THE THEOLOGICAL PROGRESSION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY FROM THE EARLIEST WRITINGS OF THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS THROUGH AUGUSTINE CHURCH HISTORY BY SCOTT A. LINDSEY Introduction The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most mysterious and yet profound tenants of the Christian faith. Augustine‚ when pondering the depths of the doctrine of the Trinity‚ was walking along the beach one day when he saw a small boy with a bucket. The boy was running back and forth from the
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double-attached house through out the week. Upper floors were used for social gatherings and community meetings. The population of this church grow and forced the Diocese to send yet another priest to assist Father Matthews. Father Thomas Judge along with Father Matthews continued as plans for a church were underway. The new building would serve as a church‚ school‚ and convent for the Dominican Sisters of Kentucky who had taking on the mission of educating the children of the parish. Later
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September 15‚ 1963 The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church a black church in Birmingham‚ Alabama was bombed. Four young girls by the names of Addie Mae Collins 14‚ Cynthia Wesley 14‚ Carole Robertson 14‚ and Denise McNair 11 who decided to attend church that morning were killed by the explosion while attending Sunday school class and twenty-three adults and children were injured ("Ballad of Birmingham"). Whoever would have thought a good day in church could turn into such a tragedy before service ended
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“Jesus Camp” A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America that requires Christian youth to assume leadership roles in advocating the causes of their religious movement. “Jesus Camp” follows three home-schooled Missouri kids—12-year-old mullet-haired Levi‚ who was saved at 5; 10-year-old soldier ’s daughter Tory‚ who loves dancing to Christian heavy metal; and 9-year-old Rachael‚ who breathlessly approaches strangers to talk about Christ—to Pastor Becky
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The second section of Jesus Camp gets a lot more dramatic and hard to watch. It begins with all the kids on their way to the church camp. The camp is lead by Becky Fisher who is in my mind a complete psycho. At the camp‚ Fischer stresses the need for children to purify themselves in order to be part of the "army of God". She strongly believes that children need to be in the forefront of turning America toward conservative Christian values and way. She also feels that Christians need to focus on
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Elizabethan Church settlement was one of the most significant factors in promoting religious change. However‚ there were other settlements which also had significant factors on religious change. The Elizabethan Church Settlement formed the foundations of the Church of England in the years 1559-1563. During Elizabeth’s reign‚ Elizabeth’s aim was to find a suitable settlement‚ but one that most people could accept that it was their legal and patriotic duty to attend the established church. She wanted
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yaya Ms. Van Amerong ENC 1101 March 10‚ 2012 JESUS CAMP OR BUST Jesus Camp is a documentary about the beliefs and rituals of the Evangelistic people all around America. Many people believe that these Evangelists are taking Christianity to a whole new level. In the movie‚ parents raise their kids to believe that being Christian is the only right thing. You are either a believer in God or not. In the documentary‚ the directors‚ Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady show how Evangelists have shifted far
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underrate the active involvement or agency of children in constructing their own understanding of spiritual and moral questions. Introduction This ongoing discussion of children’s spirituality and primary school religious education in Australian church schools was prompted by interaction with postgraduate religious education students on differences between primary and secondary school religious education. There is an evident coherence in the academic writings on children’s spirituality and religious
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the political and social atmosphere for all people and institutions. As a result‚ the Catholic Church was faced with the challenge of how to deal with this new‚ modern world. In this century‚ the old regime of absolutism and conservatism‚ favored by most Catholics‚ saw its definitive end with the emergence of a society that looked to nationalism as well as liberalism to govern itself. The Catholic Church was finally faced with this new ideology when the Italian city states it had previously known
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and despair for being "forced" to join the program. It’s a love or hate affair‚ like many thing else. For me‚ I’m 50-50 when I realised I was chosen. On the negative side‚ I was thinking will it be waste of time to spend 3 months to train in the camp when I can learn and explore more new things before continue studies? On the bright side‚ I take it this is a chance to get to know more people‚ as well as experience living in a military life (not close to it actually)‚ this will be the only chance
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