CHRISTIANITY VS. CHURCHIANITY Christianity is the act and a choice to serve and have a relationship with the one and true living God‚ it is a complete life style change because we were created in the image of God and therefore‚ we should walk like our Father‚ talk like our Father‚ live holy (or to be one with God) like our Father‚ Genesis 1: 27‚ “ So God created mankind in His own image . . .” God is all sovereign until He speaks and once he speaks He is even obligated to perform His word‚ John
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Constantine I was an iconic Roman emperor whose impact on Christianity will never be forgotten. Constantine has been given several names including Constantine the Great and “the first Christian emperor”. Many don’t know that Constantine was originally named Flavius Valerius Constantinus. He was the first Christian emperor and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine was born in Naissus‚ Moesia under his father’s reign. The Roman empire was very shaky and was
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being." This quote was from a homily delivered by Pope John Paul II which dealt with the topic of consumerism and materialism. The age in which we live puts a great emphasis on the possession of goods and of living with excess. What way can Christianity‚ or more specifically Catholicism‚ change the worlds view when it comes to the possession of items and goods? Catholicism can show that‚ in moderation‚ consumerism is not an inherent evil‚ as long as we do not let our material possessions consume
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Beowulf uses two religions‚ Paganism and Christianity‚ to form a beautiful storyline that has a lasting effect on the poem. There is religious power in the story and the mix of the two separate religions blend to form a work of art. Pagans possess rituals like believing in multiple gods and vengeance. Christians worship one omniscient being and Gods overall almighty power. Both religions believe in fate and they trust their God for their survival during battle. The use of the religious meanings abstracts
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Emperor Constantine has been frequently credited for ending the persecution of Christians and converting himself to a Christian‚ His association with Christianity began with a fateful battle for control of the Western Roman Empire. Constantine faced Western Roman Emperor Maxentius at the Tiber River’s Mulvian Bridge in A.D. 312. Fourth-century historian and bishop Eusebius of Caesarea reported that before the great battle Constantine saw a flaming cross in the sky bearing the words "in this sign
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lighting of pumpkins‚ cats‚ ghosts‚ goblins‚ death and a preoccupation with satanic paraphernalia on October 31st as filtered down from the ancient Scottish‚ Irish and Celtic custom surrounding samhain. How did it ever become associated with Christianity? In the early 6th and 7th centuries the Catholic Church made it a practice to replace all pagan holidays with Christian celebrations in order to accommodate those
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towards the one true God instead of to their Pagan devils."(Pagan timeline Google para6) Three of eight major Pagan holidays were converted to Christian and Catholic holidays when Christianity spread through Europe. There are many reasons this was done‚ one was to ensure that the Pagan worshipers would convert to Christianity. They converted the holidays to show the Pagans that they too celebrated what they celebrated and were not
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these religions they have many things in common and they have things that are different. I wonder why they are so alike and so different? Each of these religions have many followers‚ they are also alike in ways and different ways. Hinduism and Christianity are clearly different by Hinduism believes that they will reincarnate into something better than their past life. Also‚ they hope they reincarnate into something that is wiser and stronger. Reincarnate means the rebirth into a new soul and a new
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Are women treated better under the religion of Christianity or Islam? Both of them are similar in the sense that they follow a religious scripture‚ believe in a god‚ and have a history of treating women socially and culturally inferior. It can probably be safe to say that they are each as bad as the other. Even before a baby is born the parents already prefer it to be a boy. This can be interpreted from the phrase “….if a women have conceived seed‚ and born a man child: then she shall be unclean
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big impact on the development and evolution of Christianity. Whether it is for the good or bad the Roman Empire’s government system had a big impact on Christianity. Christianity started with Jesus and some Jews who later turned into his disciples. After Jesus was ordered his crucifixion and died his twelve disciples taught his message and spread it all over‚ which later turned into Christianity. Politics have had a big impact on the rise of Christianity because of the persecution of the Romans‚ Constantine’s
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