TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 What is the Millennium? 2 Post-Millennialism 2 Amillennialism 4 Premillennialism 5 Bibliography 8 THE 1000 YEARS OF REVELATION 20:1-6 Introduction There has been great confusion on eschatology‚ or the theological study of future events‚ since the early church. The millennium‚ or the 1000 years‚ in Revelation 20:1-6 has not escaped this confusion. To develop the understanding of the topics under discussion in this paper
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Thomas Aquinas: The Conflict‚ the Harmony and the Saint During the High Middle Ages‚ Western Europe underwent rigorous reform. Through the rapidly increasing population and production of intellectual‚ artistic and spiritual works‚ thirteenth century philosophers‚ theologians and Christian thinkers were faced with a quandary. The central question was directed at “the attitude being taken toward Aristotle…by theologians committed to a Christian view of the nature of God‚ man‚ and the universe” (“St
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lecture. What was the meaning of the Virgin Mary? How did she become the role model of devoted Christians‚ or to narrow it down‚ Catholics‚ worldwide? Furthermore‚ why would different Christian denominations have distinctive views of her? Saint Augustine of Hippo‚ Pope Gregory and even the second council of Nicea proved her ability to resonate believers and non-believers. If so‚ wouldn’t she be more powerful than Jesus Himself? And then I realized my last question to myself was the reason why other
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Adrian Andre’ Hist 101 8/17/12 Roman Empire Influence on Early Christianity The influence of the Roman Empire on early Christianity can clearly be seen through the teachings and actions of Christ and the Roman government. The affects of the empire are expressed through Christ’s teachings at the Sermon on the Mound and through preaching the Kingdom of Heaven. Influence of the empire can also be seen through the deaths of martyrs and by decisions made by Roman authority. The message conveyed
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Introduction The notion of war has always been the subject of moral debate throughout history. World War II is no different in this particular regard. In order for wars to be morally justified‚ the Just War Theory was developed. The Just War Theory has two specific criteria which must be followed in order for the act of war to be considered morally justified – the jus ad bellum (right to go to war) and jus in bello (rightful conduct within war) criterions. Jus ad bellum dictates that war must be
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Death Through Adam‚ Life Through Christ As many of us know it today as the Bible states‚ God created man‚ "he formed him from dust and breathed into his nostrils to bring him to life. He planted a garden in Eden and put the man there. Out of the ground God made every tree pleasant to see and good for food." (Nietzsche) For the serpent had told Eve that the tree of knowledge of good and evil would not harm her or Adam‚ they chose to eat from it‚ without listening to the command of God. By eating
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Salvation Reflection Paper The doctrine of salvation is at the core of the Christian faith and is a the heart of the work of Jesus. This paper is going to summarize the doctrine of salvation from two authors that the author of this paper read and studied and then give his subjective view or opinion of what each author presented in their explanations of the doctrine of salvation. The first of these authors is Alister E. McGrath from his book Theology:The Basics. The second author is Dr French
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must out weigh or equal to the costs of the war.[4] The just war theory started with the catholic church. The importance of the just war theory is connected to the Christian medieval theory which began from St. Augustine of Hippo.[5] The original three criteria made by St. Augustine are right intention‚ valid authority and peace must be the final goal. The
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Getting to Know the Church Fathers – An Evangelical Introduction Litfin‚ Bryan M. Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction. Grand Rapids‚ Mich.: Brazos Press‚ 2007. Bryan M. Litfin an associate professor of theology at Moody Bible Institute‚ wrote Getting to Know the Church Fathers. Bryan has great passion towards history and specifically the history of the church fathers‚ the one’s who were there in the beginning of Christianity and the one’s who sat and learned at the
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could only be found by its Means. With this huge amount of power‚ the pope had the ability to control and monopolise kings and kingdoms all throughout Europe. A prominent figure to note before delving into the Reformation development is the Bishop Augustine of
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