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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According to the Bible in Genesis‚ God informs Adam that‚ "dust thou art‚ and unto dust thou shalt return.” This was to remind Adam that he came into existence from the earths dust. Furthermore‚ it is science today that informs us that planet earth was conceived also by the suns dust and that humans are made up of material that was created from star dust. We humans are also in the noble possession of a mind. We are capable of thinking‚ feeling‚ and we can also exercise free will as Eve when she ate
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C h u r c h H i s t o r y I By Mr. Kennedy K. Kirui I. Benefits to be gained from the study of Church History A. A perspective informed by a sense of continuity 1. The whole family in heaven and earth (Eph.3:14) 2. Connecting the canonical history with our own time (Acts 28ff) 3. Escape from the theological and ecclesiastical provincialism (1 Cor.14:36). B. The encouragement of a Godly Heritage 1. The great cloud of witnesses (Heb.11; 12:1) 2. Perspective on persecution
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ago‚ before motor vehicles‚ before long distance travel‚ before Christianity itself‚ scholars and philosophers were debating a question which is still on the forefront of many minds today: Is war ever just? By the 4th century‚ St. Augustine‚ also known as Augustine of Hippo‚ had developed a set of criteria regarding when it was justified to go to war (Patterson). These criteria are still widely used today‚ although debated by many‚ especially with the recent use of drones and unmanned vehicles in war
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE RISE OF PAPACY RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. NICKENS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE CHHI 301-B02 BY AUDRA C. BALQUE MANOR‚ TX 78653 FEBRUARY 28‚ 2014 The Rise of Papacy The rise of the papacy came at a time when the Roman Empire collapsed and there was chaos as it related to the bishops who held office in Rome and what religion would be at the forefront of the representation of the west or east of Rome since
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Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
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