spirit that has a body‚ but not a human body. Jesus is believed to be the Lord and Savior‚ but like Christians believe that Jesus is a part of God‚ Jehovah witnesses do not. They also do not believe in the trinity (the father‚ son and Holy Spirit)‚ in which the Catholics do believe in the trinity. Because Jehovah witnesses do not believe that Jesus is god‚ and since they do not worship false gods‚ they pray to god rather than Jesus. They also believe that all other religions are false. They believe
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Overview Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius‚ a Christian presbyter from Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ concerning the relationship of the entities of the Trinity (’God the Father’‚ ’God the Son’ and ’God the Holy Spirit’) and the precise nature of the Son of God. The Arian concept of Christ is that the Son of God did not always exist‚ but was created by‚ and is therefore distinct from and inferior to‚ God the Father. Arianism was a heresy of a Christian Faith first proposed early in
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the monad of God‚ the triad must also be spoken of‚ unless the triune nature was not perfect until the creation of the Son. We will first see Augustine defend the ideas of the Trinity through the use of Scripture‚ the important and ultimate tool. Then we will see him use reason‚ or rational to show and defend the ides of Trinity. JESUS The defense of Jesus Christ as God is looked within the major and primary description of the Word of God‚ or Son of God‚ which is in John 1:1. This Augustine
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This reminded me of Augustine’s City of God‚ as Augustine address the rise and fall of empires was nothing unusual in human history and provided critic of the empire’s ideals. Father Joe never seemed to be disappointed or distracted by Tony’s life happenings. It was just a part of Tony’s life journey. In the City of God‚ original sin appears as the sin of pride. The city is Augustine’s metaphor of choice simply because‚ in his day‚ the city was the cultural and political model. Father Tom uses
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1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Corbin Randall The passage of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 has caused great division in the church. What is the word “head” suppose to mean in this context?Are women to wear head covers? In what way is the head of man Christ? And why does Paul go into detail on creation? These are all questions that anyone might ask concerning this passage. From a personal examination‚ I would have to say that I agree with the main point of the complimentary perspective. In the body of Christ
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This poem is a fourteen line poem. Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV "Batter My Heart Three Personed God" is his earnest plea to his Creator‚ the Three In One God‚ The Holy Trinity‚ Father Son and Holy Spirit‚ to deliver him from the clutches of evil Satan and ensure his eternal salvation. Donne uses a remarkable simile-"like an usurpt town"-to describe his pitiable sinful condition of slavery to sin and how his conscience and reason have been completely overwhelmed by Satan and hence cannot set him free
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Images of God When you say the word God different images will enter each person’s mind. We know that we cannot totally understand who God is and explain him with our feeble human language‚ but the “desire for God is written in the human heart” which calls us to continue to try (CCC 27). We as Christians see God as a mystery not to be solved but to be beheld. God is not to be figured out but we are to sit “face to face with the Incomprehensible” and to construct our belief in based on faith (Rahner
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the Nicene Age‚ Athanasius was the major theological influence (Schaff‚ 1910‚ p. 885). Constantine legalized Christianity‚ but Athanasius was the one who explained it. Athanasius highly influenced Christianity in multiple ways. Without him‚ the Trinity would not exist and the New Testament could look completely different. He boldly stood for what he believed was right and true‚ and it paid off. Athanasius is a key person in church history because he staunchly believed in the deity of Christ and
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created "in the image of God”‚ meaning that He provided us with the knowledge and gifted us the Holy Spirit‚ which gives us a "connection"‚ a relationship with Him. Now the question about the trinity is hard for everyone to understand. Since we as human are very visual and physical we try to understand that trinity in our own terms‚ but since it is something out of our nature we have a hard time grasping the concept that God is three in one. In the essay “Are all Religions One” by Douglas Groothuis he
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Compare and contrast: Christianity and Muslims essay! By: Sheila Pomales Christianity: Christianity is an ancient religion that is centered on the teachings of Christ. The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion‚ its followers and the Church with its various denominations‚ from the first century to the present. Christianity was founded in the 1st century in the Levant region of the Middle East by Jesus of Nazareth‚ who is prophesied in the Old
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