There are four gospels in the New Testament: Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke‚ and John. The gospels are narratives of the life of Jesus. The gospel of Matthew is written from a Jewish point of view which makes it very unique in regards to the other gospels. Because of its focus on Judaism‚ the gospel of Matthew serves as a strong bridge between the Old and the New Testament. Similarly to the Old Testament‚ Matthew associates Jesus’s life with the history of Israel. A clear example of this is when King Herod
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Water‚ Bread and Light are three important symbols in John’s Gospel. How do these symbols help the Johannine community to understand the identity of Jesus? The Gospel of John addresses the Johnannine audience’s journey of faith with theological reflections on the origin and identity of the “Word”. The author uses universal symbols of the light‚ the bread and the water to represent the identity of Jesus to the Johnannine community‚ thus reinforcing a high Christology. The signs performed by Jesus
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The Gospel of Thomas and The Infancy Gospel of Thomas did not make it into the Bible. Both of these Gospels aim to tell more about the life of Jesus and were written at some time after his death. The Infancy of Thomas is a narrative about the early life of Jesus‚ from age five to twelve. The Gospel of Thomas on the other hand is a compilation of Jesus’s sayings. Both of these texts present Jesus in a different way by telling what he did or said and by explaining his goal. If these were our only sources
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Matthew uses parts of the Gospel Mark which we already studied in class. Matthew portrays Jesus very differently than Mark did. It starts off with how we learn about Jesus. In Mark’s Gospel‚ we first learn about Jesus with his baptism. However‚ with Matthew we start with the birth of Jesus. It talks about how Joseph is visited in a dream and told not to leave Mary for being pregnant. Then it talks about the three wise men visiting Herod and Jesus‚ and an angel telling Joseph to flee to Jerusalem
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First Christian communities appeared in Jewish Palestine and Diaspora after the death of Jesus of Nazareth‚ called the Christ‚ around 30 CE. Not only Jesus himself was a Jew‚ but also his followers and very first members of the new growing community were mainly Jews. They all shared the Jewish belief‚ the Sacred Scripture that Christians later started to call the Old Testament (OT)‚ and were not aware of founding a new religion. A closer examination of Jewish worship will let us understand how it influenced
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revered in ancient days as the pinnacle of physical attributes embodied in worldly entities‚ has seemingly in this day lost much of its meaning. Phrases like “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” have surprisingly become commonplace‚ and even Christians have begun to subscribe to the notion of aesthetic relativism. Specifically‚ this is the idea that beauty is purely contained within the observer and objects on their own have no aesthetic value in and of themselves. It is what has effectively
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The Gospel of Mark is regarded as the first gospel written in which was written for Christians so that they can be aware of Jesus’ selfless nature and therefore‚ follow in his footsteps. Throughout the gospel‚ he is represented as a suffering messiah and healer with the intentions of spreading the good news and bringing eternal life for all Christians. Jesus showed integrity and courage‚ as he was willing to do anything in order to open the gates to heaven so that all Christians are able to enter
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discuss them all here. Rather‚ our focus will be on those concepts and doctrines that are distinctively Christian‚ and which have been the focus of a good deal of recent discussion in the philosophical literature. Thus‚ although theism is a central Christian concept‚ it is not distinctively Christian and so will not be covered here. Further‚ although views about the Eucharist‚ a central Christian concept‚ have held a significant place in the philosophical dialogue in former times‚ it will not be discussed
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Figuring out how to help those who are suffering has been a central struggle for just as long. One of the ways humans have attempted to figure out how to help others is through Christian theological teaching and practice. However‚ despite theological teaching‚ the effort to help others is not always clearly defined or easy. In situations where humans experience the most intense suffering‚ some have turned to euthanasia as an answer. However‚ euthanasia is an immoral act based on Christian theological
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BIBLIOGRAPHY MacEwan‚ A. (2009). The Gospel of Free Trade. In R. B. Dollars & Sense‚ Real World Globalization‚ 10th Edition (pp. 1-9). California: Dollars & Sense. In this article mentioned that the U.S. and European Countries who founded the free trade and pushing other countries to it collapse in economic crisis. In 2007- 2008 rapid global crisis U.S. had to change their economy “buy American” concept was born. They changed their free trade policies and turn into some government involvement
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