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In five pages this paper examines the Gnostic Gospels in terms of origin, Christianity differences, and the 1945 Nag Hammadi Libra...
moral and religious instruction, Herbert includes an invitation to delve deeper in the "church" before beginning the next section....
Christianity. More specifically, the essay will argue that the Christian theory is the better one to use to resolve the conflict s...
In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...
became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...
much more land is converted into houses, buildings, parking lots and roads - the very things that transform an otherwise natural v...
over the centuries, and in those changes we can see the way in which the teachings of the religion have turned outward to impact t...
in Galatia." After his salutation, Paul goes right to the heart of the matter, which is that the people have been thrown into conf...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...
off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...
Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...
come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...
including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...
The document suggests that there is the notion that Greek philosophy is in opposition to Christianity. Many call Greek doctrines h...
newly unchanging societal conditions, and passing this culture down to their children, who largely lived in the same geographical ...
This book review discusses the motivations described by MacMullen that propelled conversion to Christianity during its early centu...
Tickle writes that there is an upheaval in Christianity about every 500 years and we are going through one now. It is called the G...
of his text The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. Justin Gonzalez discusses "The C...
Mission In this chapter, Justin Gonzalez elaborates further on the history of the early Christian church, as recorded in Acts, re...
5, "First Conflicts with the State," begins by pointing out that early Christianity had a violent beginning.i The first section ex...
Pliny and Trajan This is the first section of chapter 6, "Persecution in the Second Century," and it deals with the actions of Pl...
Lofty Criticism As mentioned in the previous chapter, due to the Roman policy towards Christianity throughout the second century ...
this chapter is on describing the variety of backgrounds and experience that informed early interpretations of the gospel message....
chapter by explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with per...
of Early Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those d...
Gonzalezs text, "The Great Persecution and the Final Victory," focuses on Christian persecution under Diocletian, which is charact...
Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...
New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...
1: The Call for Reformation Justo L. Gonzalez begins chapter 1 of his text on Christian history, The Reformation to the Present D...
Chapter 2: Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation Martin Luther Justo Gonzalez begins his discussion of Luther by describing ho...