incident in Byzantine history with which the church of St. Sophia is not associated.”1 The Church of the Divine Wisdom has a long and storied history‚ much of it drenched in the blood of those who died fighting over it. On May 28‚ 1453‚ Constantine XI entered Hagia Sophia to pray while the crowning jewel of his empire‚ Constantinople‚ was being raided and burned by Mehmed II‚ a Muslim invader with an extensive army at his back. The emperor prayed at the church before climbing back atop the city walls
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Owings Coach Oliver Church History (3) 28 February 2012 The Four Marks Of The Church One‚ Holy‚ Catholic‚ Apostolic‚ these four words are the foundation of the Catholic Church. They are what the Church calls the “Four Marks.” The First Council of Constantinople established them in 381. These words were fist used in the Nicene Creed‚ and are still used to this day when we say “I believe in one holy‚ catholic‚ apostolic Church.” With the Holy Spirit helping to guide the Church it can carry out
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Trinity Church Observations I arrived at Trinity Church on Sunday between the hours of 11am and 12pm. While I was observing or ‘people watching’ I noticed quite a few people going to and from Trinity Church. Most people were families including mothers‚ fathers‚ child or children‚ while others were just alone. All dressed fairly nicer than the random people walking the streets of New York City. While there were many families I could have observed‚ I chose one family in particular. The
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On April 14th‚ 2013‚ I attended a service with my class at Salem Baptist Church. The Salem Baptist Church is located at 3131 Lake Street. This was a voluntary class visit and I attended it with about ten of my peers‚ along with my teacher. This was the first Baptist church I had ever experienced and‚ therefore‚ it was filled with exciting new experiences. I have never really learned about Baptists‚ but I had heard a few stereotypes and brief descriptions of Baptist Churches; as a result‚ I had
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Development of the Medieval Church Christianity transformed from a persecuted‚ unorganized group of believers into a hierarchical‚ dominating Church over the course of seven centuries‚ developing alongside the changing political environment of post-Roman Europe. The development of the institution of the Catholic Church and the spread of Christ throughout Europe during these seven centuries directly impacted every aspect of late-antiquity and early-medieval life‚ especially politics and the relationship
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The Church as Moral Authority The church acts as the moral authority to determine what is right and wrong based on certain circumstances. The official teaching of the church on these moral situations is called the magisterium. The magisterium consists of the bishops and the pope. In order to accomplish this mission to teach the faith the bishops will delegate and designate others to teach‚ or they will teach directly themselves. The bishops also give a teaching mission to theologians and to all
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ends‚ which depends on how one responds to his suffering‚ the Catholic Church teaches “God is infinitely good and all his works are good. Yet no one can escape the experience of suffering or the evils which seem to be linked to the limitations proper to creatures: and above all to the question of moral evil” (Catechism of The Catholic Church‚ 385). One of the effects of suffering is that one may make poor choices‚ which impact his life for the worse‚ in attempt to overcome their suffering. “Mental
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between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach." Since the founding of our country‚ one of the most controversial issues has been the separation of church and state. Many nonreligious people wish for a complete separation of these two branches of government‚ but many Christians are outraged over the measures that the state takes to ’protect’ itself from the church. There have been many stances on the relationship between church and state
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Throughout US History what were the trends in the separation between church and state? What were the main causes of these trends? Since the very beginnings of American History‚ the American people have set a strong primacy on separation between Church and State. As evident in one of the first set of laws protecting the individual citizen from its governing body‚ the Bill of Rights‚ and more specifically the First Amendment. James Madison‚ writer of the constitution‚ conveys the ideology that the
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Hurricane Katrina‚ Pretty harsh right? These are all common phrases publically protested by a church called the Westboro Baptist church. You would think such comments should be illegal to chant out in public considering that gay marriage is now legal in some states and also that soldiers are out fighting for us‚ however members of the Westboro Baptist church feel differently. Westboro Baptist church was established in 1955. Located in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ Their goal is to “preach the Word of God to
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