Catholic Social Teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth‚ economics‚ social organizationand the role of the state. Its foundations are widely considered to have been laid by Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical letter Rerum Novarum‚ which advocated economic Distributism and condemned both Capitalism and Socialism‚ although its roots can be traced to the writings of Catholic thinkers such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo‚ and is also
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Society 31‚ no. 1 (1988): 59-67. New Testament Abstracts‚ EBSCOhost (accessed November 21‚ 2013). Johnson‚ S. Lewis. "Studies in the Epistle to the Colossians. III‚ Christ pre-eminent." Bibliotheca Sacra 119‚ no. 473 (January 1‚ 1962): 12-19. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials‚ EBSCOhost (accessed November 21‚ 2013). Lightfoot‚ Joseph B. Saint Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon. 8th ed. London‚ Eng.: Macmillan‚ 1886. McCord‚ Hugo. "Becor and Prototokos." Restoration Quarterly
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Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth A Book Review Submitted to Dr. Steve Waechter By Howard Byrd October 6‚ 2010 In their work How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth‚ Gordon Fee and Douglas Stewart provide a hermeneutical roadmap for the laymen and a valuable interpretive tool for the serious bible student. The authors believe a breakdown of the Holy Scripture by genre and the use of modern
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June 13‚ 2010 MODULE 7-GENERAL EPISTLES BIB105 NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY INSTRUCTOR: Coleman A. Baker The New Testament begins with Paul’s three missionary journeys‚ in which his mission was to plant churches and teachings about the Lord. It is safe to say there were many other great church planters after the death of the apostle Paul‚ such as Peter and John. I plan to elaborate on the main issues facing each of the churches addressed by the General Epistles. The apostle Peter wrote
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The First Letter to the Thessalonians This epistle‚ The First Letter to the Thessalonians‚ is from the New Testament written by Paul‚ Timothy and Silas in 51 A.D. During this time period ‚Timothy‚ and Silas travel to their second missionary city in Europe where they create a new church and spread the good news about Jesus. This second city is called Thessalonica‚ after they were forced to leave this place‚ Paul and his friends left to Athens to spread more good news about Jesus. Soon as they settle
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Christians. The last parts of Acts tell of the gospel being spread to the Gentiles. Paul travels to Macedonia with Silas to spread the gospel. Paul then travels to Jerusalem and gets arrested and is imprisoned. Hebrews The genre of this book is epistle. The purpose of Hebrews was to show Christians that Jesus Christ was perfect and
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composition‚ as in music or literature‚ characterized by similarities in form‚ style‚ or subject matter. In the study of literature genre; our categories will be looked at Prophetic Lawsuit‚ Wisdom Literature‚ Narrative of Comedy‚ and Revelation as Epistle. During this study of literature genre‚ figure of speech will be studied as it applies to writing and how it changes the meaning of a sentence. Since all literature can be placed in categories of genre it is important to understand what can be gained
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Kyle Wessel Dr. Paul V. M. Flesher Intro to the New Testament Analysis Paper #3 Christian Social Behavior Across the three Pastoral Epistles‚ wise instruction is given on how to be a properly functioning leader in the Christian Church. With this instruction comes guidelines for how to live like a Christian in the Graeco-Roman world. Even without extensive knowledge on Roman society it can easily be seen how the standing leaders in the Church at the time aimed to thoroughly reform standard living
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conversion from being a killer of Christians to spreading the gospel. Paul’s dramatic change is a major event for Acts. This book also brings up references to Peter and Stephen persecutions. Philemon The book (letter) of Philemon is written in the epistle genre. Paul wrote the letter to Philemon while his was imprisoned in Rome. Paul wrote to Philemon on behalf of Onesimus‚ a slave who had run
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAINT POLYCARP ONE OF THE EARLY FATHERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1.0 INTRODUCTION Towards the end of the first century‚ or perhaps even at the beginning of the second century A.D.‚ the apostle John died after years of ministry to the churches of Asia Minor‚ the region now occupied by modern Turkey. John was the last of the original apostles‚ but the truths of Christianity did not die with him. His spiritual children continued to stand firm in the faith in Christ as
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