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    7 October 2011 Winthrop VS. Edwards While Winthrop and Edwards are both devoted and faithful Christians‚ both view Christianity in different aspects. Winthrop viewed and used peaceful ideas of Christianity as a way to convey and teach those the moral standards of Christian values‚ while Edwards used the element of fear to convey and persuade those from the repentance of sin. In Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” he describes the ideal Christian society where Christian followers would

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    John Winthrops "City Upon A Hill"‚ described the mission and vision to start a "New England"‚ which became known as the United States of America. John Winthrop believed a perfect society could exist in a perfect city where everyone worshiped and worked together in harmony. He envisioned a community so closely woven together that everyone was equally important to the future of the city. A city where a purer form of Christianity would exist‚ which would provide a moral and religious show for the

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    John Winthrop vs. Anne Hutchinson John Winthrop was part of the aristocracy of the colonies that would be the United States. He‚ as well as the local government were strictly Puritan and adhered closely to the bible. John Winthrop was the prosecutor in the case against Anne Huthchinson. She was on trial for teaching her own version of Puritan teachings that were not directly from the Bible all the time. She was accused of heresy and slenderizing the church. In John Winthrop’s writings‚ one

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    Charity

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    Andy Mendoza 10/10/13 RS 411: Introduction to Catholic Spirituality Father Theodore Lange Theological Virtue of Charity Virtue as defined in A Concise Dictionary of Theology is “A habit of good behavior that enables one to do what is right with ease‚ pleasure and consistency.” (286). To better explain this‚ and as recently stated by Father Jacob Stronach in his recent conference on “Love in the life of virtue and spirituality”‚ a virtue is nothing more than habitually doing what is good. This

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    eminent sermon used to scare people into piety. In the late 17th century Puritan Anne Bradstreet‚ author of “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of our house”‚ wrote the first notable poetry of American History. Bradstreet’s poems went against Puritan ideals. Her poetry reflected her personal life and her radical views of God. Bradstreet and Edwards differ in their apperceptions of God. Bradstreet’s poems contrasted Puritan beliefs of what poetry should be and Edwards’ sermon was designed

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    Sermon On The Mount

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    The Sermon on the Mount is just one of the many teachings/preaching’s by Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus’s message was simple “Do to others what you would have them do to you.” God’s command was simply to love God and love one another: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself” (Spielvogel p.193). In the Sermon on the Mount‚ Jesus spoke of several “ethical” theories. These

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    saying God is trying to “perfect them‚” but the bottom line is‚ in their minds‚ they are being punished for not being good enough. That creates a spirit of fear and puts them in bondage to sin.! " That should not be how a Christian relates to God.! " " Page 2 of 10 First John 4:18 says‚! We need have no fear of someone who loves us perfectly; his perfect love for us eliminates all dread (fear) of what he might do to us. If we are afraid‚ it is for fear of what he might do to us and shows that

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    The Christian Sociological parts‚ have influenced each other in the past. Christian churches in U.S. society still maintain importance because "approximately 80 percent of Americans...identify themselves as Christian; many of the new immigrants in fact are Christian‚ e.g.‚ those from Haiti‚ Puerto Rico‚ Mexico and Central America" (Caiazza‚ 2010‚ p. 190). In terms of their role in the Christian Sociological model‚ Stuckenberg (1880) holds that the individual "in society is a representative of Christ

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    2014 PURITANS Who? – The Puritans were a group of English Protestants who grew dissatisfied the Church of England and worked towards religious‚ moral‚ and societal reforms. In their assessment‚ the reforms were still too Catholic. Their leader(s)? – John Winthrop was the main leader of the emigration to New England in 1629 Where are they from and where did they go to? – The Puritans originated from England‚ but emigrated to North America (specifically New England) to escape religious persecution ‘Massachusetts

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    Sermon Speech

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    Introduction I. Attention-Getter: I am sure that most of you have heard of the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Although it was delivered by Jonathan Edwards in 1741‚ it is considered the most famous religious speech in all of history. II. Establish Credibility: I become familiar with this speech in my 10th grade American Literature class‚ but my interpretation is very different when I study this speech from a theological perspective. III. Thesis/Preview Statement: I will

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