Who was Paul- Most important figure in early Christianity other then jesus. –his conversion to Christianity opened doors for the religion. –originally paul persecuted christians as blasphemers. He believed that christians perverted judaism by claiming christs divinity. - some time after christs crusifixian‚ paul converted. Jesus visited paul through a vision on the road to damasus. The vison temporarily blinded him and changed his perceptions on christians. – when recovered paul separated himself
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Review Test Submission: Week 2 Quiz 1 Content User Course World Cultures II Test Week 2 Quiz 1 Started Submitted Status Completed Attempt Score 36 out of 40 points Time Elapsed 26 minutes. Instructions Question 1 4 out of 4 points Why did Pope Urban VIII commission a baldachino (canopy) for Saint Peter’s interior? Answer Selected Answer: To define the altar space Correct Answer: To define the altar space Question 2 4 out of 4 points What technique that contrasts
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hardworking people. They were people that believed they were the chosen ones of God. They believed that man had no control over his destiny‚ that they as one individual‚ decided that for themselves‚ meaning that they didn’t believe in predestination. Predestination‚ being one of the factors they disagreed with with England. Puritans were all close in what their values were. You were shunned for almost anything that went against God’s word. A major thing that happened was when supernatural things
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Brave New World depicts a world in which Resident Controller Mustapha Mond governs a society where every aspect of an individual’s life‚ from decantation onward‚ is determined by the State. Predestination by God has been replaced by predestination by the government. Through the Bokanovsky Process‚ future-citizens are made with a virtually inexistent level of individuality. Once decanted and technologically altered to comply with their pre-determined caste‚ children are brought up and conditioned
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Martin Luther and John Calvin are two ingenious reformers. Evidently‚ the two reformers shared a variety of similarities as well as an abundance of differences. Listing every similarity would not help one see the reason Luther and Calvin are compared often. Listing every difference would not help one see the reason we contrast Luther and Calvin. Evidence of Luther and Calvin’s relation lies in their one goal: religious independence. Martin Luther and John Calvin are not compared so often because
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Puritans for leaving Old England for New England? 5. The Puritan movement is better described as a Revivalist than a Reform Movement. Explain. 6. Describe the Puritan religious ideology. 7. Define and explain City Upon a Hill‚ Visible Saint‚ Predestination‚ Covenant of Grace‚ Covenant of Works‚ Closed Christian Utopian Corporate Society. 8. What problems did the issue of Visible Sainthood pose for the members of the Puritan community? Provide examples. 9. What are the two competing visions of
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The Prince was written by Niccolo Machiavelli for Lorenzo de Medici so that Machiavelli could get back in his good graces. After his many years in politics‚ he wrote this to explain what would make a prince virtuous and how to rule properly. The book shows the background of politics and to some people it can be seen as immoral. There are two types of principalities: a hereditary prince or a new prince. Machiavelli focuses more on the new princes and uses other princes as references to what should
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were not all men‚ there was women and children as well. “50 out of 100 people died” (Bradford 81). Once these people/families got to land they got on their knees and thanked god. Their trip was for a religion reason and they believed in predestination. Predestination meant that whatever happens to someone happens because god wanted it to happen‚ as if it’s meant to be for that someone almost like faith. In 1657 Bradford
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Life Yesterday and Today Living life now is so much more different than how it was back then. The way the puritans used to live was a lot harder and they were a little foolish. Their way of living was so much different than it is now‚ most Americans can’t really remember or they simply just don’t know anything. There were many flaws in the Puritan Era‚ and America has developed and grown throughout the years and for the better. One thing that America has improved on is; of course‚
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their religion was the “correct” one. They also killed Quakers for preaching “inner light” doctrines. Simple things were the norm‚ anything excessive was frowned upon. http://www3.delta.edu/pahutchi/puritans.html 2.) What is predestination? What role did this play in Puritan society? Remember what you read in the above section.
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