THE COUNCIL OF NICEA The great Council of Nicea met from May to the end of July in 325. It was the first attempt to summon a general council at which the churches from every part of the Roman Empire should be represented. Constantine sponsored the event‚ with the government providing all transportation‚ food and lodging for the bishops and their entourages. No records were kept which identified all of the attendees‚ and varying accounts from that time placeing the number of attending bishops
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1. What is the intended primary audience at that time? The primary intended audience at the time was all Christians under papal authority. It was widely read across Europe by intellectuals who could read Latin and those of the French court. 2. The context surrounding this? (What has been happening during this time frame?) There were issues between church and secular kings power. It is based on actual events/conditions of medieval Europe. A time when the Universal Church and its divine position
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CRITIC ON OFW’s Pope John Paul II‚ in his message for the 1992 World Migration Day said‚ “Migration related to underdevelopment is a challenge‚ which we must face with courage and determination.” In the Philippines‚ underdevelopment and poverty are the main causes of migration within and from the country. It was in the early 1900s that the Filipino people started their plight in search for greener pastures in foreign lands. In 1972‚ the promising new labor market‚ prompt the Filipino government
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For instance‚ he presents the importance of creeds which in some ways is inconsistent to his thesis of the gospel being the story of Christ fulfilling Israel. By starting and stating that the best place to begin viewing the apostolic gospel is 1st Corinthians 15 (46)‚ McKnight seems to establish this passage as some sort of creed which seemingly removes the Old Testament’s significance to the gospel. “The King Jesus Gospel” does achieve its basic purpose in the sense that it
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Formative Years Before the Papacy Gregory the Great was born as Gregory‚ sometime between 540 and 545‚ to parents of good station. He grew up in Rome‚ and was educated as best as was possible. At the time‚ the (College of Rome?) had fallen from prominence into ruin after losing all of its grants and incomes from the Emperor Justinian and the educational culture of Rome was diminishing quickly as the city was torn between wars and invasions. Still‚ Gregory was educated to the educational standards
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Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faith followed the teachings of the Ten Commandments due to their correlating origins of Christianity. Both religions not only stemmed from the same origin‚ but developed in Rome under the One‚ Holy‚ Catholic and Apostolic Church. Several basic structures of ancient Christianity were adopted in both religions‚ including the adherence of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are ten sacred guidelines taught to members of the church as obligations in order to live
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prostitute in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and is also a perfect example of hypocrisy within the description of a character and the views of the society that García Marquez creates. María is "the most elegant and the most tender woman" (64) with an "apostolic lap‚" (5) when in reality‚ if the society’s beliefs and actions were to coincide with each other‚ she is a disgrace to women and to her conservative society. If a society such as the one García Marquez creates in Chronicle of a Death Foretold is
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University of Phoenix Material Reformation Time Line and Journal Entries Part 1: Time Line Complete the time line identifying events in history during the Reformation. Identify where the event occurred on the specified date Describe the event and its significance for each date identified on the time line. DATE: October 31‚ 1517 Example: DESCRIPTION: The 95 Thesis was Martin Luther’s response to the indulgences. WHERE: The door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg DATE: May 25‚ 1521 DESCRIPTION:
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Pope John Paul II defines the word kerygma as “the initial ardent proclamation by which a person is one day overwhelmed and brought to the decision to entrust himself to Jesus Christ by faith” (Catechesi Tradendae‚ 25). In his encyclical Evangelii Gaudium‚ Pope Francis says that the kerygma plays a “fundamental role” in catechesis. What is the kerygma‚ a term that is most likely unfamiliar to many modern Catholics? The ancient definition of the word is a Greek noun meaning “message” or “proclamation”
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Bibliography: [1] Galli‚ Mark. Persecution in the Early Church: A Gallery of the Persecuting Emperors. https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/ persecution-in-early-church-gallery/ (accessed May 15‚ 2015) [2] Fanning‚ Don. “Apostolic History of the Early Church” (2009). History of Global Missions. Paper 1. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgm_hist/1 (accessed May 15‚ 2015) [3] http://www.catholic.com/tracts/the-great-heresies (accessed May 18‚ 2015)
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