Originally christians held the same God concept as the Jews, since God had not changed. Still mono-theistic.…
‘The doctrine of the Trinity is a helpful way for Christians to understand the nature of God.’…
3. How are the three major holy books of the monotheistic faiths both similar and different? Judaism, Islam, Christianity. All three religions are strictly monotheistic. While Christianity believes in the Holy Triune, in which God is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the three Abrahamic faiths believe that God has provided humans with the basic guidelines for living. But Judaism denies that Jesus was a prophet, while Christianity and Islam acknowledge Jesus as a prophet.…
Also, early Islamic interpreters believed that the doctrine of the Trinity meant that Christians worshiped three distinct Gods or one God with three parts. However,…
1. The Bible clearly speaks of God the Son, God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit. But emphasizes that there is only ONE God. The Trinity is a way of acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us about God is the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. That God is three "Persons" but all exist within one essence. In other religions we also see one Supreme Being, being created into other gods/goddess and given certain strengths or is the reason for a creation. Within Christianity all powers or strengths and creation comes from one source; God, because of this I believe that Christianity is still considered a monotheistic religion.…
The main idea of utilitarianism (U) is to create ‘the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people’. This is similar to Christianity and the golden rule ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. With situation ethics, in a dilemma you should always do the most loving and compassionate thing. However in contrast to the utilitarian idea that you should try and greatest happiness for the most people, Christian ethics would look at everyone in an equal manner, as everyone was made ‘in the image of God’. It says in the bible that God is personal and loving and therefore looks after the vulnerable, whereas utilitarian’s would have to ignore the minority for their theory to work.…
Christian Moral Theology engages questions and issues that invite discussion and interpretation of convictions through lenses of theology, using The Bible as one of its chief sources. It involves examination of perspectives through sociology, history, religion, ethics, policy, politics, ecclesiology, ideology, law, culture, and societal expectations and standards. This paper will focus on answering the question if Christians should desire happiness or not, and if they should, what are the reasons for their doing. Furthermore, the paper will include class lectures and course readings.…
What kind of man is Odysseus? He is a man of “twists and turns” (1.1) and there are not enough words to describe him. In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is on his way home from the Trojan War. He goes through many challenges to get back to Ithaca. Odysseus is a man of contradiction, adventure, and determination.…
1. Why does the author say that everyone is a theologian? Everyone has an opinion about religion…
Religion is observed everywhere, and in early empires, it was generally seen as a way to explain the unknown. In the Roman empire, they believed that gods controlled certain things such as the sea, sky, and other important aspects of life (Penza-Clyve). These polytheistic beliefs that came from Rome are no longer worshipped today. There are however, religions that have continued since the Ancient empires. It can be seen that in many empires, the worshipping of multiple gods gradually moves toward monotheism as the empire strengthens. Monotheism has appeared in various religions and cultures for thousands of years before its development in modern-day monotheistic religions.…
Most people describe a “god” as a powerful and omnipotent being who created the world, and guides his people to be morally just. Whether it is God of Christianity, Yahweh of Judaism, or Allah of Islamism, most “Western” religions have the same monotheistic feel, and even Buddhists who are neither monotheistic nor polytheistic all follow the same concept of working towards a more honest life. However, in ancient times, religion was not at all like this. In Ancient Mesopotamia, and Ancient Egypt, religion was polytheistic, and there were not many teachings that prevented people from becoming sinful. It was not until the Hebrews came along, that this new idea of monotheism and righteousness was considered. The religious structure and implementation of the Hebrews was more developed than that of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations.…
Unitarianism, once believed to be heresy against the Christian church, reflects the modern ideas and belief in reason that modern Unitarians still share today. The religious movement of Unitarianism continues currently, and supports the idea of progression within humanity and the belief that reason and gratitude are essential to life. The key figures that supported the movement influence our world even now, and have created a religion open to new ideas and supportive of the idea of human equality. Unitarians are grateful for the world around them, and support those in need by giving to charity because of their gratitude and awareness of the dependence of humanity.…
The common good is understood as the collection of social conditions that make it possible for each social group and all of their individual members to achieve their potential. It means that each social group must take account of the rights and aspirations of other groups, and of the well-being of the whole human family. The rights and duties of individuals and groups must be harmonized…
Starting in 389 A.D., the powerful application of faith to politics led Emperor Theodosius to issue a series of edicts against paganism that concluded in 391 with a law making pagan worship illegal. During the Golden Age of Athens, politics and manmade laws guided human conduct, and the city state was viewed as a manifestation of the highest human values, giving rise to political philosophy. Christianity effected a change in the course of Western society, requiring a new cultural identity and a new educational curriculum. With this aim in mind, Emperor Justinian (483–565 A.D.) cut off all state funding to chairs of rhetoric, essentially bringing the explicitly pagan classical tradition to a close. The pagan classical heritage would from this time onward be viewed through the lens of Christianity, increasing the need for an approach to the teaching of scripture that matched the sophistication of the classical inheritance. De doctrina christiana would provide the medieval world with that tool.[1]…
Monotheism is the doctrine that there is but one god, and that means the worship of one god and one god alone, and the denial of all other gods. In Donald Kagan’s ‘Problems in Ancient History: Volume One The Ancient Near East and Greece” he discusses that among critical scholars today there is none who claims real monotheism for anyone earlier than Moses; however scholar William F. Albright states in his article in the American Scholar “Archaeology Confronts Biblical Criticism” that the only time in history of the ancient Near East when we find monotheism in the leading cultural centers, Egypt and Babylonia is about the fourteenth century B.C. It’s also then that we find the closest approach to monotheism in Syria and Asia Minor. Kagan however challenges this by stating that there was no evidence that Syria and Asia…