humility‚ purity of heart and charity‚ Christianity and Buddhism appear similar in many ways. However‚ Christianity is a religion that teaches there is only one God‚ while Buddhism is a way of life‚ not centered around any gods; Christianity teaches salvation through faith in Christ Jesus‚ whereas Buddhism believes a man’s sole responsibility is to achieve peace and harmony through reaching Nirvana‚ and Christianity teaches that when a person dies‚ they are judged by God and their soul is sent to either
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Question No. 13 Answer: The Great Awakening was a mass movement in the historical backdrop of the western world that occurred around the middle of the eighteenth century. This movement fixated on religion and individual confidence of individuals belonging to every socioeconomic class. There are numerous who feel that it was a reaction to the reasoning that created as an aftereffect of Enlightenment and an endeavor to turn individuals’ attention back to church and god. Essential religious leaders
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to heaven. And so am I revenged.”(Act III Scene iii Lines 74-76). Hamlet a “believer” of religion discards his temptation of assassinating Claudius while praying as he once again becomes conscious of the fact that life on Earth is temporary‚ but salvation is for eternity‚ and that Claudius did not offer that mercy to his Father “A villain kills my father‚ and‚ for that‚ I‚ his sole son‚ do this same villain send To heaven.”(Act
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a persecutor of the church of God admits that one can receive salvation from the grace of God through faith and that is the true essence of Christianity. Paul calls on all good Christians‚ whom have been sinning‚ to turn back to God and curse those who are perverting the gospel of Christ. For everyman‚ faith is not sufficient enough‚ for him to achieve salvation for his sins‚ but neither is good works. For good Christians‚ salvation and absolution will be obtained through contrition‚ confession
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great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth‚ yea‚ doubtless with many that are now in this congregation‚ that it may be are at ease and quiet‚ than he is with many of those that are now in the flames of hell.” The only hope of salvation for his congregation was to convert and worship Christ‚ the Lord and Saviour. Only once they had devoted themselves to Christ would God look down upon them with mercy and be willing to save them from such a fate as those unconverted
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great‚ so worthy of damnation It was a grisly thing to hear them swear; The body of our blessed Lord they’d tear As if the Jews had not torn him enough.(Chaucer 465-475) The main motive for the Pardoner was money. Money was his main concern. He didn’t care about the people or their salvation. All he wanted was to improve his economic status‚ and live his life in riches. He did anything to gain money. In the end of his sermons he would always remind people there was a feed for salvation by saying “Come
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determinism. Calvinists especially adhere to the doctrine of predestination. There are two aspects to the Calvinist belief in predestination. The first declares that God basically has ordained everything that occurs‚ or will occur. In regard to salvation‚ the Calvinist code of predestination is more specific: Scripture teaches that there are certain people – ‘the elect’ – who are chosen by God‚ through Christ‚ to be called to Christianity‚ and thus be saved for eternity. Calvinist interpretations
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According to the author of the book Ancient Christian Writers (The Call of a Nations) in book 2 it had three major points Gods will‚ all men to be saved‚ the knowledge of truth and salvation is due to grace‚ and God’s judgements are inscrutable. Nevertheless‚ he believes that every human soul has a free will of some kind. He said that man may choose what is right from what seems wrong. He then discusses in chapter 2 about scripture teaches that God wills all men to be saved‚ Chapter 6 even in our
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SEMINAR PAPER TOPIC : THE MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE CONFLICT IN DOCTOR FAUSTUS COURSE : DRAMA FROM ELIZABETHAN TO RESTORATION AGE Prepared by: A*****i S**i A0706112066 B.A.(Hons.)English Amity Institute of English Studies and Research Course Incharge – Dr. Dipankar Sukul INTRODUCTION Doctor Faustus is a play written by Christopher Marlowe. It was first published in 1604. Marlowe developed the play around the Faust legend-the story of a man who sold his soul to the devil to procure
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man has inherited original sin from Adam‚ and man kind is evil and is in extreme need for the forgiveness of sin. Both religions believe that if you believe and follow the pathway of the righteous you will have eternal salvation in heaven and if you do not you live eternal damnation in
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