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    Strongly opposed by Augustine and Jerome. Sabellius: 1. 3rd century priest. 2. Believed that Father‚ Son and Holy Spirit where just different names for God. Tertullian: 1.A Roman lawyer‚ first of the “Latin Fathers”. 2. critiqued pagans for their Idolatry‚ persecution and bloodshed‚ Heritics for there false views of the trinity and Jews for rejecting their Messiah. Be able to match descriptions with key figures in th middle age

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    we are able to watch Hadassah mature in her faith and come to trust in the Lord completely. The book chronicles the challenges she faces as she strives to love those she serves in a Christ-like way. The Roman family who owns her is immersed in the idolatry and widespread sin common in their society. Despite‚ and indeed because of this fact‚ Hadassah is driven to love them and serve them beyond her personal limits as she seeks to show them Christ’s love relationally. Her mistress Julia embodies the

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    interpretation of the figures. The culture also suffered a great loss because the figures that were designed to evoke awe in the spectators were destroyed by European Missionaries because they saw their work as witchcraft and direct evidence of African Idolatry. The relationship between museums and non-western collections can be viewed as cultural survival‚ cultural survival is concerned among the non westerners as they have lost their collections to the museums in the west. Museums are among the most

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    Islam is a very unique and controversial religion in modern society because of terrorism and many other reasons. On September 11th‚ 2001 Osama Bin Laden lead on of the most vicious acts of terrorism America has ever seen. Bin Laden justified his actions in a letter to America stating “The US attacked us in Somalia; The US supported the Russian atrocities against us in Chechnya‚ the Indian oppression against us in Kashmir‚ and the Jewish aggression against us in Lebanon.” This shows that Bin Laden

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    violated a sense of aloneness (174; 172). The religious significance of her statement is in the confusion of Cora’s over who she was referring to. To Cora‚ an example of the exemplar Christian woman‚ Christ is the savior; she considers Addie’s remark idolatry. It is a violation of the first commandment‚ that nothing or no one shall come before

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    (or nature) is identical with divinity. Pantheists thus do not believe in a personal or anthropomorphic god. Atheism: the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. Transcendence: God beyond the world. Immanence: God is the world. Idolatry: Worship something that is not God. It is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol‚ a physical object such as a cult image‚ as a god‚ or practices believed to verge on worship‚ such as giving undue honor and regard to created forms other than

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    Justin Currie Professor Hinde History November 25th‚ 2010 Andean Worlds 1. Kenneth J‚ Andrien. Andean Worlds: Indigenous History‚ Culture‚ and Consciousness under Spanish Rule. 1532-1825. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press‚ 2001. Print. In his book‚ Andean Worlds: Indigenous History‚ Culture and Consciousness under Spanish rule. 1532-1825‚ the author‚ Kenneth J. Andrien‚ examines the Spanish invasion of the Incan Empire (called Tawintinsuyu) in 1532. This invasion brought cataclysmic

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    Homosexuality. Should Christians Accept Homosexuality? “ In Romans 1:26-27‚ God is seen to have given men and women “up” to disgraceful passions. This act was in reprisal for idolatry and failure to recognize God as who He is. So we have god as the causal connection to acts‚ which they condemn! This does not make sense. Why would god cause men and women to engage in acts that were not of their nature as a punishment for ignoring his goodness?” (Simpson‚ Bruce J.) Homosexuals are created in the

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    National Flag A line by Mahatma Gandhi:- "A flag is a necessity for all nations. Millions have died for it. It is no doubt a kind of idolatry which would be a sin to destroy. The Indian National Flag is a horizontal tricolor standard with a band of deep saffron on the top‚ white in the middle and dark green at the bottom and with an Ashok Chakra at its center . The Saffron color signifies the strength and courage of the country. The white middle band‚ signifies peace and truth with the Dharma

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    the day were enticed to adapt to the evils of the classical world. Although they were trying to imitate its highlights‚ its immorality and lack of virtuousness was embraced instead. A third negative effect of the Renaissance was the sinful act of idolatry that took place by the humanists. Some humanists‚ upon studying classical ideas‚ were lead to worship the Greek and Roman gods instead of Christianity’s God. Continuing‚ in an ordinary circumstance‚ an advancement in educational opportunities and

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