Name: Kgaogelo Naum Surname: Shai Course: Doctrine and Theology: The Teachings of Jesus Student Number: LDI 2013/00021 Assignment 1: The Divinity of Jesus Christ Due date: 11 March 2013 Introduction As ambassadors of Christ we live a life empowered by faith‚ motivated by the promises that God has bestowed upon our lives. However in this life there always seem to be things that we are facing‚ battles to fight and challenges to overcome. John 10:10(NIV)…”I have come that you may have life and have
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As Barbara Kruger said in her untitled 1982 work‚ “You invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece.” I believe this is the reason so many different businesses‚ companies and people‚ use‚ wear‚ or have common articles with famous art images on them. They are trying to have the “greatness” or the “divinity” as it were‚ rub off a little on them. Coffee mugs with great works of art on them‚ or in my case‚ a yearly calendar with paintings by Van Gogh on each page‚ help us feel better about ourselves.
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Chalcedon’s definition to make humanity and divinity equal categories‚ according to Chalcedon‚ Jesus Christ is one divine Person in two natures (divinity and humanity). The Chalcedonies affirms that Jesus Christ is both God and man. While Christ has two natures; however‚ He remains a single unified person (not two different persons). Christ’s human nature subsists only for the purpose of this union; it has no independent personal subsistence of its own. Christ is the same person both before and
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Divine Roles Across Cultures Matrix Select one common divine role that recurs in world mythology. Possible options of divine roles include the following: father or mother divinities‚ divinities of war‚ home or hearth divinities‚ divinities of love‚ divinities of wisdom‚ divinities of medicine or health‚ divinities of the wind‚ divinities of agriculture‚ divinities of the sky‚ ruler of all the gods‚ and so on. Identify the role in the title of your matrix. Select two myths‚ each from
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Joshua Norman THEO_201_D16_201330 Short Essay #2 Short Essay on the Humanity and Divinity of Jesus Christ The discussion regarding the humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ has been a matter of debate since the earliest days of Christianity. The post-apostolic church became plagued by different heresies‚ some of which continue to this day. Generations of scholars have attempted to make sense of the human and divine natures coexisting in Jesus‚ some claiming that He could not be truly a
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plots do palls; and that should learn us. There is a divinity that shapes our ends. Rough-hew them how we will-" (V‚ 2‚ 9-11) There are doubts to divinity as Hamlet explores this idea. During the play‚ Prince Hamlet often questions his existence. In one of his soliloquies‚ he was exceedingly desperate‚ yet fears to go into the mists of the unknown if he exonerates himself free from life. In the beginning of the play‚ Hamlet had doubts about divinity as he believed that it’s freewill and choices that
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Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Hamlet explores humanities complex processes and the condition of which we live. In this play‚ the concept of revenge is studied cohesively with the ability of humans to make judgments over their actions and human’s curiosity toward seeking answers. Shakespeare‚ having written this play in the 17th century‚ creates the protagonist Hamlet as a forward thinking character with a philosophical quality and moral understanding regarding his ability to reason. These traits
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Divinity is the core of all religions and rule most societies. Socialization based on divinity occurs almost everywhere. Most of the acceptable behaviors we have been taught since infancy have religious roots. I will compare and contrast the concepts of divinity in Judaic‚ Sumerian and Hindu culture‚ based on Genesis‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Ramayana of Valmiki‚ respectively. Judging by the literature‚ the Judaic concept of divinity seemed to be both polytheistic and monotheistic. I conclude
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The Role of Women in Greco-Roman Society: As Reflected in Classical Mythology The Greco-Roman society was a very patriarchal society. This is reflected throughout the myths in classical mythology. By looking at the classic mythology we will see that the roles women portrayed are very different than women’s roles in today’s society. Although there are a few similarities to women’s roles in today’s society‚ their roles are more like those women in the past. We can see this by looking at the attributes
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such as “Is there a god” or “Why did god make the world this way” have been pondered‚ and argued to no end‚ producing little to no results. Mankind’s hunger for knowledge will never be satisfied‚ leading to conflict. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find “‚ by Flannery O’ Connor‚ the author uses the grandma to portray the struggle of mankind to understand divinity. One way the author uses the grandmother to show mankind’s struggle to understand divinity is with prejudice. The grandma believes herself to be
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