Christian history" (Meyendorff 18). More particularly‚ it recognizes the authority of the ecumenical councils at which East and West were represented together. These were the councils of Nicaea I (325)‚ Constantinople (381)‚ Ephesus(431)‚ Chalcedon(451)‚ Constantinople II (553)‚ Constantinople III (680)‚ and Nicaea II (787) (Encarta 1996). The power of teaching and guiding the community is bestowed on certain ministries‚ particularly that of the bishop of each diocese or is directed through certain
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1. God’s redemptive acts in the Old Testament started with the redemption of Adam and Eve after they had disobeyed God and fell into a fallen state. God barred them from the Garden of Eden‚ preventing them from eating from the tree of life and living forever in a fallen state. The story of Noah was also a redemptive act from the Old Testament‚ God told Noah of the coming disaster and told him to spread the word of judgment. Even though Noah built the arc and told others of what was coming‚ the only
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HIPPARCHUS (c 190 – c120 BC) Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer‚ mathematician and geographer. Surprisingly little is known about his early life. He was most certainly born in Nicaea‚ Bithynia‚ (which is now known as Iznik in Turkey)‚ around 190 BC. Most of what we do about him comes from the books of other scholars who came after him‚ such as Ptolemy and Strabo. It seems likely that Hipparchus studied in Alexandria but spent his later life in Rhodes. Strabo‚ another Greek geographer writing about
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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT GEINUINE FAITH OR NECESSITY OF STATE CHHI 520 (SPRING 2013) Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary By Stephen P. Higgs (ID 25106280) May 5‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………..2 FAMILY HISTORY AND CHRISTIAN BACKDROP……………………………2-3 CONVERSION EXPERIENCE…………………………………………………….3-4 CHRISTIAN AFTERMATH AND RESULT OF CONVERSION………………...5 NEW CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS……………………………………………
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Constantine the Great: More than an Emperor Akbar the Great‚ Suleyman the Magnificent‚ and Tzar Ivan the Terrible all have one thing in common; they each were given a title by their people because of the ways that they ruled. Flavius Valerius Constantinus was no different‚ he became known as Constantine the Great by instituting unprecedented policies which would come to affect the entire future of the Western Civilization. Constantine did many amazing things for his empire: he was the first ruler
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Constantine The Great (272-337 AD) When we look back at Christianity over the years‚ there are several people who are remembered for their impact on the religion. The first most important figure was Jesus Christ. However‚ if we travel forward a bit‚ into the 4th Century we come across Constantine. Historians agree that Constantine served as an important component in the spread of Christianity. Constantine provided a mean for the word of God to be spread‚ an end to the masacres of the innocent
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The crusades were in most part to help grow Christianity and for Christians to regain control of the holy land known as Jerusalem. The holy land mainly consisted of Muslims who were in control of the city. Pope Urban II wanted to regain Christian territory and the Christian people from the Muslims‚ he thought the Muslims were disrespecting the Christian faith and their holy land. Although the goal for the crusaders was to go after the Muslims to take back from them what they believed was theirs
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everything that comes from the Father is inferior to him because he created these things like Jesus. Arius could not see the distinction between “creating” and “begetting” because he thought of receptivity (i.e. begotten) as non-divine. At the Council of Nicaea the word “begotten” is defined as meaning made of the same substance which then leads to the understanding that Jesus is consubstantial with the Father (i.e.
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World Religions Exam Review Vocabulary Allah - Arabic word for God; Muslims worship the same God as Christians and Jews‚ but some of the revelations are interpreted differently. The word "Allah" is a unique word because it is genderless. It is neither masculine nor feminine. (I) Adhan - the first sound that the newborn hears. It is a call
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ATHANASIUS (296-373) Athanasius is counted as one of the four great doctors of the church in the Roman Catholic church as well as one of the great doctors of the church in Eastern Orthodoxy where he is also labeled the Father of Orthodoxy. He is also celebrated by many Protestant who label him as Father of the Canon‚ Athanasius is venerated as Christian saint whose feast day is May 2 in western community. May 5 is the Coptic
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