of the Church

educator should not be undertaken lightly. Whereas the disciples call is to learn, the Church and the family are called to teach. ...

Individual Church Marketing

for a number of reasons. Therefore, it requires those in administrative positions to think of St. X as a product and develop an ap...

Corinthian Church and Paul's Beliefs

Paul wrote several letters to the Corinthians, addressing his concerns (Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians, 2003). First, he...

Attending Church and Religion

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...

Second Vatican Council and Roman Catholic Church Changes

(Huebsch, 2003). New rites were formulated and the new Mass was ready within a year. On the first day it was allowed, Pope Paul VI...

Church Unity and the Significance of the David and Goliath Story

to the concept of monotheism and from that point on, every Jew born is considered to be "a son of Abraham" (Nyrop). Abraham and h...

Christian Theology, Family, and Marriage

covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...

Life and Works of Nineteenth Century French Composer Cesar Franck

(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...

New France and British Conquest

and its failure to promote education for all Canadians, male and female. In the seventeenth century, the first French colonists t...

Church and Leadership

group falls apart, with the other toddlers wandering off. Having said that, leadership can be a learned skill. One can lea...

Deacon's Role as Prophet

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

Elders According to Doctrine of Ecclesiology

the Bible is "overseer," the implication is that the verse is referring to a position of leadership in which the individual is res...

Church Construction

But, that was also the age of the Basilican type of church, modeled after the Roman Basilica, which was a large colonnaded buildin...

Print Media and Its Coverage of Pedophilia and Catholicism

pedophile activity by priests, about keeping secrets in the hierarchy. Then the hierarchy made a mistake by trying to spin the ped...

Unified Christian Belief

In six pages this paper examines the unity of belief that was called for by The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on ...

Inga Clendinnen's Ambivalent Conquests

because he highly suspected that the natives were continuing to worship their own gods instead of practicing Catholicism, he asked...

Latin America and Marriage Ceremonial Changes Before and After the Catholic Church Introduction

the wives would remain with their own family. After the Church organized the marriage, couples were encouraged to set up their own...

Saint Christopher and Saint Peter Canonizing Justification

intercede on their behalf before God (2002). Hence, saints serve as role models as well as intercessors (2002). Beyond obvious m...

Tutorial on People and Prayer

acronym - prayers are ACTS of mind and heart: * A-doration and praise of God, who made us and through whom we have whatever we hav...

Various Methods of Funding Church Expansions

was a great idea. As the church grew, the larger sized buildings would attract even more members. However, there was one problem. ...

Church Elders and Ecclesiology

logical that the same sentiment would apply to the post of "elder" as well. While not stated overtly, the clear implication is tha...

Overview of the Catholic Church

in the earliest forms of the Roman Creed but it was not until 360 that the word Catholic was added to the Creed in the West (Thurs...