Augustine lived in classical Roman society that basically contained three kinds of people as revealed to the readers by Augustine’s descriptions. There were Pagans‚ who gave into hedonistic activities and did not worship one all-powerful God. Catechumens were people who were in the process of conversion that were being taught the principles of the Church by catechists. Lastly‚ Christians were
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Sacraments Study Guide 1. Terms Sacrament : outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace Efficacious : capable of producing a desired effect sacramental economy : dispensation of the fruits of the Paschal Mystery entrusted to the Church until Christ comes again Incarnation : God becoming human Liturgy : official public worship of the Church Hypostatic Union : doctrine of faith that recognizes two natures of Jesus‚ human and divine Evangelists : writers of the four gospels Jesus : Hebrew
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especially a governing body. * Ordinatio means incorporation into an ordo (order). In the Church there are established bodies which are ordo episcoporum‚ the ordo presbyterorum‚ the ordo diaconorum. Other groups also receive this name of ordo: catechumens‚ virgins‚ spouses‚ widows * Integration into one of these bodies in the Church was accomplished by a rite called ordinatio‚ a religious and liturgical act which was a consecration‚ a blessing or a sacrament. * Today the word "ordination"
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Saint Augustine of Hippo delved into a life of deep‚ philosophical thinking‚ challenging the very way of life to it’s minute existence. He struggled with his inner being after leaving home to pursue intellectualism. He broadened his views after converting from Christianity to Manichaeism‚ devoting his thought to Neoplatonism. He eventually returned to Catholicism in A.D. 387‚ when he began to re-establish his Christian doctrine. As the Western Roman Empire came to a decline‚ St. Augustine developed
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WHAT IS THE ESSENTIAL ACTIVITY OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: To Make a Disciple who worships Jesus Keith Travis Discipleship Ministries 500 Dr. Dale Mort January 22‚ 2013 When one considers the question‚ “What is the essential activity of Christian ministry”‚ the first thing that must be accomplished is to truly understand and define what we mean by essential activity. As anyone who has been involved in any type of leadership role in ministry knows‚ there can be a huge amount of activities going
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Book Summary and Analysis: Confessions Born in 354 in Thagaste‚ St. Augustine was born to a Christian mother and a pagan father. Augustine was always interested in learning and knowledge‚ and it was this desire to learn that led to him becoming a teacher and eventually teaching in Carthage‚ Rome and Milan.1 However it was not just secular knowledge Augustine was seeking‚ rather Augustine was also searching for the right to faith to believe in‚ and though he started off as a believer in Manichee
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The Franks and Merovingians: Laying the Foundations for Future European Empires Henry Lilly May 16th‚ 2011 The Roman Empire represented the culmination of the Mediterranean World. The Roman Empire reached its peak under the rule of the famous Roman Emperor‚ Julius Caesar. The Roman Empire extended its borders throughout Europe‚ to present day France‚ Italy‚ Great Britain‚ and Germany. However‚ their collapse in 476 AD was caused by distraction to
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governor of Northern Italy. When the episcopal see of Milan became vacant in 374‚ the people demanded that Saint Ambrose be made their bishop. The neighboring bishops and the Emperor convinced him to accept this call as the will of God‚ and so the catechumen Ambrose was baptized and ordained first deacon‚ then priest‚ then bishop‚ all in a single week! This politician-turned churchman was profoundly aware of his lack of preparation for this great responsibility and so set himself immediately to
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Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus: “Fiery” Father of the Church Tertullian is one of the most quotable‚ and often misquoted‚ Church Fathers. As a polemicist‚ Tertullian uses his gift for delivering the penetrating phrase that lingers in the memory long after the context or controversy that he addressed has been forgotten. He is described as someone who "laminated fusion of arguments and scriptures in a way which
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Arianism A heresy which arose in the fourth century‚ and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. DOCTRINE First among the doctrinal disputes which troubled Christians after Constantine had recognized the Church in A.D. 313‚ and the parent of many more during some three centuries‚ Arianism occupies a large place in ecclesiastical history. It is not a modern form of unbelief‚ and therefore will appear strange in modern eyes. But we shall better grasp its meaning if we term it an Eastern attempt to
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