The Catholic Church attitude towards the capital punishment has been changing throughout the history. The early Christians opposed to the death penalty as well as they opposed to the state. This attitude started changing when Christianity became an official religion. The Catholic Church as a power structure began utilizing all the repressive mechanisms inherent in a political formation. The clerical scholars started setting a theological basis to justify the murder. The inquisition became an instrument
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EDUCATION SYMBOLS Christian Symbols 1. Cross The Christian cross is the main symbol of the Christian religion. These crosses are usually found on Christian churches. The cross is the universal Christian symbol, acknowledged by all denominations as the single visual identifier of their faith. The meaning of the cross is a representation of Jesus Christ shedding his blood for the forgiveness of our sins. Therefore the cross is a symbol of the sacrifice so that Christians can have the reassurance
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merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (Verse 7) * Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. (Verse 8) * Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (Verse 9) * Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Verse 10) First beatitude The word poor seems to represent an Aramaic 'ányâ (Hebrew 'anî), bent down, afflicted, miserable, poor; while meek is rather a synonym from the same root, 'ánwan
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placed mankind there also. Therefore since Yahweh was who inspired the Hebrew Scriptures Marcion didn't believe in the Old Testament. It was this belief that led Marcion to come up with his own collection of scriptures that he considered to be truly Christian, but with all the Old Testament references removed. These
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Life of St Francis St. Francis was born into a wealthy family. His father was a merchant who sold very expensive clothing that he would have St. Francis wear around his friends so their parents would buy the clothing. At time this got St. Francis into a lot of trouble. Francis never actually felt satisfied in life until he was a prisoner of war. At that time God appeared to him in jail. Jesus told Francis, “Go Francis and repair my house, which as you can see is falling into ruin.’’ Francis
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to keep on living in the age that we are in now. In this chapter he states that Christian’s words are often muffled, and confused, and vague. This author lets us know that the extent of religion that was born of people that was acquainted with persecution and suffering has became the cornerstone of a civilization and of nations whose very positions in modern life has too often been secured by a ruthless use of power. This happens when you are applied to a weakness of a defenseless people. In my opinion
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this chapter we see that there are different kinds of people, instruments for the Lord’s work, all at different phases and places in their life but all with the same purpose of furthering the Gospel. In this passage, Paul, a former persecutor of Christians now is starting a mission to save souls for the Lord with Barnabas, a teacher at Antioch. What a testimony! What an encouragement for us! The journey does not start out easy, as Elymas Bar-Jesus, a false prophet and sorcerer, sought to keep a lost
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introduction to eternity. This passage inspires us to stay faithful and steadfast in our Christian life, awaiting the day when there will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain, for the old order of things will have passed away. Near the end of the first century, when Revelation was written, the Emperor Domitian began a period of severe persecution against the Christian church. Despite the persecution, this group of believers had faith that Jesus would return. As time passed, however, their
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It is argued by many historians that Jesus’ divinity was decided upon by the council of Nicea... EXPLAIN WHAT THE COUNCIL OF NICEA WAS. It has been claimed that to avoid Civil discontent, Constantine, who was one of the key figures in the early Christian movement, declared that Christ and God were of the same substance, which is contrary to the teachings of the Bible, were Christ never claimed to be God, but only his representative on Earth, thus making him lower in status to God, without underestimating
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Christianity. The term, itself, comes from the Greek word apologia which is found in 1 Peter 3:15 giving apologetics a biblical origin. Peter’s call for believers to “make a defense (apologia)” is the heart of Christian Apologetics. The idea is that, in the face of unbelief and persecution, Christians need to be ready to defend or argue for their belief in Christ. Put a little more plainly, apologetics is “defending Christianity in the context of an unbelieving and skeptical world.” Apologetics comes
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