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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 ...

They believe that there is only one acceptable religion and that is theirs. Things are beginning to change in modern society, how...

this might be. What is most astonishing is that in the past those Christian states did not provide the best of possible climates f...

of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...

evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...

laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...

very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...

analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...

of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...

into the premier representation of Christianity, Jesus was to occupy a dual role within the religious world. He did not eschew hi...

To understand however how different Christian groups understand evolution, it is important to understand the two different formula...

points of doctrine, particularly in regards to controversy over whether Judaic custom was still applicable to Christians. Missiona...

(Constitution, Apostles, 1996). The creed derived its name from the initial belief that it was written by the Apostles on the tent...

eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

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...

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

where "The hand of the Lord prevailed and the forces of Maxentius were routed (Lactantius 8). Maxentius was driven into the Tiber ...

personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...