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Holy Spirit Southern California
980 words
Tattooing has been around much longer than most
people think. Most people envision natives, with
tribal tattoos, or sleazy parlors on the wrong
side of the tracks filled with bikers and sailors,
but that's not even close to where it started.
Scientists found a man, "the ice man", said to be
the oldest man ever found intact that dated to the
prehistoric era, and he had tattoos. And there
were also the Egyptians who were masterful
tattooists. Usually only the upper class, priests
and priestesses h...
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Christianity In The Middle Ages
1,125 words
Christianity played a major role throughout the
Middle Ages in society and politics. The Middle
Ages, classified from 600 AD to 1350 AD, was
significantly effected by Christianity because of
the impact it had on the daily lives of people of
the time. The beginning of the Early Middle Ages,
after the Fall of Rome in 476 AD and the period
known as the Dark Ages, the reorganization of the
empire brought a desire for faith and religion,
primarily Christianity. This trend of Christian
importance was ...
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Massachusetts Bay Colony Sold Into Slavery
1,069 words
The American colonists came from a variety of
backgrounds. There were the English, who were
running away from religious persecution, the
Dutch, who reputedly bought Manhattan for a string
of beads. The French Huguenots, who were
Protestants fleeing from prosecution in a Catholic
country. The Quakers, fleeing from harrassment's
of the Anglican establishment, the church of
England, and Germans from innumerable
principalities, fleeing military draft and the
various exactions of the petty princes. A...
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Jesus Christ Twentieth Century
583 words
In the nineteen-thirties, Nazi Germany tried to
shape their churches into a propaganda machine by
paying homage to Hitler in Christian literature.
They also did not allow anyone of Jewish decent to
serve as a Christian minister. German theologians
agreed to cooperate with the Nazis as just another
step in the churches need to adapt itself to
modern culture. The "step" was the continuation of
liberal commentators who tried to organize part of
the Bible, which reflected the authors own ideas
or re...
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Analysis Of The Human Cultural Identity
931 words
Analysis of the Human Cultural Identity This paper
is intended to contain the analysis of the human
cultural identity, as seen in the following five
historical cultural periods: Enlightenment
Culture; Greco-Roman Culture; Judeo-Christian
Culture; Renaissance-Reformation Culture; and
Industrialization-Modernism Culture. It also
embodies examples of each era that are clearly
stated, and how they relate The cultural identity
of the Enlightenment can be described as
emphasizing the possibilities of ...
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Catholic Church Sacred Heart
926 words
The most segregated hour in America happens on
Sunday everywhere you go to worship. Why is that?
Is it because of tradition, culture, race? Or does
it date back to when our ancestors came over to
the land of the free. Perhaps all of the way back
to the time of Babel. " and he confused their
language so that they were not able to understand
one another's speech. "So the Lord scattered them
abroad from there over the face of all the earth.
" All of these factors contribute to the problem.
We need ...
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High School Students Hours A Day
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As Henry the 8 th said to one of his wives, I wont
keep you long. Good evening, members and guests of
the Lions Club. The average American high school
student is in school 7 hours a day, from 8 AM to 3
PM and is asleep 9 hours a day, from 10 PM to 7
AM. Over the years, I have noticed that San Mateo
County high school students are not your average
American high school students. Most of us are at
school from sunrise to sunset, club meeting here,
track meet there, mom! Ill be home for dinner by
six...
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Martin Luther King Jr African Americans
1,011 words
What do people look for in religion? Do they look
for guidance, beliefs, reason, or do they look for
help? African-Americans have looked for all of
these for many years. They found all of these in
Christianity. Christians believe in one God who
they worship, trust, and look up to. Since
Christianity was first introduced in the early
Colonial Period, African-Americans have used their
Christian beliefs to fight horrible things that
have gone on in America such as slavery and
segregation. As Africa...
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Clement Vii Medieval Church
1,481 words
The Christian Church in the Middle Ages played a
significant role in society. Unfortunately though,
the church is often regarded as the capital of
corruption, evil, and worldliness. Today, so many
people depict the medieval church as being led by
materialistic popes, devouring tithes from
poverty-stricken peasants, having various
illegitimate children, and granting indulgences
for money from wayward believers. Yes,
circumstances like this may have been the case,
and is often hard to disapprove, ...
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Ku Klux Klan Separate But Equal
884 words
The Blacks Struggle following the Civil War After
the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation by
Lincoln, the slaves of America were free. This was
a huge step in making our country truly free to
all people. The construction of the South did not
however work out smoothly for the freed slaves.
There were many roadblocks along the way such as
the Black Codes, the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, and
the terror of the Ku Klux Klan. In this essay, we
will look at the struggles that faced the blacks
fol...
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Harper Lee White People
317 words
Prejudice is defined in the dictionary as hatred
or unfair treatment of a particular group, such as
members of a race or religion. Although prejudice
has a definite definition in the dictionary, the
novel To Kill A Mockingbird teaches us that there
are many diferent form of prejudice. In the novel,
Harper Lee used many different types of prejudice
such as stereotyping, racism, and segregation.
During the novel, Harper Lee uses segregation as a
form of prejudice. One of the many examples of
segre...
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Johann Sebastian Classical Music
875 words
One of the most profoundly inspired and masterful
composers in history, Johann Sebastian Bach was
born into a musical family in Eisenach, Thuringia
until recently part of East Germany. His father,
Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a talented violinist,
and taught his son the basic skills of
string-playing; another relation, the organist at
Eisenachs most important church, instructed the
young boy on the organ. In 1695, Johann Sebastian
was orphaned; he went to live with his older
brother, Johann Christ...
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Filippo Brunelleschi Design Brunelleschi And Ghiberti Time
863 words
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 - 1446) Filippo
Brunelleschi was born in 1377 in Florence. He was
the second son of three to Ser Brenellesco di
Filippo Last who was a notary of some distinction
and his mother was Giuliana Spring. He was a
sculpture and goldsmith in his early years. His
first attempt at architectural design was in 1401
in the famous competition for the Baptistery doors
of the cathedral of Florence. Brunelleschi was one
of six including Lorenzo Ghiberti to design a pair
of bronze doors...
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Profits Churches Community Centers Illiteracy
534 words
The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society Jonathan
Kozol I agree slightly with Kozol, that widespread
illiteracy may undermine democracy in the United
States. Kozol says that illiteracy undermines
democracy in the US since most illiterates do not
vote. He claims that even when they do vote,
illiterates are almost certain to vote not by
ideology or political platform, but for whomever
they can remember from a street sign or television
ad. Kozol also claims that since 60 million people
in the US are...
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Second Awakening Great Awakening Religious
524 words
The Second Awakening By the 1800, the revivalist
energies of all these congregations were combining
to create the greatest surge of evangelical fervor
since the first Great Awakening sixty year before.
Beginning among Presbyterians in several Eastern
colleges, the new awakening soon speed throughout
the country, reaching its greatest heights in the
Western regions. In only a few years, a large
proportion the American people were mobilized by
the movement; and membership in those churches
embraci...
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Reformation People Money
255 words
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther took a stand
against the Church of England. He was troubled by
the way the churches were embezzling money from
the people. The pope and priest became wealthy and
lived in a life of pleasure using money to make
their life better. They never helped the poor
people but instead demanded more money for
churches while telling the people they would get
their sins removed by donating to the church.
Personally, I think that the reformation was a
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Roman Catholic Church Protestant Reformation
534 words
The entire protestant reformation began with the
work of Martin Luther, a German monk who had
questions about the Roman Catholic Church. He
asked a priest about his problems and the priest
told him to look for the answer within the bible.
Martin Luther looked in the bible and realized all
the troubles that were going on in the Church.
Knowing its problems Luther nailed a document with
the problems entitled the 95 Theses. His document
started the whole protestant reformation. There
were many peop...
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Anti Saloon League Christian Temperance Union
728 words
Prohibition in the Prohibition Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States was a measure
designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the
businesses that manufactured, distributed, and
sold alcoholic beverages. The Eighteenth Amendment
to the U. S. Constitution took away license to do
business from the brewers, distillers, vintners,
and the wholesale and retail sellers of alcoholic
beverages. The leaders of the prohibition movement
were alarmed at the drinking behavior of
Americans, and they were...
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Byzantine Empire Islamic Culture
1,138 words
Since Islam came into being, it has clashed
numerously with the already established
Christianity. Their rivalry has never ceased until
today. Modern Examples would be Bosnia and
Lebanon. There were not only military clashes but
political as well as economical. Although, the
rivalry was incredibly intense, ironically, Arab
or Islamic culture managed to severely influence
the Christiankingdoms. However, Christianity used
all the advantages provided by Islam their
advantage and through that they ma...
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Protestant Reformation Counter Reformation
982 words
In 1521, he was summoned again, this time by
Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. Luther went to
the meeting known as a Diet in Worms, Germany. In
his defense he said, Unless I am convinced by
Scriptures and plain reason I do not accept the
authority of Popes and councils, for they have
contradicted each other. My conscience is captive
to the word of God, I can not and I will not
recant anything, for to go against my conscience
is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do
no other: God help m...
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