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Peace In The City Of God
1,554 wordsIn the City of God, Saint Augustine wants to defend the Church from the allegations that the Romans have against it. Is Christianity dangerous? The Romans seem to think that they undetermined the peace of their society. The barbarians spared Rome for everything that was happening with the coming of Christ. All the awful things that were happening to Rome with the war were intended to happen because God wanted them to learn a lesson and to be better persons. Everything that happened during that t...
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Great Power One Day
1,170 words... for yourselves treasures on earth He was not saying that we must not think, plan 2. And He was not forbidding us to have money and possess earthly things. IV. THE CRUX OF THIS TEACHING IS CAPTURED A. You remember what I said earlier Treasures are simply things we value, and B. Heavenly things are so much more valuable than earthly treasure we ought to want heavenly things and labor for heavenly things and treasure heavenly things far more 1. I believe thats the point of what He plan for our ...
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Saint Thomas Aquinas Greek City States
6,301 wordsContemporary political theory: exam 1 Question # 1: Please discuss the political organization of the Greek city- states, particularly Athenian democracy at the time of Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle. Also discuss the backgrounds of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and the fate of the Greek city-states historically. During the time of Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle, Greece was divided into city-states with a wide variety of constitutions, ranging from Sparta s military dictatorship to Athens direct ...
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Mystic Margery Kempe Margery Kempe Discusses God
2,180 wordsIn Finding Truth Finding Truth In almost all major religions, there abounds the undertone of the spiritual battle that takes place inside someone regarding the succumb ation to sin or earthly desires and the like. Also ever present in the souls journey through life is the search for a prize; an ultimate Truth, especially in the early Middle Ages when religions where beginning to mature and take power in society. Though the doctrine theoretically differs greatly, Christian and Islamic faith as on...
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