HISTORY OF THE HOLY QURAN Islam appeared in the form of a book: the Quran. Muslims‚ consider the Quran (sometimes spelled "Koran") to be the Word of God as transmitted by the Angel Gabriel‚ in the Arabic language‚ through the Prophet Muhammad. The Muslim view‚ moreover‚ is that the Quran supersedes earlier revelations; it is regarded as their summation and completion. It is the final revelation‚ as Muhammad is regarded as the final prophet - ’the Seal of the Prophets." In a very real sense the
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Why did people go on crusades? In 1095‚ Pope Urban II called for an army to go to the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem. This was what was later known as the ‘First Crusade’. A crusade is a religious war or a war mainly motivated by religion. The first crusade consisted of 10’s of thousands of European Christians on a medieval military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. This doesn’t mean that the first crusade was just motivated by religion. Throughout this essay‚ I will be suggesting the
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Reform in the Holy Land: The Decline of Judaism vis-à-vis Christianity Judaism has been a strong influence in religious and philosophical thought. However‚ out of it sprang Christianity‚ and in less than a century‚ had won over a billion converts. This was something that Judaism had failed to do. Considering their common roots‚ one is led to wonder why Christianity succeeded in such a phenomenal way. Paul‚ in his epistle to the Romans‚ represented the common Christian belief that to the Jews
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1. Human beings are made in the image and likeness of God‚ and therefore are given a great deal of dignity. To properly understand who we are‚ we need to go back to the beginning. In the beginning‚ God made us like Him. Genesis 1:27 says: God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them. We were created to be a lot more than what most people settle for. For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness. (1 Thessalonians 4:7.) If you’ve ever
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about the same time “Alexios and Phillip of Swabia propose to the Crusaders to overthrow Constantinople and restore Alexios to the throne” . “Alexios had previously wanted Papal support for this but his request was denied” . Previous to the Fourth Crusade happening “the Doge of Venice‚ Dandolo had set his sights on Constantinople. In 1182 there was a Latin massacre that had included the Venetians. This had caused some contentions between the Greeks and Latins. This had stripped some of the Venetians
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discussion about the person of the Holy Spirit. Some writers argued that the term “Spirit” designated an aspect of God’s work‚ not a distinct divine person of the Trinity‚ while others criticized the western approaches to the Trinity‚ which regards the Holy Spirit as proceeding from the Father and the Son. In the midst of these discussions‚ John Webster‚ wrote an important response on the distinctiveness of the Holy Spirit‚ arguing a possible way to conceive the role of the Holy Spirit within the western
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The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was the planned pilgrimage of the crusaders - with their leader‚ Boniface of Montferrat - to retake the Holy Land of Jerusalem from Muslim control. Even before their journey began‚ however‚ trouble was brewing. The Venetians - alongside their Doge‚ Enrico Dandolo of Venice - had agreed to give the crusaders about 500 ships in exchange for a specified payment of silver marks. Unfortunately‚ the pilgrims did not have enough money to pay Venice‚ and had to repay their
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is the Holy Land an important site for your faith? Jesus: For my religion‚ it is important to my people because that is where I was crucified. Also‚ the Holy Land is important to them because that is where I rose from death. Muhammad: The Holy Land is important to my faith because it is where I ascended to the Heavens and met with God. Moses: The Holy Land is important because King David was an important ruler and is told in all of the stories of the different religions. Me: What is the Holy Book of
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Intimacy With the Holy Spirit Course Paper By Daniel Pogue Overview of the Course The Intimacy with the Holy Spirit course is a core course required by the Master’s of Biblical Studies Program at Central Bible College International‚ Punta Gorda‚ FL. The academic studies of this course are designed to acquaint‚ define‚ expose‚ and cause the student to hunger for communion with the Holy Spirit. This course requires five modules of coursework to be accomplished‚ along with reading the book by
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The Crusades‚ often enough‚ is used as a weapon for atheist to disprove Christianity as a peaceful religion. Many people say the crusades were a chain of attacks against world religion. Others claim it was an excuse to murder thousands. In my personal opinion‚ I disagree with all of the aforementioned claims. The crusades were a chain of events that were started by Pope Urban II‚ to regulate‚ and to attempt to eliminate Islam from the face of the earth. Islam had been expanding through violence
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