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order" (Dulles PG). The reincarnation of the sacramental model, according to Dulles, is traced back some sixty years ago when th...
individual" (Burckhardt, 1878; Mosaic, 2003). Modern historians often dispute some of Burckhardts claims but most concede that in ...
covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...
By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...
he marries her. He agrees and she tells him that women want the power. He returns to the king and queen and his life is spared by ...
must refrain from homosexual activity if they are to abide by Biblical directives. The issues which the Catholic Church is confro...
Jesus Christ, trusting enough so that one obeys their commands.3 We demonstrate our faith in Jesus through Baptism. This is repe...
Christs work on earth, His incarnation, His passion and death and His resurrection. At least two Apostles, John and Paul, perceive...
In six pages the corruption that existed in the Medieval Catholic Church as reflected in the text in the irony of the characters i...
on the sanctity of traditional matrimony, traditional values, where a man and a woman join lives to create a family. Sex may be a...
into a "good" college, and therefore have a "good" life. Unfortunately, in these situations, religion tends to be on the bottom of...
document has been the case for corporate accountability, which include within them the concepts of subsidiarity, solidarity and hu...
todays political system, consider the following "specific Machiavellian dictates"5 that are utilized in contemporary politics: * ...
impartial form of government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendme...
pedophile activity by priests, about keeping secrets in the hierarchy. Then the hierarchy made a mistake by trying to spin the ped...
political practice. Perhaps the most obvious ways in which these influences manifested themselves were in censorship, and in the w...
In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...
him (Plummer, 1985). However, while at UCLA, his roommate introduced him to evangelical Christianity, and Nally joined Grace Commu...
main opposition "the absolute truth"....] After twelve years of inquiry, the Vatican concluded recently that both sides in ...
intercede on their behalf before God (2002). Hence, saints serve as role models as well as intercessors (2002). Beyond obvious m...
to the concept of monotheism and from that point on, every Jew born is considered to be "a son of Abraham" (Nyrop). Abraham and h...
because he highly suspected that the natives were continuing to worship their own gods instead of practicing Catholicism, he asked...
the wives would remain with their own family. After the Church organized the marriage, couples were encouraged to set up their own...
But, that was also the age of the Basilican type of church, modeled after the Roman Basilica, which was a large colonnaded buildin...
acronym - prayers are ACTS of mind and heart: * A-doration and praise of God, who made us and through whom we have whatever we hav...
was a great idea. As the church grew, the larger sized buildings would attract even more members. However, there was one problem. ...
In six pages this paper examines the unity of belief that was called for by The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on ...
There have been missionaries since the early days of the Christian church. This paper examines the way in which early missionaries...
This essay offers a summary of "The Church as Forgiving Community" by Chad M. Magnuson and Robert D. Enright. The article describe...
This paper traces the importance of religion in the fight against slavery. Ironically, although the African Methodist Episcopal C...