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... Today, we discuss a particularly Christian ethical movement based on the idea that there is only one absolute principle on which we should base judgments on whether an act is right or wrong. This one principle: Agape or self-giving love of our neighbor. ...
... Today, we discuss a particularly Christian ethical movement based on the idea that there is only one absolute principle on which we should base judgments on whether an act is right or wrong. This one principle: Agape or self-giving love of our neighbor. ...
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... In brief, Augustine in his early years believes the effect of Free Will and in his late years, in fighting Pelagius, he went further to neglect Free Will by asserting Predestination. Thomas Aquinas, epitomizer of the medieval scholasticism, holds that God’s foreknowledge existed before predestinatio ...
... In brief, Augustine in his early years believes the effect of Free Will and in his late years, in fighting Pelagius, he went further to neglect Free Will by asserting Predestination. Thomas Aquinas, epitomizer of the medieval scholasticism, holds that God’s foreknowledge existed before predestinatio ...
Christian Ethics - Canvas by Instructure
... Dr. Naik states that the word “Trinity” isn’t used in the Bible.14 This is echoed by Mormons as well as Jehovah’s Witnesses.15 His argument assumes that truth can only be known when it is stated explicitly.16 Jesus may have never uttered the exact words, “I am God” but we can strongly deduce this tr ...
... Dr. Naik states that the word “Trinity” isn’t used in the Bible.14 This is echoed by Mormons as well as Jehovah’s Witnesses.15 His argument assumes that truth can only be known when it is stated explicitly.16 Jesus may have never uttered the exact words, “I am God” but we can strongly deduce this tr ...
Christianity and Time - Digital Commons @ Butler University
... CHRISTIANITY HAS NO one theory of time. But there are several constraints that Christian conceptions of time should meet, among which are the following three. First, Christianity arose within a fundamental monotheistic assumption that the world is created by God, and therefore time must be related t ...
... CHRISTIANITY HAS NO one theory of time. But there are several constraints that Christian conceptions of time should meet, among which are the following three. First, Christianity arose within a fundamental monotheistic assumption that the world is created by God, and therefore time must be related t ...
Christian church itself has used capital punishment
... • It is impossible to reform a sinner when they are dead. • Many Christians will point to stories of Jesus in the Bible and look to his example when making a decision on capital punishment. There are times where he expressly condemns the use of capital punishment e.g. ‘He who has not sinned may cast ...
... • It is impossible to reform a sinner when they are dead. • Many Christians will point to stories of Jesus in the Bible and look to his example when making a decision on capital punishment. There are times where he expressly condemns the use of capital punishment e.g. ‘He who has not sinned may cast ...
1 - Documenta Catholica Omnia
... 4. The efficacy and power of this devotion was also wondrously exhibited in the sixteenth century, when the vast forces of the Turks threatened to impose on nearly the whole of Europe the yoke of superstition and barbarism. At that time the Supreme Pontiff, St. Pius V., after rousing the sentiment ...
... 4. The efficacy and power of this devotion was also wondrously exhibited in the sixteenth century, when the vast forces of the Turks threatened to impose on nearly the whole of Europe the yoke of superstition and barbarism. At that time the Supreme Pontiff, St. Pius V., after rousing the sentiment ...
Science, Faith and a Distinctly Christian Humanism
... That is to say, holding faith and learning together has often made Christians, well, humanists. Yet how is this the case, the reader might ask, and what if anything does it have to do with the reading I have been doing? Allow me to answer the first question and then I will get to the second as promi ...
... That is to say, holding faith and learning together has often made Christians, well, humanists. Yet how is this the case, the reader might ask, and what if anything does it have to do with the reading I have been doing? Allow me to answer the first question and then I will get to the second as promi ...
EVERYONE A THEOLOGIAN September 15
... to give you guidance in how to think—theologically about the changes going on all around us. One person put it this way "it is said that nothing is constant but change. But how much of it and what kind of change do we as Christians accept, tolerate, reject or resist." Another person wanted to know h ...
... to give you guidance in how to think—theologically about the changes going on all around us. One person put it this way "it is said that nothing is constant but change. But how much of it and what kind of change do we as Christians accept, tolerate, reject or resist." Another person wanted to know h ...
“UU and A Christian Humanist” Sermon by Rev. Jim Eller All Souls
... I know that I am worthy. I know that I am welcome. Here all are worthy. All are welcome. ...
... I know that I am worthy. I know that I am welcome. Here all are worthy. All are welcome. ...
1. Early Christian Philosophy
... the Jews than the philosophical attacks of pagans. 2. As Christianity grew, it aroused the suspicion and hostility of political authorities and pagan intellectuals. Some of this was due to ignorance and misunder-standing, but some attacks were philosophical in nature and as such required a ...
... the Jews than the philosophical attacks of pagans. 2. As Christianity grew, it aroused the suspicion and hostility of political authorities and pagan intellectuals. Some of this was due to ignorance and misunder-standing, but some attacks were philosophical in nature and as such required a ...
Universalist Imperialism
... universal religion are genocide. They must be ruthlessly rooted out of our collective psyche. Now, about the bible, what actually is it and why must we deal with it? Let me begin with two surviving Gnostic verses, Mark 4:11 and 12. All I show you refers to the English language, authorized King James ...
... universal religion are genocide. They must be ruthlessly rooted out of our collective psyche. Now, about the bible, what actually is it and why must we deal with it? Let me begin with two surviving Gnostic verses, Mark 4:11 and 12. All I show you refers to the English language, authorized King James ...
Church History
... the combination of men's wills to attain the things which are helpful to this life. The heavenly city, or rather the part of it which sojourns on earth and lives by faith, makes use of this peace only because it must, until this mortal condition which necessitates it shall pass away. (City of God 19 ...
... the combination of men's wills to attain the things which are helpful to this life. The heavenly city, or rather the part of it which sojourns on earth and lives by faith, makes use of this peace only because it must, until this mortal condition which necessitates it shall pass away. (City of God 19 ...
The Imperial Church
... Augustine’s second major controversy was with Pelagius, an English monk who argued that Adam’s original sin has no effect on the rest of the human race. Pelagius claimed people are born without sin, we only become sinners once we choose to sin, and some people never choose to sin. For Pelagius, ther ...
... Augustine’s second major controversy was with Pelagius, an English monk who argued that Adam’s original sin has no effect on the rest of the human race. Pelagius claimed people are born without sin, we only become sinners once we choose to sin, and some people never choose to sin. For Pelagius, ther ...
La Question:
... c. 33 – 100 A.D. Apostolic Christianity. This is the period of earliest Christianity, during which many of the original apostles who know Jesus still lived. This is also the period of the composition of the New Testament texts (see the handout on Mark and the Gospels for the stages of Gospel formati ...
... c. 33 – 100 A.D. Apostolic Christianity. This is the period of earliest Christianity, during which many of the original apostles who know Jesus still lived. This is also the period of the composition of the New Testament texts (see the handout on Mark and the Gospels for the stages of Gospel formati ...