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Word Of God Roman Catholic
2,682 wordsHow clear is your understanding of Protestant theology? Test yourself and see. Evaluate each of the fol-lowing ten paired statements and mark the one that you think best states a Protestant doctrinal position. (1 a) God gives a man right standing with Himself by mercifully accounting him innocent and virtuous. (1 b) God gives a man right standing with Himself by actually making him into an innocent and virtuous per-son. (2 a) God gives a man right standing with Himself by placing Christs goodnes...
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Roman Catholic Church Word Of God
2,690 words... on the foundation of the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. Upon what basis do we recognize these 66 books as inspired and therefore authoritative? 3. Irenaeus (d. c. A. D. 200) is said to have identified tradition and Scripture as one and the same. Is it reason-able to assume that tradition (that which was given by the apostles), once inscripturated, was replaced by the written documents? 4. Why did the Roman Church prohibit the common use of the Scriptures? 5. What might be the potential re...
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Roman Catholic Church Vatican Ii
606 wordsAs I was interviewing my Grandmother, i learned just how strict and almost demanding growing up on a catholic family could be. My grandmothers name is Margaret. She was born in 1940 and grew up in a very strong religious home. She attended a Catholic school as well as her other ten siblings. Besides going to a catholic school, her home life was also spent in strong prayers. During her late teen years, that was when the changes took place. Lets get into detail. Vatican II was the 21 st worldwide ...
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Catholic Church Ecumenical Council
1,383 wordsStarting with the First Council of Nicaea in 325 the Catholic Church established a tradition of ecumenical Council meetings to help decide on and shape the future of the Church. The most recent Council, called Vatican II, is considered to be both the largest ever in scope and also the most ground breaking in the amount of change it yielded. The changes in doctrine, dogma and procedure they enacted had major effects both inside and outside the Catholic Church and continue to today. Before the Vat...
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Anti Semitism Catholic Church
1,341 words... NS The Catholic Church emerged with 16 decrees, constitutions and declarations from the Vatican II council. Three had the most lasting and immediate effect on the Church and its members. I will now discuss them individually. One of the main priorities of their work was to make the church more accessible to the laity, or common man. They had come to realize Christians will not be Christians by custom and tradition, but only by a personal faith attained in a difficult struggle and perpetually ...
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Christianity And The Roman Catholic Mission In Africa
1,405 wordsDespite the beliefs of many early Christians, religion in Africa is everywhere. Traditional African beliefs and rituals, as in recourse in sacred objects when an individual is about to embark upon a journey or the worship that one pays to natural objects, such as the Hottentots who dance in the moonlight in praise of the moon, is not understood by Christians (New Advent 7). Many early Christians believed that there were tribes without any form of religion in African as well as tribes like the Ho...
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Vatican Ii Legal Status
666 wordsA Brief History of Parish Councils To understand the history and development of Parish Councils a contrast has to be made between parish councils in the 1960 s and 70 s with councils in the 80 s and 90 s. One difference, which is overwhelmingly apparent, is the amount of authority and control the parish council has. This was, in the 60 s and 70 s, the subject of much disagreement. Many early authors believed that councils should promote executive authority. They took their cue from the ambiguity...
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Vatican Ii Catholic Worker
1,514 wordsPoverty, Chastity, and Change: A book review In her book Poverty, Chastity, and Change, the author Carole Garibaldi Rogers interviewed ninety-four nuns from forty different religious communities in North America. She gathered oral histories regarding the nuns academic, religious, and emotional difficulties that were encountered throughout their lives. Each interview lasted a couple of hours and three basic questions were asked. The three basic questions are: Why did you enter religious life? Wha...
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Death And Resurrection Resurrection Of Christ
1,890 wordsReligion And Society Cat 1 Analysis. Religion And Society Cat 1 Analysis. The Belief Of The Resurrection Of The Dead And The Life Everlasting. Religion and Society CAT 1: Analysis The belief of the resurrection of the dead and the life everlasting. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of Christian teaching and belief. Over its 2000 -year history, the belief has never changed. What has changed is the interpretation, emphasis or the attitude. Proof of this can be found in two so...
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