Lewis was writing his Christianity-fused novels‚ he was struggling with his own faith. Lewis was born in 1898 and grew up in a family of Protestants in Belfast‚ Ireland. He and his family were members of the Church of Ireland‚ and Lewis grew up learning about God. However‚ in 1908‚ Lewis lost his mother to cancer and lost his father to grief. The death of his mother convinced the young boy that the God he was learning of from the Bible that his mother had given
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thought to be written by Akhenaten (Belief in one god in ancient Egypt). Both pieces share the theme of
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Scripture to respond to Celsus’ criticisms of Christianity. Origen uses the biblical history recorded in the Old Testament of the Jewish people to reply to Celsus‚ who was arguing that the way to know God is through the ascent of the mind. Wilken states that Origen responds by arguing that knowing God is grounded in the historical descent of God to humanity as a historical person. Origen points out that Christ is the divine Logos who was at the beginning with God‚ linking the Old and New Testaments to
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Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society‚ articulate why it is a cult‚ and explain how one could share orthodox Christianity with a member of this Society. Although members of this “sect” of Christianity claim to be the one true representation of the people of God on the planet‚ the reality is their doctrine is so contrary to orthodox Christianity that it is a cult. Moreover‚ a Jehovah’s Witness (JW) can be shown that the Christian orthodox doctrine a Witness denies to be true
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The theology of the Trinity has been debated for centuries‚ as well as how God the Father‚ God the Son‚ and God the Holy Spirit are three separate identities‚ but all one God‚ all divine in nature. One must look at the early forefathers of theology and their doctrine on the Trinity and how the location such as East and the West looked at it from different views. To understanding the term Trinity‚ one must ascertain how it came together‚ along with the relationship of the three identities that make
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in Church Heresy is the refutation of the truth as taught by the church. Heretic safeguards the manifestation and existence of Christianity but denies the principle and the true meaning of Christianity. A heretic will pursues a bogus belief for desire of human approval while keeping the outward appearance of Christianity. In the medieval foundations orthodox‚ Christianity was the most important essence of the church. The experience of Christians for more than a thousand years drew a line between orthodox
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religion‚ the religion of the Greeks and finally Christianity. These three religions were practiced in different areas and different time periods and therefore they will be excellent for a comparison. Religion is a key part of every society and civilization. No matter how it is organized or what type of God they worship‚ a society would be nothing without some kind of deity to organize it. Through the units of study the amount that people rely on Gods has been evident and that is why this makes a very
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Christianity vs. Judaism Did you know that Christianity evolved from Judaism? In fact in the Old Testament‚ which is part of the Bible‚ were the words of the Jews (Southwick). You may have never heard of Judaism because it is such a little religion that not many people practice. Although Judaism is such a small religion it means a lot‚ without it there would not be Christianity! Therefore‚ there are many similarities between Christianity and Judaism; however‚ there are also many differences. Christianity
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World Religions Report Elizabeth HUM 130 Oct 21‚ 2012 Laura Templeman World Religions Report In this paper I will be discussing what I learned about Christianity and Islamic faiths. How that even though these two religions have differences that they have core similarities and history that show that they have more in common than they do not have in common. I will discuss my interview at a Christian church and what I learned from it. Then I will discuss how much all the religions I have studied
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individual visit from God the Father and Jesus who revealed to him that all holy places and their beliefs were a cursed thing Joseph Smith at that point set out to "reestablish genuine Christianity" and guaranteed his congregation to be the "main genuine church on earth". The issue with Mormonism is that it repudiates‚ changes‚ and develops the Bible. Christians don’t have
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