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Same Sex Marriages and the Baptist Church

that will be addressed on the following pages. Possible Causes of Homosexuality When exploring a subject as controversial and vo...

Roman Catholic Teachings and Suicide

in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable" (The Vatican n.d.). Father Sau...

Comparing Jesus Christ to Paul the Apostle

churches, though many were convened in his name. Most of the accounts of Jesus in the Bible talk about large crowds of people that...

Education, the Separation of Church and State and the 2002 US Supreme Court Case of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

The controversy over this program surrounded the fact that in the 1999 to 2000 school year some 82% of the private...

Christian Worship and the Sacraments

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...

Church and Leadership

group falls apart, with the other toddlers wandering off. Having said that, leadership can be a learned skill. One can lea...

Church and State Separation Necessity in Canadian Education

of the public school system, discrepancies in standards, democratic rights and the need for financial efficiency, there should be ...

North American Asian Indian Temples or Churches

in the existence of Brahma or "the supreme world soul or spirit" (Ramisetty-Mikler, 1993, p. 36). The older generation incorporat...

Elders According to Doctrine of Ecclesiology

the Bible is "overseer," the implication is that the verse is referring to a position of leadership in which the individual is res...

Using a Particular Biblical Genre to Preach the Gospels of Jesus Christ

it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...

Individual Church Marketing

for a number of reasons. Therefore, it requires those in administrative positions to think of St. X as a product and develop an ap...

Daryl Eldridge's The Teaching Ministry of the Church

educator should not be undertaken lightly. Whereas the disciples call is to learn, the Church and the family are called to teach. ...

The Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century by Jacob Burckhardt

individual" (Burckhardt, 1878; Mosaic, 2003). Modern historians often dispute some of Burckhardts claims but most concede that in ...

Models of the Church by Avery Dulles

order" (Dulles PG). The reincarnation of the sacramental model, according to Dulles, is traced back some sixty years ago when th...

Attending Church and Religion

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...

Corinthian Church and Paul's Beliefs

Paul wrote several letters to the Corinthians, addressing his concerns (Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians, 2003). First, he...

Second Vatican Council and Roman Catholic Church Changes

(Huebsch, 2003). New rites were formulated and the new Mass was ready within a year. On the first day it was allowed, Pope Paul VI...

Life and Works of Nineteenth Century French Composer Cesar Franck

(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...

Christian Theology, Family, and Marriage

covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...

State and Church Orthodoxies' Response of Francisco Goya

other international symbol, art strips away the barriers inherent to the limitations dominant orthodoxies of Church and State have...

Didache Manuscript on the Twelve Apostles' Teachings

of Life and the Way of Death; 2.) a rituale that deals with baptism, fasting, and Holy Communion; and 3.) the ministry (Chapman, 1...

Church Elders and Ecclesiology

logical that the same sentiment would apply to the post of "elder" as well. While not stated overtly, the clear implication is tha...

Overview of the Catholic Church

in the earliest forms of the Roman Creed but it was not until 360 that the word Catholic was added to the Creed in the West (Thurs...

Stem Cell Research and Issues of Christian Morality

The reason these cells are called stem cells is because they are like a stem, these cells are the source of every kind of tissue t...

'Ideal' Parson in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Its almost as if Chaucer chose to include the Parson as a character in order to foil the other characters. In other words, its as...

Church Unity and the Significance of the David and Goliath Story

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...

Saint Christopher and Saint Peter Canonizing Justification

intercede on their behalf before God (2002). Hence, saints serve as role models as well as intercessors (2002). Beyond obvious m...

Inga Clendinnen's Ambivalent Conquests

because he highly suspected that the natives were continuing to worship their own gods instead of practicing Catholicism, he asked...

Latin America and Marriage Ceremonial Changes Before and After the Catholic Church Introduction

the wives would remain with their own family. After the Church organized the marriage, couples were encouraged to set up their own...

Tutorial on People and Prayer

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...