Early Christians expected suffering. Christ had died on the cross‚ so there was no higher honor than to imitate that death through accepting martyrdom (witness by one’s blood). As the writer of 1 Peter expressed it‚ “If you suffer as a Christian‚ do not be ashamed‚ but praise God that you bear that name.” (4:16) The Roman Empire was generally pretty tolerant of other religions. So why persecute the Christians? Reasons for the persecution emerge from the record of Christianity’s first three centuries
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A Letter to French Authorities and A Model of Christian Charity. A Letter to French Authorities shows in lines one hundred sixty-five through one hundred sixty-nine that the French wanted to turn the natives‚ Christian. Some Christian beliefs are present in the story such as in lines. Some may argue that in Pontiac’s Letter the god warns the natives of the whites or French‚ “The land where you live—I made it for you and not for other people. Why do you put up with the Whites on your lands?” If
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A Christian preschool in Los Angeles‚ California has fired a teacher who refused to drop her second job as a porn actress despite a previous warning and an offer of a pay raise in exchange for severing her ties with the adult film industry. In an interview with Fox 11 Los Angeles‚ Nina Skye tearfully recalls how officials at the Christian preschool she used to work in told her that she as fired during a meeting. She asked to stop moonlighting as an adult film actress‚ but she is still not willing
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Christian Grey‚ played by Jamie Dornan is the stereotypical white-powerful male‚ who had a disturbed childhood and refuses to open up his emotions to any woman. This character knows he is incredibly handsome‚ unusually rich‚ socially dominant‚ and emotionally damaged. His sexual desires are a result of a difficult past and a previous employer who showed him the BDSM lifestyle –abbreviation of Bondage and discipline (BD)‚ dominance and submission (DS) and sadism and masochism (SM)— Christian is the
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Janine Espiritu 10 Christian Service Reflection Paper The nature of the Christian Service is the act of doing work for God with a willing heart. Many religious people think that "Christian service" signifies Christian usefulness: to be a regular attender at church‚ to pray‚ and a contributor to its finances. Also‚ to become a teacher of a class‚ or a leader of young people’s society‚ to engage in evangelistic activities and do personal work. And tell others what Christ means to you. I volunteered
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Christians have faced persecutions since the very beginning of the Catholic Church. Until the Edict of Milan‚ in 313 AD‚ Christians were persecuted by their local authorities and the local Jews. The “secret meetings” held by Christians raised suspicions of the Jews and posed a threat to the Roman Empire. Emperor Nero is known for his extremely violent persecutions and setting fire to the center of Rome‚ deflecting the blame onto the innocent Christians. The line of emperors after Nero also took
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Growing up can be an intimidating thing. And to be quite frank with you‚ it’s not the easiest either. Let’s face it‚ how often do you hear people complaining about their jobs? Or the fact that people dread coming to work? I aspire to select a career that I will delight in and look forward to going attending. One of my role models‚ as cheesy as it may sound is my dad. Out of anyone I’ve met‚ he is the most hard working person I know. My father was reared in a San Salvador‚ El Salvador‚ a country
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Christian Principles in Beowulf In the epic novel Beowulf‚ the Christian monk who narrates the story has bias because the characters in the story are not Christian. The monk slips in his own religious beliefs throughout the novel. He also gives his opinion in certain passages about the how pointless he believes war is. The story originally had Pagan Saxon roots‚ but by the time that it was written down‚ almost all Anglo-Saxons had converted to Christianity. The Christian monk is motivated to put
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transcription of the poem was thought to be by a Christian monk. This poem was most likely altered to assist new Christian’s in seeing that Beowulf’s belief was changing from polytheism to monotheism. In the poem‚ the poet’s use of the Christian religion does not take away from the pagan heroic code. The poet made the legendary Beowulf that Scandinavian people idealized slightly different by inserting new doctrine to help the evolution of the Christian beliefs‚ without destroying the poem. It was a
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A Model of Christian Charity In 1630‚ John Winthrop led a fleet of 17 ships and a thousand puritans from England to the Massachusetts Bay. With a new place to call home‚ John Winthrop and the puritans hoped for a fresh start in the new world. The main reason for this new beginning was due to the fact that they had broken apart from England’s Church and had declared to start their own church. They believed that starting a new church was ordained by God and that the Massachusetts Bay area was given
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