Introduction to World Religions - Social Justice Issue Paper Tracey Martin Legalization of Marijuana Introduction: Every Religion demonstrates unique aim to adhere to specific way of living. “Typically‚ members of the Religious institutes either take vows of evangelical chastity‚ poverty and obedience (the “Evangelical Counsels”) to lead life in imitation of Christ Jesus or those following the Rule of St. Benedict‚ the vow of obedience‚ stability (that is. To remain with
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of the church by going back to the Early Church and understanding what the mission of church and liturgy was then. The Church and liturgy of the Church must be sacramental. The ecclesiology of Sacrosanctum concilium is Eucharistic. The Church as sacrament indicates that it is Christocentric and unitive. Christ is the union of a human and divine nature in one person. In a similar way‚ Sacrosanctum concilium describes the church as‚ “both human and divine” (SC 2). The Church is the meeting of humanity
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Bowling alley turned into church‚ repository of religious art in Bulacan By Levine Andro Lao The Diocese of Malolos has inaugurated a past leisure destination—a bowling alley in front of a resort—as one of its parish churches in Bulacan‚ formally naming it as Santisima Trinidad‚ after the religious persona to whom the locals have been devoted to for more than a century now. “This structure where we now have our church‚ as we know‚ had been a bowling alley. But it no longer looks as one‚” said
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The Protestant Reformation initially emerged as a reaction to the condition of the Roman Catholic Church during the late medieval period‚ with scholars such as Diarmaid MacCulloch describing the Church of the fifteenth century as a “vast‚ all-encompassing institution‚” one that was deeply entrenched into the lives of the people of the Western society but still fraught with many instances of structural and moral failings. In fact‚ the Pre-Reformation Catholic Church was often characterized by significant
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The Protestant Reformation Throughout the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was subject to much criticism and disappointment. The Great Schism brought about a feeling of mistrust and separation. More and more people of Europe were beginning to lose their faith in the church’s leadership. One man by the name of Martin Luther ignited a group of people who believed that the Church had fallen away from the teachings of Jesus and their meanings. They also believed that the Church was overly obsessed
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expressed the same truth negatively (John 6:53) and then positively (John 6:54).” This would mean that when John is speaking of the body and blood that he is actually talking about Jesus being the bread of life not the individual elements of the Sacrament. Johann Albrecht Bengel also concurs that although mention of physical flesh and blood‚ “is clearly accommodation to the miracle that precedes it.” This would mean that Constable and Bengel both tether the whole dialog back to the original meaning
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The Protestant Reformation was a major 16th century European movement aimed initially at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. The Reformation in western and central Europe officially began in 1517 with Martin Luther and his 95 Theses. This was a debate over the Christian religion. At the time there was a difference in power. Roman Catholicism stands with the Pope as central and appointed by God. Luther’s arguments referred to a direct relationship with God and using
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Many people consider Martin Luther’s ideas revolutionary‚ but they were really just the tipping point. Before Luther‚ many people and events attacked the Catholic Church and it’s credibility. The most influential of these people and events were John Wycliffe‚ Jan Hus‚ and the Black Death. John Wycliffe was the first major critic of the ideology of the Catholic Church. His ideas would later influence both Jan Hus and Martin Luther himself. Wycliffe attacked the church with three separate ideas and
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"Here begynneth a treatyse how þe hye Fader of Heven sendeth Dethe to somon every creature to come and gyve acounte of theyr lyves in this worlde‚ and is in maner of a morall playe." [Here beginneth a treatise how the high Father of Heaven sendeth Death to summon every creature to come and give account of their lives in this world‚ and is in manner of a moral play.] The play opens with a prologue‚ which takes the form of a messenger telling the audience to attend to the action to come and to
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went along. After I graduated from the sixth grade‚ I attended a private high school in the area that was an excellent college preparatory school. During this time I prepared for and received the Sacrament of Confirmation at my family’s parish. I was mildly interested in receiving the Sacrament but to some extent‚ I received it because it was the next step in the life of a Catholic. My spiritual life as I graduated high school and prepared to go off to college can be summarized by the word
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