My personal beliefs influenced by my spiritual beliefs are fundamental to my human existence. My traditional African background that promotes collectivism‚ communal wellbeing‚ rather than the individualism of emphasis on self-has been critical in my spiritual growth. My early childhood was lived in Nigeria Africa. The influence of my devotion to Christianity in the Catholic Church influenced my personal and spiritual development. The Church undertook several welfare programs including free education
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Followers of Jesus‚ a Jewish man‚ started a new religion‚ Christianity. Christianity started to grow during the Pax Romana‚ a period of peace in Rome. The Pax Romana lasted from 27 B.C.E to 180 C.E. and during it government improved‚ literature prospered‚ engineering improved‚ and laws formed. The peace during the Pax Romana provided a time for Christianity to rise. Christianity spread rapidly and successfully in the 1st through 3rd centuries because it appealed to many people‚ missionaries could
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Methodist religion as we know it today. Wesley teachings and life formed the Methodist doctrine which focuses on assurance of salvation‚ imparted righteousness‚ the opportunity of perfection in love. Methodism today a is denominations of Protestant Christianity‚ with a following of 80 million. John Wesley published many books including “Forty-four sermons” and “A plain Account of Christian Perfection”. On 1742 John Wesley published a book called “The Character of a Methodist”. Historically
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Christianity and Islam: Spreading of World Religions Christianity and Islam are one of the main world religions that were created from one god and developed into two separate religions overtime. Christianity now is the world’s largest religion with over 2 billion followers and was founded after the death of Jesus. Islam comes in as the second largest religion in the world with over 1.8 billion muslims which is roughly about one fifth of the world’s population. These two religion were spreaded across
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rediscovering the grace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Luther’s views not only contributed to the Protestant Reformation that changed Christianity forever‚ but also contributed to the advancement of science and psychology‚ and placed him at odds with the Church on issues such as marriage and the accepted understanding of free will. The contributions Luther made to Christianity‚ the Reformation‚ and psychology are numerous and profound. As a Catholic monk‚ Luther
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Christian denomination baptism is traditionally a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption into the Church‚ but historically has proven to be a topic of concern and debate after the Protestant Reformation amongst some groups. As a result of the Reformation‚ various Christian denominations broke off from Roman Catholicism‚ many of which disagreed on the specific role of baptism and its effects. These disagreements manifested ultimately around the argument of when Baptism should be administered
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Is Christianity Forever Changed? Martin Luther‚ a German priest who is changing Christianity all together. A professor of theology and a previous monk‚ who is able to get all the credit to have started the Protestant Reformation in our 16th century Europe which has changed the course of the Western Civilization forever. The Late Medieval Catholic Church has had teachings that Luther has turned down and rejected‚ also with the practices of the church. One of the most famous teachings
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Interestingly Christianity is a religion that came out of yet another ancient religion “Judaism” in the 1st century C.E. This religion revolves around the life‚ death‚ resurrection and also teachings of Jesus Christ who was said to be born through immaculate conception through Mary‚ grew up as a humble carpenter’s time and began his teachings as early as when he was twelve years old. This religion believes in trinity‚ God the Father‚ the Son and the Holy Spirit. According to Christianity‚ the Universe
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Christianity was drastically transformed during the five centuries after the death of the religion’s founder‚ Jesus. Jesus was a Jewish carpenter and he lived in a province of Judaea in the Roman Empire. Over the span of three years‚ Jesus taught and performed “miracles”. His teachings had a sharp political and social edge which landed him in hot water. Jesus’ career was cut short after he was executed for being a political rebel. He was barely mentioned in the historical records of that time period
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Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing segment of Christianity. "It is growing at a rate of 13 million a year‚ or 35‚000 a day. With nearly a half billion adherents‚ it is‚ after Roman Catholicism‚ the largest Christian tradition" (Christian History‚ "The Rise of Pentecostalism‚" issue no. 58‚ vol.17 no. 2‚ p.3). In addition‚ the largest church in the world‚ the Yoi Do Full Gospel Church‚ is a Pentecostal church in Korea‚ with a weekly worship attendance of 240‚000. Two Pentecostal Churches
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