The Church as Moral Authority The church acts as the moral authority to determine what is right and wrong based on certain circumstances. The official teaching of the church on these moral situations is called the magisterium. The magisterium consists of the bishops and the pope. In order to accomplish this mission to teach the faith the bishops will delegate and designate others to teach‚ or they will teach directly themselves. The bishops also give a teaching mission to theologians and to all
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“Dear Fathers‚ we should listen again to the lament of God proclaimed by the prophet Jeremiah: “they have turned their back to me” (2:27). Let us turn again towards the Lord!” (Sarah). When Robert Cardinal Sarah make this call during an address at Sacra Liturgia‚ a liturgy conference in London‚ it unleashed a storm of controversy that had been simmering beneath the surface for some number of years. Catholics the world over either rejoiced at his suggestion‚ or seethed that he would call for a return
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statement could raise the question‚ is that all that is essential for salvation? One finds that very idea in the teaching of the Mormon Church. However‚ there is an overall consensus within Western Christian Churches that the Mormon Church believes things outside of Christian Orthodoxy. The late BYU Professor Alvin Goodman‚ Ph.D. defended the Mormon Church‚ stating that‚ “Anyone that believes in Christ is a Christian‚ and we believe we are Christians…” Therefore‚ it seems that the questions
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Hurricane Katrina‚ Pretty harsh right? These are all common phrases publically protested by a church called the Westboro Baptist church. You would think such comments should be illegal to chant out in public considering that gay marriage is now legal in some states and also that soldiers are out fighting for us‚ however members of the Westboro Baptist church feel differently. Westboro Baptist church was established in 1955. Located in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ Their goal is to “preach the Word of God to
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from it to improve Europe. Many bad things happened during the Black Death‚ but even better things happened to improve and shape up Europe for the better. Many believe the world would not be where it is today‚ if the Black Death would have not happened. The Black Death ended Feudalism‚ improved medicine‚ and weakened the power of the church. First off‚ when the Black Death swept through Europe it put an end to Feudalism. During the Middle ages everyone was supposed to know their place and there
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Gutierrez-Hougardy Professor Randolph Bynum 25 June 2016 The apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Church in Philippi around the year 60 CE‚ approximatly ten years after his first visit to them. There is very little doubt to the fact that Paul was the author of this letter. Paul is the author of many of the books in the New Testament and one of the primary apostles to the gentile populations. The Church in Philippi is the first one that was founded in Europe in the Macedonian region of the Roman Empire
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Anthony Waller Research Exercise 1 Persecution of the Early Church One of the reasons the early church was persecuted was because of the emperors that ruled the Roman Empire like Nero who reigned from 54-68 A.D. Nero who was bloody and treacherous had his mother stabbed to death; his wife beheaded and also kicked his mistress to death while she was pregnant. These incidents did however; overshadowed some of the other things he attempted to do‚ like albeit without success‚ the abolition of indirect
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telling us to be kind to others regardless of our background or ethnicity‚ that we are all children of God. The Church also has teachings about the evils of racism‚ mostly reflected from biblical scriptures and teachings. Through biblical scriptures and passages as well as Catholic social teaching‚ racism towards one another is an evil that must be dealt away with in the eyes of the church and God. The Catholic social teaching says that indeed racism is a sin because racism divides the human family
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and I went to Mass at the Christopher House on Campus Sunday April third. After reading my partner’s side of what was going on at church I understood a lot of what was going on. I realized that at this time of the year the Catholic religion are celebrating lent. This explains the purple cloak I described that the man‚ or as they call him “Father‚” was wearing. During Lent the people of the Catholic religion are not to eat meat on Fridays until after Easter. This does not explain the purple but
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