thankful spirit‚ the Vietnamese Sisters of Saint Paul de Chartres (SPC) in Michigan‚ we would like to send you our deepest gratitude‚ in response to your devoted care and supports throughout the year. Let us share with you some highlights of our humble apostolic
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Bibliography: Boughton‚ Lynne C. "From Pious Legend to Feminist Fantasy: Distinguishing Hagiographical License from Apostolic Practice in the "Acts of Paul/Acts of Thecla" The Journal of Religion". 71. 3 (1991)‚ 262-383‚ http://www.jstor.org.ezp.lndlibrary.org/stable/1204561. (accessed February 18‚ 2011). Bremmer‚ Jan N.. The Apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. Netherlands:
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1 New Beginnings A Letter from Pastor Pete June 3‚ 2012 This year is a special one for New Life Fellowship Church. In September we will celebrate and reflect on twenty-‐five years of bearing fruit for Christ in New York City. In addition‚ we are entering
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After the Way Called Heresy Book Review Anthony Gonzales Apostolic School of Theology After the Way Called Heresy Book Review Throughout the line of church history‚ Oneness doctrine has suffered persecution‚ Condemnation‚ and expulsion. Many believe that the dogma of the Trinity has been the True doctrine of the early church‚ but the truth is that since the birth of the church which in the Book of Acts. The Mighty God in Christ doctrine is in fact the doctrine of the early church. This
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“new” revivals that have happened since then‚ very few have come close as the impact that Azusa Street had on the world for Christ. Azusa Street was not just a revival that stayed local‚ the Azusa street revival spread with its publication of the Apostolic Faith a newsletter that at one time reached over 40‚000 through its
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1. The sources and norms of Christian Theology I understand scripture‚ tradition‚ reason and experience as the sources and norms of Christian theology. Revealing the knowledge of God‚ guides us to know God‚ and inform our action and practice as believers‚ they are the sources as witnesses that points to the knowledge of God. At that same time‚ they are norms by which we can judge our understanding of God and correct our behaviors as children of God 2. Understanding of the source and norms Scripture
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able to shoot a magnificent film in a country whose culture far differs from theirs. His life‚ filled with values of‚ self-sacrifice‚ mercy‚ humility‚ and love for god‚ was a stepping stone for the growth of Catholic population in Rome. Through an apostolic crusade to change the world‚ he and a couple of monks ventured in different parts of Europe‚ with only a staff and a bible‚ and preached of the real truth. With the approval of the pope‚ this mission became official and lasted for a couple of years
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The Second Vatican Council insisted that Catholicism must embrace all of Christianity on the basis of Baptism. “Baptism forges ‘a sacramental bond of unity’ among all Christians” (Groome 242). Catholics should not be judging another group of individuals for not having the same religion as them‚ instead they should be rejoicing they the “body of God” is gaining more members. The Catholic view of being catholic was articulated by Jesus when he “taught by word and example that everyone would be welcome
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The earliest Christians of the first and second centuries can often be enigmatic and elusive. In popular media today‚ like the History Channel’s Bible Secrets Revealed or in bestselling novels like The Da Vinci Code‚ early Christians are often depicted as holding wildly divergent views of Jesus and reading and writing differing gospels and books that never made it into our modern New Testament. This perspective has been popularized by New Testament scholar and bestselling author Bart Ehrman‚ who
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At thirty Augustine is a professor of liberal arts in Rome and soon wins the appointment of Public Orator in Milan‚ the imperial capital. In Milan he meets the bishop of Milan‚ Ambrose‚ and at the age of thirty three Augustine is baptized and converted to Catholic Christianity. Ambrose played a significant role in the development of Augustine‚ by introducing him to the neo-Platonists philosophy‚ as well as a more gratifying method of interpreting scripture. The neo-platonic philosophy emphasized
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