In Confessions‚ Aurelius Augustine recounts his conversion to Christianity in the world’s very first autobiography. He speaks directly to God through these pages of declarations‚ and he relinquishes his humanly sins and misgivings in an effort to benefit fellow Christians. He sought the conversion of non-Christians and he also sought prayers for the Christian soul of his deceased mother—whom with he shared a love—albeit‚ merely of a human nature. On the concept of divine love‚ Augustine was undoubtedly
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Seif Ramy Kodsy ID: 900071874 Philosophy 220 – Philosophical Thinking Spring 2010 Take-home Paper On Free Choice of the Will Question 2 This book by St Augustine contains many philosophical arguments. St Augustine was a Latin speaking philosopher born in what is now modern day Algeria. He was one of the most prolific philosophers with hundreds of surviving works attributed to him (having survived the passage of time). The book On Free choice of the will contains may divine references with
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The Child as Spiritual Embryo Montessori often compared the process of psychological and spiritual development to the physical unfolding of the human organism. Just as the material body first takes shape as a selfforming embryo‚ requiring during its formation the protection and nurturance of the womb that envelopes it‚ the human soul first appears in the newborn child in an embryonic form that requires nourishment from a psychic womb—the protective environment of loving‚ caring parents and
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In my research of spiritual assessment tools‚ I came across what appears to be a common one‚ known as FICA. FICA stands for "Faith and Belief‚ Importance‚ Community‚ and Address in Care." I don’t really feel the need to create a new spiritual assessment tool‚ because FICA hits all the points directly‚ and accurately. When assessing a patient‚ the questions that should be asked are whether or not the person considers themselves to be spiritual or religious. Sometimes patients do not believe that
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1. St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography. By Philip Freeman. New York: Simon and Schuster‚ 2004. pp 240.‚ $11.23 Kindle. In his book‚ St. Patrick of Ireland‚ Philip Freeman is presenting his case for the missionary life of St. Patrick. He undertakes to draw from Patrick’s words‚ his two letters‚ as well as those of medieval‚ Celtic‚ British and other such publications. Freeman is trying to give his readers a vivid image of what life would have been like during the latter part of the fourth
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Running head: SPIRITUAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTHCARE Spiritual Diversity in HealthCare Amber Norris Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V April 14‚ 2013 Abstract Many people describe “faith” in different ways. However‚ many studies indicate patients of all faiths tend to utilize familiar components such as meditation and prayer‚ as well as the patient’s own perspective on how their personal culture and
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as the first pope. The pope recognized with the most influence during this time was Gregory. He was a contemporary of Augustine and is considered first and foremost a religious leader who preached to the faithful. Gregory’s writings did nothing to contradict the great teachers of the early church‚ especially those of Augustine. To this end‚ Gregory affirmed speculations of Augustine as he developed the doctrine of
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Beat Your Giants Hello‚ my name is Tatiana Rosario for those who don’t know me. Today I’m going to be talking to you guys about spiritual giants. In another church I went to we skimmed the topic briefly and I think that’s what made me get more interested in it. I think this is a topic that should be taught to everyone especially to the youth. For the fact that we need to be able to understand and concur what is holding us back from getting closer to God and from what is holding us back from feeling
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After spending time in class talking over the list of spiritual gifts and learning more about each I feel like I can better decide what my gifts are. As we went over them I felt that my gifts are encouragement‚ wisdom‚ service. I feel like these gifts are the ones God has given to me. Encouragement is the gift of seeing the glass as “half full”. It is being able to find the positive spiritual and emotional outcome of a situation. The gift of Wisdom is the gift of being able to work through situations
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Reflection #1 Spiritual Autobiography The religion of my culture‚ which most African Americans ascribe‚ is Christianity. The denomination is generally Baptist‚ Pentecostal or Apostolic. The three denominations are similar in faith with certain variations. Some variations include attire‚ personal associations‚ diet and lifestyles. For generations my family identify with the Pentecostal and the Apostolic faiths. My maternal grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. He was very stringent regarding his
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