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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Classroom Management Philosophy

or love of their subject matter and a desire to motivate students. Problematic Behaviors Problematic behaviors are actions by s...

Bruce Lee’s Philosophy

who indicates that Lee possessed "Philosophical notions of action and inaction, self and not-self, voidness and wholeness, spontan...

NYC Teacher Importance

would enhance any educational environment. For example, I have learned the importance of both teaching and learning, and believe ...

Philosophy Defined by Philosphers

explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...

Communications Skills of Oprah Winfrey

she werent sincere, she simply wouldnt do it. This is an advantage of having the control she does - she can choose what she wants ...

The Outsider by Albert Camus and Perspective Narrative

a "benign indifference of the universe." This discussion will examine how the narrator, Meursault, aka Camus, gets that message a...

Film Death and the Maiden

my tendency , would be to ask her what she gains for herself, by hanging on to this hurtfulness, Was she at some level repeating ...

Theories of Plato versus Confucius' Analects in Lun Yü of K'ung Fu-Tzu

In eight pages this paper discusses social reformation in a contrast and comparison of the philosophies of Plato and Confucius....

Children with Special Needs and Education

In three pages this paper discusses special needs children and includes the personal philosophy of the writer regarding educationa...

Socrates, Aristotle, and Their Philosophies

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Socrates and Aristotle with virtue concepts being the primary ...

First Meditation of Rene Descartes

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

John Dewey's Educational Philosophy

of education is determined by the many forces struggling against each other during any given era, forces such as political, religi...

Ralph Emerson's Statement 'One Must Be an Inventor to Read Well'

In four pages this essay analyzes Emerson's quote and the philosophies that inspired this outlook....

Women and Their Religious Ordination

take pleasure in the marital act; that killing infidels was a way to salvation; that taking interest on a loan was forbidden; that...

Jewish Wedding Traditions

This 8 page paper discusses the traditions of the Jewish wedding ceremony, including the breaking of the glass and the role of the...

Chaim Potok's 2 Worlds

In eleven pages this paper examines the Orthodox Judaism conflicts of Chaim Potok in an overview of his receptiveness to the new i...

'Big Questions The Greeks' as Part of the For the Love of Wisdom PBS Series

yet differentiated between having a form and embodying that form. Aristotle, on the other hand, proposed that a form, with the exc...

Resurrection from Gnostic and Orthodox Perspectives

In five pages this research paper examines Christ's resurrection in a comparative interpretation of gnostic and orthodox perspecti...

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Depiction of Greek Culture

In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...

Old Testament Canon Development

by various members of the Hebrew-Jewish community between the 12th century B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era (Larue). Th...

Greek Literature as Reflective of Greek Culture

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...

Zionism and Orthodox Judaism Schism

to this day" (Shamish, nd). One central belief is that the Written and Oral Torah represents the word of God without any kind of h...

Overview of Contemporary Judaism

The Jews wait for God to send the Messiah who will save them. This is the primary point of divergence between Christians and Jews...

Sitting on the Wrong Side of the Monsey Trail Bus and Sima Rabinovicz

to shift seats to accommodate them, noting she was a regular commuter on the bus and she had has much right to stay where she was ...