frustrated and intellectually prideful on my journey into the Catholic Church‚ I now began to be angry‚ uncharitable‚ and ultimately headed down a slippery slope. I had started writing this blog back in 2011‚ and one can see the progression. Even then‚ I lamented the fact that the online Catholic catechesis courses I was in were advocating "centering prayer"‚ which sparked a massive rant about the influence of the New Age on Catholic spirituality. My rants became more frequent as I encountered
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Spirit who proceeds from the Father and Son " . The Filioque debate is of importance ‚ both as a theological issue in itself ‚ and also as a matter of importance in the contemporary relations between the Eastern and Western Churches . The basic issue at stake is whether the Holy Spirit may be said to proceed from the Father alone or from the Father and Son . Initially‚ the historical background is also of importance in this debate
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Did you know that twenty percent of the population gets confirmed into the Catholic Church each year? In the sacrament of Confirmation‚ you are confirming your life with Christ forever in the Church. When someone goes through Confirmation‚ they ask one of their role models to be a sponsor for them. My sponsor is my older sister‚ Annabelle Bloomer. I will introduce Annabelle‚ explain why I choose her as my sponsor‚ and how I plan to be affected by the sacred sacrament of Confirmation. I have known
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by the people who created it. It’s why hospitals are clean and hotels are lavish‚ and why we’re going to expect specific friends houses to look a certain way before we see them. The same way all of this still applies to our life‚ the Catholic and Protestant Churches of the era surrounding the Reformation were designed by the people in the faith to represent the ideals of their religion‚ and you can see many of the differences between the two such as the belief in the supremacy of the Pope‚ the separate
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to Christianity here in America‚ there are the big 3; Roman Catholics Church‚ Baptist Church‚ and Pentecostal Church. Today we shall take a deeper look into each denomination and find out what make each one unique in its own way. To begin with‚ the first difference between the Catholic and both Baptist and Pentecostal churches is‚ in the Catholic Church‚ Communion is usually offered at every mass while Baptists and Pentecostal churches rarely take communion. When they do‚ it’s only on special occasions
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everybody’s life. All Medieval people - be they village peasants or towns people - believed that God‚ Heaven and Hell all existed. From the very earliest of ages‚ the people were taught that the only way they could get to Heaven was if the Roman Catholic Church let them. Everybody would have been terrified of Hell and the people would have been told of the sheer horrors awaiting for them in Hell in the weekly services they attended. The control the Church had over the people was total. Peasants worked
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Global Studies The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church: Its division and beliefs The Church is the congregation and unity of God‘s people together in one whole body‚ known as the Mystical body of Christ‚ because of the way devout followers of Christ‚ come to experience Christ through the Sacraments‚ Clergy‚ and Litany. The Catechism of the Church states that the Pope‚ Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor‚ is the perpetual and visible source of the foundation of the
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Mid County Arabic Baptist Church of St. Louis - Mission 11510 Old St. Charles Road Bridgeton MO 63044 636-282-9764 Pastor: Hermez Moshi Bethany Deaf Baptist Church 310 E. Argonne Dr Kirkwood‚ MO 63122 314-984-9224 Pastor: Thomas Lovis Bible Way Baptist Chruch 7800 Groby St. Louis‚ MO 63130 314-725-8838 Pastor: Nate Strachan Dorsett Village Baptist Church 2240 Bennington Pl. Maryland Heights‚ MO 63043 314-576-7729 Pastor: Mark Cline www.dorsettvillagechurch.org
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European Journal of Scientific Research ISSN 1450-216X Vol.45 No.4 (2010)‚ pp.649-657 © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2010 http://www.eurojournals.com/ejsr.htm Proliferation of Churches: A Leeway to Commercialization of Religion Anthonia M. Essien Department of Religious and Cultural Studies Faculty of Arts‚ University of Uyo‚ Nigeria E-mail: eteyesma@yahoo.com Tel: +234(0)8033596961 Abstract This paper posits that religion has become a top bracket business in Nigeria. This is occasioned by the
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THE PROLIFERATION OF CHURCHES IN NIGERIA By NBF News Is there anything wrong with proliferation of churches? My answer to this question is yes and no. Yes‚ because in Nigeria‚ there is no need for it since the establishment of churches has been grossly abused‚ with every Tom‚ Dick and Harry setting up a church after graduating from the Bible College. And no‚ because if churches were run with the fear of God‚ there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. If we have churches in all the nooks and
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