Dear Roseville Lutheran Church‚ I am writing you today as a concerned member of your congregation. Recently‚ I found myself on the doorstep of an old‚ breath-takingly beautiful cathedral‚ but I stumbled in only to realize that I‚ a devout Lutheran‚ am not allowed to receive communion. My lack of knowledge on the Eucharist and the guidelines the Catholic church has placed on this sacrament lead to a response of hostility and hurt on this particular guideline. I am writing to tell you that my response
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Name of the Church: Aglipayan Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente) Short History of the Church: The Iglesia Filipina Independiente was formed in the beginning of the twentieth century as part of the broad nationalist struggle against Spanish colonialism and American imperialism. It traces its origin from the struggle of the Filipino clergy against racial discrimination and friar domination within the Roman Church in the 19th century‚ which‚ consequently‚ transformed into a nationalist crusade
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First Century Corinth The Epistles to the Corinthians were written by the apostle Paul in the mid 50’s A.D. These were letters written to a church community that‚ according to the book of Acts‚ Paul had a hand in founding on an earlier journey (Acts 18:9). The epistles themselves speak much about the cultural‚ economic‚ and spiritual significance of this very heavily Roman influenced Greek city located on the Isthmus of Corinth. By examining the epistles and further historical source‚ the context
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Introduction The transforming power of the Spirit is evident at the beginning of the history of the Christian church. The church is a transformed by Spirit into Pneumatic Community. On the day of Pentecost‚ the Spirit was received by the apostles as a community but not as individuals. This shows us that the church is bound by the Holy Spirit to transform it to pneumatic community. Basing on this‚ the paper tries to explain the church as a pneumatic community sharing the divine wisdom i.e. Spirit of God and
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Metaphysics The “Basic” Argument for Theological Fatalism Fatalism Fatalism is the view that everything that happens in entirely unavoidable. Since everything that happens is unavoidable‚ none of our actions are genuinely up to us and we powerless to do anything other than what we actually do. Here is Richard Taylor on what the fatalist believes [“Fate” from Metaphysics‚ 4th Ed (Pearson‚ 1991)]: “A fatalist is someone who believes that whatever happens is and always was unavoidable.
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The Separation of Church and State Aaron Henson PS1355 2/7/2015 Throughout history‚ this topic has generated much of controversy. Ancient history is full of examples of the state or governing authorities interfering with religion. There were rulers or kings that assumed various “priestly” titles‚ like the “temporal” titles that their offices command. An example of such state-church mixing and melding‚ led to the execution of Socrates‚ for his disrespect for the gods( in Biblical times
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I visited Bethlehem Baptist church in downtown Minneapolis; this was my first time inside a church. The church building was like a large hall with comfortable chairs set out in a carpeted area facing a raised platform with two levels. My tour guide was the deacon of the church (Byron). He explained that their Sunday worship services begin at 10.30 am and 6.30 pm and typically last just over an hour. As you enter‚ you should be welcomed by a steward and be given a copy of the weekly notice sheet
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THE ROLE OF USHERING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH The Scriptural Foundation for Ushering Ushering in your local church involves much more than shaking hands and shining your shoes. Some churches think that ushers are just bucket passers‚ so they grab anybody to pass the bucket. “Let’s just grab ol’ Larry when he comes walking in. Let’s just get anybody.” You don’t want to get just anybody‚ because you don’t want an anybody offering. You have been selected as an usher; you are in the ministry of
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The Medieval Church played a far greater role in Medieval England than the Church does today. In Medieval England‚ the Church dominated everybody’s life. All Medieval people - be they village peasants or towns people - believed that God‚ Heaven and Hell all existed. From the very earliest of ages‚ the people were taught that the only way they could get to Heaven was if the Roman Catholic Church let them. Everybody would have been terrified of Hell and the people would have been told of the sheer
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Roman Catholic Church. The German people resented the Church for their ecclesiastical corruption and there was huge amounts of anti clerical anger. It was Luther who was at the forefront of the Reformation and his anger‚ caused by the selling of indulgences during his visit to Rome‚ which sparked the Reformation in 1517. For this reason corruption of the Catholic Church was a very important cause of the Reformation in 1517. One of the key examples of corruption of the Catholic Church was the selling
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