that it now ends with evening Mass on Holy Thursday‚ to prepare the way for Triduum. Q: Why are Sundays excluded from the reckoning of the forty days? A: Because Sunday is the day on which Christ arose‚ making it an inappropriate day to fast and mourn our sins. On Sunday we must celebrate Christ’s resurrection for our salvation. It is Friday on which we commemorate his death for our sins. The Sundays of the year are days of celebration and the Fridays of the year are days of penance. Q: Why are the
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(200) The belief in his resurrection after his crucifixion became a centerpiece of Christian faith and the basis on which Christianity proclaimed Jesus as the Christ.(201) Jesus overcoming death was‚ to many‚ proof of him being the messiah promised by ancient prophets. This belief helped the religion spread farther among Jewish and Roman communities. Jews were eager to spread the news of the coming of Christ and fanned out across the eastern Mediterranean. The resurrection is the cornerstone of redemption
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choosing specific days to commemorate the fulfilment of gods promise of salvation in christ‚ god made man. The year of the churck or the liturgical year‚ commemorates the imporatnt events in the life‚ death and resurection of christ – the mystery of salvation. The Liturgical Year is devided into cycles : it begins with Advent which starts four Sundays before christmas and it prepares us for the coming of christ among us which signifies that god has kept his promise of salvation‚ starting with
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The Miracle That Still Changes Lives! Luke 24:1–12 Larry C. Harmon Today is not just any ordinary day! On this day some 2000 years ago the world was completely changed‚ changed by one man-Jesus Christ. What sin separated in the world‚ Jesus came so that we might be connected with Him forevermore. Genesis 3:1-7 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman‚ “Has God indeed said‚ ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’
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of truth that is Jesus Christ. There is a very direct parallel when it comes to the two‚ believe it or not. J.K. Rowling has given Christians a valuable resource to introduce some of the central beliefs of the Catholic faith to a generation that knows the life of Harry Potter far better than it knows the life of Jesus Christ. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows offers us an opportunity to explain the Catholic faith to those who have been denied the knowledge of Jesus Christ‚ to acquire it‚ and after
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In the religion of Mormonism‚ also known as the religion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‚ holy texts are existent. The holy texts include the Bible‚ Doctrine and Covenants‚ the Pearl of Great Price‚ the Book of Mormon‚ and the Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The beliefs of Mormons‚ Latter-Day Saints‚ are listed in these scriptures. To Latter-Day Saints‚ the Bible is not complete with the records of the statements and actions of God and that
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Often held as a rite of passage and entrance into the Christian church‚ baptism is much more than just symbolic ritual. Baptism was commanded by Jesus Christ in the Great Commission recounted in the book of Matthew. Even though we are simplistically called to be obedient by being baptized the Christian church has long debated the aspects of this ordinance. Denominations are divided on the basic meaning‚ types and modes of baptism even two thousand years after the founding of the Christian church
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seen depicted in daily actions. And Bosch is trying to show us that God is the ultimate judge and he warns us about the punishments that come upon those who commit these crimes. Bosch also shows us that God is omniscient and sovereign. Christ is the central point in this painting‚ and Bosch is implying that God watches over us and sees everything we do. As the central figure‚ nothing is hidden from his view. The seven sins depicted by Bosch present people going about their daily lives
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THE 1000 YEARS OF REVELATION Revelation 20: 1-6 is the one passage of the Bible that directly speaks of the Millennium‚ which means a thousand years and refers to the reign of Christ. The interpretations of this scripture vary and can be expressed from three different prospectives‚ which include the views of premillennialism‚ postmillennialism and millennialism. The scripture‚ as documented in the King James Version of the New Testaments states: 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven‚
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embodied by the life‚ death‚ and resurrection of Christ. His cruciform spirituality is demonstrated throughout his letters to new Christian communities. Most of his letters include at least one message in which Jesus’ life‚ death‚ and resurrection are the foundation. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians and his Letter to the Philippians both exhibit his cruciform spirituality. Paul addresses problems within the Corinthian community and responds to them using the Christ event as the foundation of
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