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adjective, describing Gods power and mercy" (The Lion Of Judah). It is also something that has been used in imagery, with a lion p...

the world and the way things work. The philosophy is practiced in many countries including Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietna...

liturgy provided innumerable texts, all set to music in the style we call Gregorian chant. The church served as an important patro...

version is richly colored; Mary here wears a bright red robe as does a man who might be Joseph, who is in the background (Adoratio...

found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...

there is also the possibility that his refusal to do away with pagan practices entirely is because of his own adherence to them. ...

primarily made up of those who have not accepted Christ as their Savior. It is important, therefore, that we take careful, calcul...

is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that ...

p. 12). It was not until William had to seek new employment because his employer died that he began to take an interest in religi...

eternity. There is significant archaeological evidence supporting this "Book" (RBC Ministries). * Its explanation for life. All re...

made of its mortality" (Dante 539). For Dante, then, "the way to God is found in human life. This was Abelards message. It was the...

on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...

(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...

impossible to really illustrate the origins of the two as they involve many historical and religious ideals. For example, in relat...

of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...

Christianity expanded and grew exponentially in the early centuries. There were many reasons for this quick growth including its m...

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...

The document suggests that there is the notion that Greek philosophy is in opposition to Christianity. Many call Greek doctrines h...

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...