In Catholicism‚ the Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church.[1] According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church‚ that is‚ to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him."[2] Catholic theology divides the functions of the teaching office of the Church into two categories: the infallible sacred magisterium and the fallible ordinary magisterium. The infallible sacred
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with other matters such as Arian controversy. The council took place in the church of Hagia Irene from May to July 381. The Council of Nicaea did not end the Arian controversy which it had been called to clarify. By 327‚ Emperor Constantine I had begun to regret the decisions that had been made at the Nicene
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DENOMINATIONAL THEORY England‚ in 1529 was the first country to break from the Roman Catholic Church‚ was hav-ing problems among the different Protestant groups. The Presbyterians‚ who held the majority vote at the Westminster Assembly in 1642-49‚ developed what would later be known as the Denominational Theory. The minority vote at the Westminster Assembly was the Congregationalists. These two groups‚ the Presbyterians and Congregationalists‚ were successful at understanding how to have Christian
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his cruelty‚ but later‚ for his great acts and edicts. He emphasized ahimsā‚ Ghandi-style non-violence (Korom) and tolerance for other religions. The nobler phase of his reign followed Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism‚ which came after he had waged a far too bloody war in Kalinga‚ in c. 265. Conversion: Originally a Hindu‚ Ashoka converted to Buddhism in c. 262 (according to "Holy Cow! The Apotheosis of Zebu‚ or Why the Cow Is Sacred in Hinduism‚" by Frank J. Korom; Asian Folklore Studies (2000))
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entered into a weird dance between politics and faith. Imperial monotheism served as a rallying cry and the building block of empires. Religion was used equally as a tool for salvation‚ either of the individual or the community‚ and to justify law. Constantine and the Christians‚ the Jews of the Himyarite Dynasty in Arabia‚ the Manicheists who tried to court the Persians‚ and even the Zoroastrians who were keen to court their Iranian overlords‚ all sought to solidify their power‚ control‚ and government
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Christianity and Islam The two most populous religious belief systems in the world today are Christianity and Islam; however they are in constant conflict with each other. The problems exhibited by each religion toward the other have their beginnings in Ancient times when Christianity had finally reached a large part of civilization‚ while Islam sprouted up almost overnight. There are many differences in the historical context as well as belief systems of both religions‚ which lead to their
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1453 (Stokstad 2002‚ 309). On 29 May 1453‚ Fatih Sultan Mehmet conquered Constantinople‚ which ended "the longest-lived political entity of Europe‚ the Byzantine states" (Mathews 1998‚ 7). The Christ Pantokrator‚ The Empress Zoë and the Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos‚ mosaic was created‚ with the last rebuilding of Hagia Sophia in 1030 (Lassus‚ 130). It corresponds to the middle Byzantine period. Until Fatih Sultan Mehmet conquered Constantinople‚ the Hagia Sophia was a Christian church. After
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Testament. Until the year 14 AD‚ the Christians knew no source of conflict in the context of the “Pax Romana” set up by Augustus. Nevertheless‚ they became suspects for Romans‚ and some conflicts emerged in the following centuries until the conversion of Constantine in 313. These conflicts were both physical and ideological and they seemed inevitable because of a different conception of the relationship between political power and the religion. These first three centuries are a turning point for Christianity
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Apologetics * Baptism * Catholicism * Christology * History of theology * Mission * Salvation * Trinity | * History * Tradition[hide] * Mary * Apostles * Peter * Paul * Fathers * Early Christianity * Constantine * Councils * Augustine * East–West Schism * Crusades * Aquinas * Reformation * Luther | Related topics[hide] * Art * Criticism * Ecumenism * Liturgy * Music * Other religions * Prayer * Sermon * Symbolism
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and “Romanization” • Describe the principles of Roman law and its influence today. • Who were Tacitus‚ Seneca‚ Juvenal and Galen? • Explain Christianity’s rise from the birth of Jesus to Emperor Constantine. • What were the most important reforms of Diocletian and Constantine and how did those reforms play in saving and transforming the empire? • What were the causes behind the fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire in 476? Research topics for writing assignments
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