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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...
strictly forbidden. Supported by the assertion that "the life of a person is not his - rather, it belongs to the One Who granted ...
tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...
20:9-16. Slave gangs were often used by large landowners. The author points out that this custom would have existed during Jesus l...
and glorification. By a calling a person essentially is pulled out of a world "of sin and into union with Christ. This gives him a...
It might be contended that the development...
managers, it actually has its roots in the Bible. Jesus is the quintessential example of a servant leader and He taught His apostl...
This essay presents a discussion of specific traditions and beliefs relevant to the Hinduism and Christianity. Seven pages in leng...
Christianity expanded and grew exponentially in the early centuries. There were many reasons for this quick growth including its m...
This essay draws upon three writings from the second century to discuss the way in which Roman authorities perceived Christianity ...
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...
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...
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...