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    I decided to do my religious study on Catholicism because I am a protestant Christian‚ and our religions are generally grouped together under the banner of “Christianity” even though our beliefs and traditions vary. I wanted to learn more about the beliefs of Catholicism so that I could better understand the differences between it and Protestantism. As it turned out‚ this semester my Catholic extended family invited my family and I to mass while we were visiting them in Michigan one weekend‚ so we

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    there are different types of festivals celebrated in Christianity. they are Christmas‚ palm Sunday‚ Easter‚ good Friday. Christmas is celebrated on the 25 of December and Christians celebrated it for the birth of Jesus the son of our father. palm Sunday is celebrated because Jesus had enter into Jerusalem. good Friday is celebrated for the death of Jesus. Easter is celebrated for the Crucifixion of Jesus.13 Maundy Thursday Christians remember this as the day of the Last Supper‚ when Jesus celebrated

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    Christianity and Wealth

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    8/01/2012 Christianity and Wealth Walt : consider what we need and want and to understand what Christians believe about how wealth should be used. Definitions: * A Need: A necessity – something that is a requirement and without it‚ a person would live in poverty or extreme hardship. * A Want: A wish or longing for something that is craved for but which being without would not actually bring hardship. What do religious people think about wealth? Most religions teach that money is not

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    ESSAY ON CHRISTIANITY. THE Being who has influenced in the most memorable manner the opinions and the fortunes of the human species‚ is Jesus Christ. At this day‚ his name is connected with the devotional feelings of two hundred millions of the race of man. The institutions of the most civilized portions of the globe derive their authority from the sanction of his doctrines; he is the hero‚ the God‚ of our popular religion. His extraordinary genius‚ the wide and rapid effect of his unexampled doctrines

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    There are many religions throughout the world that believe in a variety of different deities. Religion is a belief and worship of either‚ one or more‚ absolute beings. Some of the many religions are Christianity‚ Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Muslim. Each religion has its own guidelines as to why people follow and praise what they believe. For this case‚ there has been a large amount of controversy as to whether there is a god that people constantly praise for or if it is a waste of time when there is

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    Creation Myth in Christianity Overview of Christian belief God created the world and all living things God has three forms: the father‚ the son (Jesus)‚ the holy spirit who carries out will on earth God sent Jesus to tell people about his love‚ and that Jesus died to forgive humanity’s sins Believe that Jesus will return on the day of judgement (essentially known as The End where there will be a new creation) How creation began? The creation myth is found in Genesis I and II in the Old Testament

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    Stark argues that‚ contrary to popular belief‚ Christianity was a movement not of the lower classes and the oppressed‚ but of the upper and middle classes in the cities and of Hellenized Jews. Stark also discusses the exponential nature of the growth of religion‚ and why therefore the speed of the rise of Christianity is not as miraculous as might thought to be. He argues that‚ contrary to commonly-held belief‚ the Christian mission to Judaism was successful‚ and outlasted both the destruction of

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    Buddhism and Christianity have certain aspects of themselves that had made them distinct universal monastery religions from Western and Southern Asia during time period 2‚ both having unambiguous kindred and congruous characteristics between themselves. Firstly‚ both universal religions of Buddhism and Christianity were considered missionary religions. Buddhism had at first converted those low in the social class of Hinduism‚ mostly untouchables‚ and those in poverty. Under Buddhism‚ their quality

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    both military and political. In the year 312 Constantine entered Rome victorious. In 313 a new edict was issued‚ by which the persecuting edicts of Diocletian were repealed‚ the Christians encouraged‚ their teachers honoured‚ and the professors of Christianity advanced to places of trust and influence in the state. This great change in the history of the church introduces us to The Pergamos Period A.D. 313-606 The Epistle to the church in Pergamos exactly describes‚ we believe‚ the state of things

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    Forgiveness Areum Shin Forgiveness: the act of accusing a mistake or an offence; compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive. During class‚ we have been looking through the poem ‘Let Us Not Be Bitter’ by Oodgeroo Noonucal. The poem has a message towards the Indigenous people of Australia; let us forget about the past‚ forgive what has happened and move on‚ because we have a new‚ fresh start ahead of us. In this poem‚ the author is trying to say that forgiveness is very important

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