within churches even though in the eyes of some people this violated St. Paul’s injunction that women remain silent in the church (Miller & Yamamori‚ pg. 209). With the inception of Pentecostalism‚ tongues and healing were deemed to be part of Spirit-filled living. This new Gospel spread rapidly in America in the early decades of the twentieth century‚ and one of the factors relating to its spread was that very early in their history‚ Pentecostals recognized the vital role that women could play
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L. Reynolds Grand Canyon University: HTH-505 Systematic Theology February 23‚ 2011 The Three Persons of the Trinity The Trinity consists of God‚ the Father‚ Jesus‚ the Son of God and the Holy Spirit. The Christian faith recognizes there is one God and He is one with His Son‚ Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The purpose of this essay is to describe the interrelationship of the three persons of the Trinity. This will include the concepts of the economic trinity‚ the essential trinity and the social
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To what extent is Christianity a living religious system that links directly with the life of adherents? Christianity today is a living tradition which requires contribution and commitment through adherents. It’s through Pope John XXIII a modern day Christian role model‚ he’s changes have impacted Christian adherents through modernising the church‚ which is considered “perhaps the greatest revolution of Catholicism of the modern era”. However through traditional practices such as ‘Sunday worship’
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Reflection on the Lord’s Prayer The Christological heresy of Apollinarianism and the Trinitarian heresy of Dynamic Monarchianism compromise Jesus’ divinity‚ humanity‚ and unity. A belief that compromises Jesus’ divinity‚ humanity‚ or unity is an outright denial of the incarnation. A denial of the incarnation of Jesus Christ distorts Jesus’ unity with the Father and sinners; which therefore distorts the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer as the Church would pray it‚ (Work “Loving Jesus the Wrong
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Short Essay # 3 Pneumatology Spiritual Gifts are granted by the Holy Spirit as He wills. There are many gifts that are all granted by the same Spirit to benefit the body of Christ (1 Cor. 2:4‚ 7). However‚ when referring to either the Gifts or Fruits of the Spirit‚ consideration is needed to avoid confusing their meanings (Towns‚ p. 306). In addition‚ the gift of tongues and its relation to the baptism of the Spirit are highly debated upon. This essay will discuss biblical proofs and the
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28:16-20 – Jesus was giving his disciples a commission of teaching the truth about God’s kingdom and future blessings. I Corinthians 12:3-6 – If you have God’s holy spirit within you‚ you would not say Jesus is cursed. Everyone has a different gift or abilities but they all come from the same source which is God’s Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is an act of force. John 1:1-5 – In the beginning first there was God then there was Jesus. But the Word is Jesus because he was the very first creation in
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Trisha Anne R. Zamudio Philo 1 - WFY As a Roman Catholic‚ I believe that God is our Creator and Father. I believe that He is One with Jesus Christ‚ His Son and the Holy Spirit in the Holy Trinity. I believe that He is a merciful and loving God who is the only one who knows what will happen to us in our future. I believe that He is merciful because He is always there to forgive us whenever we sincerely ask for it. Despite our sins‚ He accepts us and ensures that everything that happens to us is
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the major pioneers that influenced the growth of the Church. “The Pentecostal movement began in the United States‚ but much of its basic theology was rooted in earlier British perfectionist and charismatic movements.” (Synan‚ The century of the Holy Spirit 2001) Some could even say the Holiness movement that came out of Methodism during the 19th century has an influence on Pentecostalism in America. According to Vinson Synan he suggested that “Wesley Pentecostals inherited the idea of a crisis
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events (Eg the Holy Spirit / miracles etc). (Why would this deter new followers? Would they be taken seriously? Evidence to support this) D However‚ despite these problems which the faithful experienced‚ the Christian community continued to grow because… Persecution as a way of helping the Community (you should get the idea by now‚ based on looking at the A section) You could look at how the community gained confidence and direction from their belief in the Holy Spirit How the Church
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prominent thinking of the day was and if it still relates to Christians today. The first major theme that the book addresses is to describe the attributes of God. Hill looks at the various aspects of God the Father‚ Son and Holy Spirit. Within discussing the parts of the Holy Trinity‚ Hill shows the various thinking the early church had concerning the three‚ what each of their roles are‚ and discusses how each of the three had equality together without either being subordinate to another. The second
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