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pagan gods. He no longer has a "hall" and "a giver of treasure" (24a). To understand the mans dilemma consider what it means to th...
were called-(5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephes...
Did Christianity borrow ideas and practices from pagan mystery cults. This is an allegation that has been popping up since the 19t...
This essay draws upon three writings from the second century to discuss the way in which Roman authorities perceived Christianity ...
This book review discusses the motivations described by MacMullen that propelled conversion to Christianity during its early centu...
The document suggests that there is the notion that Greek philosophy is in opposition to Christianity. Many call Greek doctrines h...
Chapter 35: Protestantism in the United States From World War I to the Great Depression 750 Gonzalez begins this chapter by point...
Tickle writes that there is an upheaval in Christianity about every 500 years and we are going through one now. It is called the G...
newly unchanging societal conditions, and passing this culture down to their children, who largely lived in the same geographical ...
leader of the group told him that was not based on love but on rewards form God. He left the group. He made the leap to Christiani...
ethically necessary to offer the right of sanctuary to individuals who are fleeing political oppression (Voice of America, 2009). ...
of his text The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. Justin Gonzalez discusses "The C...
Mission In this chapter, Justin Gonzalez elaborates further on the history of the early Christian church, as recorded in Acts, re...
5, "First Conflicts with the State," begins by pointing out that early Christianity had a violent beginning.i The first section ex...
Pliny and Trajan This is the first section of chapter 6, "Persecution in the Second Century," and it deals with the actions of Pl...
Lofty Criticism As mentioned in the previous chapter, due to the Roman policy towards Christianity throughout the second century ...
this chapter is on describing the variety of backgrounds and experience that informed early interpretations of the gospel message....
chapter by explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with per...
of Early Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those d...
Gonzalezs text, "The Great Persecution and the Final Victory," focuses on Christian persecution under Diocletian, which is charact...
Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...
New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...
1: The Call for Reformation Justo L. Gonzalez begins chapter 1 of his text on Christian history, The Reformation to the Present D...
Chapter 2: Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation Martin Luther Justo Gonzalez begins his discussion of Luther by describing ho...
Chapter 3: Luthers Theology The Word of God In this chapter, Gonzalez picks up Luthers story in 1521, which is when he appeared b...
5: Ulrich Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation Zwinglis Pilgrimage Nationalism and humanism both contributed to the Lutheran reforma...
Chapter 6: The Anabaptist Movement The First Anabaptists In this chapter, Gonzalez addresses the criticisms that were leveled at ...
Chapter 7: John Calvin Gonzalez begins this chapter by identifying John Calvin, a theologian of the second generation after Luthe...
12: The Catholic Reformation The Reformation of Spanish Catholicism Gonzalez begins the chapter by pointing out that the needs fo...
8: The Reformation in Great Britain Henry VIII Gonzalez begins this chapter by describing the convoluted course of events that le...