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    Eastern Orthodox Church

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    Eastern Orthodox Church Behind the elaborate fresco paintings and splendid architecture‚ Eastern Orthodox Church has played a significant role in the preservation of Christian tradition throughout history. Since the transfer of the imperial capitol of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople‚ the Eastern Orthodox Christianity has evolved into a distinct branch of Christianity (Steeves). As Timothy Ware‚ the author of The Orthodox Church‚ suggests‚ major intellectual‚ cultural‚ and social developments

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    parliaments. The social structure began to change with the humanism as well‚ with the rise of personal power the peasants began to feel equal to the nobles in self-worth if not yet in a monitory sense. This led to further conflict in the Catholic Church as they became more radical in the search for heretics both of this world and from hell itself. How did the religious conflict influence the roles of women in the West? What was considered the number one social problem of the 17th century?

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    Joyce’s short story "Araby" is filled with symbolic images of a church. It opens and closes with strong symbols‚ and in the body of the story‚ the images are shaped by the young)‚ Irish narrator’s impres-sions of the effect the Church of Ireland has upon the people of Ire-land. The boy is fiercely determined to invest in someone within this Church the holiness he feels should be the natural state of all withinit‚ but a succession of experiences forces him to see that his determi-nation is in vain

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    Research Essay – Sexual Molestation in the Catholic Church The Catholic Clergy has maintained a system that selects‚ cultivates‚ protects‚ defends and produces sexual abusers. We are amazed to find how often a man‚ who would otherwise be behind bars if he were not a priest‚ is entrusted with the care of souls. You may not be keeping your celibacy‚ but as long as it’s kept a secret it’s ok. Clericalism‚ the act of keeping a priest on a pedestal‚ away from ordinary people‚ led parents to not believe

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    Emily Splinter Professor Rank Early Church Christological Controversies February 20th‚ 2013 Gnosticism Gnosticism is the thought and practice‚ especially of various sects of late-Christian and early Christian centuries‚ distinguished by the conviction that matter is evil and that the emancipation comes through knowledge. They see the material world as something different of the world that God himself created. Jesus is identified by some Gnostics as an embodiment of the supreme incarnate

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    lives—including the Church. A good church provides many services to the community through outreach programs‚ service projects‚ food pantries‚ and youth activities. And of course‚ they teach the community about salvation through Jesus Christ. The Church is using computer technology to solve problems‚ to save money‚ and to better serve the Church members on the local level. Computers have also been very useful in handling the impact of Church growth over the past few years. The staff at Church headquarters

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    Running Head: THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE 1 The Separation of Church and State Montel Williamson Park University Psychology 101 SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE 2 “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands‚ one nation under God‚ indivisible‚ with liberty and justice for all”. Who

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    Hurricane Katrina‚ Pretty harsh right? These are all common phrases publically protested by a church called the Westboro Baptist church. You would think such comments should be illegal to chant out in public considering that gay marriage is now legal in some states and also that soldiers are out fighting for us‚ however members of the Westboro Baptist church feel differently. Westboro Baptist church was established in 1955. Located in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ Their goal is to “preach the Word of God to

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    The Catholic Church and Birth Control RE307 DL “You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind‚ and not rather favor an artificial control of birth‚ which would be irrational‚ in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life.” This is a quote from a speech given by Pope Paul VI back in 1965‚ just five years after the FDA approves “the pill” as a form of birth control. In this paper I am going to explore why the Catholic Church so deeply opposes

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    Separation of Church and State “…I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof‚’ thus building a wall of separation between Church [and] state.” These words‚ spoken by Thomas Jefferson in his letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802‚ reassured the nation of his support of the First Amendment. The wall Thomas Jefferson illustrates

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