three points of the doubloon represent the Holy Trinity to Starbuck. The Holy Trinity is composed of the three parts of God. Christians look at God as being divided into three beings that work in unison; each in its own separate way. The three parts are the Father‚ the Son‚ and the Holy Spirit. In the book of Matthew‚ Christians are instructed to “go and make disciples of all nations‚ baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (New International Version‚ Matthew
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of the Trinity and as well as Hell’s existence. There are currently about 7 million active witnesses in the world; the movement has spread to approximately 235 countries as of 2007. Witnesses believe that Jehovah is the sole true God‚ the inventor of all existence in the world‚ and the “Universal Sovereign”. Charles Taze Russell formed an independent group in 1872 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania to study the Bible[1]. Russell denied the concept of eternal punishment‚ the Trinity‚ the Holy Spirit and
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Gnosticism from the Greek word gnosis‚ meaning “to know”; Gnosticism had certain beliefs which were considered heresy by the early church. Montanism a heresy claiming superior knowledge and a greater perfection than other Christians had Docetism a heresy which believed that Jesus Christ only appeared to be human; a denial of the Incarnation. Arianism a heresy‚ which stated that only the Father is truly God‚ that Christ the Son‚ was not. Sabellianism a heresy which denied the Trinitarian
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Baptism: The Most Essential Ritual of Catholicism Hypothesis: Baptism is an essential symbolic ritual of the Catholic religion that brings the adherent closer to God‚ has a number of effects on the adherent including original sin and has a continued affect on their life. An abundant amount of religions across the world use rituals to demonstrate their beliefs and bind adherents together in a sense of community. The Catholic Church does this by using the sacraments of initiation to embrace
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life until they made up for all the bad karma caused in the past. With roughly one billion people practicing the religion of Hinduism‚ India has approximately 79% of the followers living there. Several Gods are worshiped by the Hindus‚ but the Holy Trinity of Hinduism contains the Gods called Brahma‚ Vishnu‚ and Shiva. Brahma is the deity believed to have four heads‚ the creator of all things‚ and is the Supreme God. Shiva is considered to be the destruction God‚ and Vishnu is the God that preserves
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Constantine convened the first Ecumenical Council‚ where more than 300 bishops came from all over the Christian world to debate the Holy Trinity and establish the foundation of the Christian church. It was a very controversial and contentious meeting. At one point‚ Arius (AR-ee-uhs) of Alexandria taught that Jesus was not equal to God the Father. He therefore argued that the Trinity should not be taught. The bishops listened respectfully‚ but Nicholas became troubled. Rage finally overtook him and he
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beliefs. The second part is that he is hundred percent holy and a hundred percent human. The Creed shows us that Jesus is God as shown in the lines‚ “In the one Lord Jesus Christ‚ the only begotten son…” and in the line‚ “Being of one substance with the father.” and “And was incarnated by the holy ghost…” Thirdly‚ Jesus was suffering‚ crucified‚ and died. The final point if the Nicene Creed is summed up with this line‚ “We believe in one holy catholic and an apostolic church.” This shows this is one
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reason he wanted perfect beauty was because the Renaissance was the rebirth of classical ideas‚ which was beauty and order. In the painting ‘Tribute Money’ by Masaccio a way that science can be seen is with the naturalism in the background. This painting is a step up from medieval paintings that had gold gilding in the background. Masaccio has actually studied real landscapes and has observed nature closely. In both paintings there is a large variation of different people‚ which is individualism
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believing in rebirth and “oneness” with Brahman‚ and Jews believing in a world to come‚ focusing more on God’s image‚ never really mentioning what happens after death‚ and they are different in their way to truth and spirituality‚ Jews following their holy books to do good and live a spiritual life‚ and the Hindus following certain disciplines to become enlightened; but they do have some similarities‚ one example being that both of these religions are monotheistic. Hinduism and Judaism had completely
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and the life" (John 14:6). In the process I also found out that the doctrine and beliefs that I heard in my church were not always the same in other churches. One church believed in healing‚ one didn’t. One believed in being filled with the Holy Spirit while another had no idea what you were talking about. It was clear that if I was going to become everything Jesus wanted me to be‚ I would need to be able "to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you" (1
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