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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...

Canonization Process

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

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 Tradition Aspects

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

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...

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 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...

Christianity History and Significance of 'Church Order'

holding certain truths? The members of the Church are united, not by their belief in certain men, but by their belief in certain ...

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...

Christian Homes and Abuse

In this paper consisting of ten pages the abuse that occurs within Christian homes which are considered on par with general norms ...

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...

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, ...

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...

US Protestant Church Theology

well as the future of the Christian Church in the twenty-first century. Regardless of denomination, Protestant churches generall...

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 ...

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...

Church Committee & Influence of Watergate

on Nixons opponents, as Nixon was convinced that leaks to the press directly threatened the effectiveness of his administration...

Thinking Makes It So

by the church, works for them. She relents and tells him to remain just as he is, but that he still cannot join her church. The st...

Reflections on Subjects Relevant to Pastoral Work

Working in the church is a challenge. The paper reflects on some pastoral subjects that are important to consider while on probati...

An Examination of Scripture, Same-Sex Marriage

This essay presented an argument that defends the AME's Church's opposition to same-sex marriage. The writer draws on scripture. ...

Church in the Middle Ages

This paper discusses our issues about the separation of Church and state. It also discusses the power of the church in the middle ...

Universalization of Jesus

This essay focuses on two main topic areas but comments on other issues such as the connexion structure of the Methodist church, w...

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...

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...

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...

Orthodox Church In Eastern Europe Post-Communism

daring to practice their Orthodox faith. What happened in Russia also happened in all of the Eastern Bloc. It was under Presiden...