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Gnosticism
Number of Words: 1747 / Number of Pages: 7
... beliefs. It began with their views of God and creation. They viewed the One which they called the true God as having a feminine part which was the Spirit. In accord, they also held that Jesus came from God and the Spirit to form the Trinity.
In the Gnostic version of creation of the world the Spirit of God is referred to as the Wisdom of God or Sophia who is also a feminine creative force. It seems she wished to give birth to a creature like herself. She did so without the permission of her partner. She was able to do this by the power within her. The fruit of her desire was something imperfect and ...
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Revealing The Mistakes Of Puritanism
Number of Words: 1214 / Number of Pages: 5
... words create an insecure and unsure feeling in the
reader's mind. The reader feels as if he stands right there on the
outskirts of the forest along with Brown. That type of feeling scares even
the bravest of men. Hawthorne also describes the events taking place in
the forest as “devilish,” “horrid,” and “evil.” Evil completely surrounds
Brown in the forest. It puts a thought in him which drives him crazy.
These words give a very insecure feeling to the reader. No one likes the
feeling of evil, which Hawthorne portrays all throughout the story. The
evil feeling adds to the dreary mood, and it al ...
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The History Of The Catholic Church In St. Augustine
Number of Words: 2380 / Number of Pages: 9
... on a short voyage being the first explorers to find Florida. While Columbus was here, he was impressed by the Aboriaines, or the natives, and by the rich waters that supposedly were to perpetuate youth as well as vitality. (Now seen as a tourist site, The Fountain of Youth.) On March 27, 1512, Palm Sunday, he and the Spanish men named this land “Floridus” which means full of flowers. They erected a large cross and celebrated mass. The Christianizing and civilizing of the native people began immediately but, was never appreciated by the Indians and therefore was a difficult task. The Indians beg ...
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Women In Religion
Number of Words: 744 / Number of Pages: 3
... attitude labeled
tradition is still around today and is being taught today throughout the world,
basically in the Roman Catholic religion. The Bible states "Let your women keep
silent in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak, but they
are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law" (I Corinthians
14:34). When a person receives the calling, whether man or woman, it usually
means that God is asking to become one of hisdisciples and spread his word.
Women receive this calling just like men, but because women have been denied
that privilege for so many years, they h ...
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Buddhism
Number of Words: 1203 / Number of Pages: 5
... isolate his son from the outside world, where he might "see how the other half lived" and maybe even be tempted to belong to a different religion.
Since the complete seclusion as Gautama's father had wished was impossible and Gautama was a curious young man he did venture out and that is when he eventually say the four sights, which would, if experienced as it had been told to Gautama's father, lead the young prince to a religious life. These sights or as how Buddhist refer to them "The Four Signs" were in turn, a sick man covered with terrible sores, an old man, a corpse, and a wandering monk. T ...
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If Buddha Were Alive Today, How Would He Answer The Question: "How Should One Live"?
Number of Words: 1192 / Number of Pages: 5
... My definition of suffering would be anything that causes any
pain, not anything that doesn't cause pleasure. There is a huge difference
between the two. With Buddha, you are either suffering or in pleasure. I think
that there is a middle ground. There are many times when people are not
suffering and also not feeling pleasure.
The origin of suffering, according to Buddha, is craving. Craving comes
from anything that is agreeable and pleasurable. Sights, sounds, mental pictures,
etc. are all agreeable and pleasurable therefore they all cause craving.
Whenever we think of any of this, cravings arise ...
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Baptism
Number of Words: 2581 / Number of Pages: 10
... (the Greek letters are replaced with English equivalents) instead of translated. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words defines “baptisma” (translated “baptism”) as “consisting of the process on immersion, submersion, and emergence.”
Is water needed to be immersed?
Baptism does not always mean “dunking in water”, but it does always mean “immersion.” An example of this would be Matthew 20:22 where Jesus asks James and John, “Can you drink of the cup I am going to drink?” Jesus here is giving a picture of the agony that He is about to endure. H. Leo Boles in his commentary on Matth ...
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Who Was Jesus?
Number of Words: 1389 / Number of Pages: 6
... hard to find because of the hardships inflicted upon the people.
I find some conflict in Jesus' actions, however. Jesus never (as far as I
know) says to ignore to commandments of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; however,
constantly breaks the Sabbath (Matt 12:13 and others), and gives VERY flimsy and
unconvincing explanations for it. I am not sure what his message was in those
actions. Perhaps he didn't care?
In general, Matthew was a good, entertaining story to read, with a very
dramatic ending, and great character development (a little sarcastic humor
here)!
I was very surprised to fin ...
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The Opening Of The Crusades: Pope Urban II
Number of Words: 1022 / Number of Pages: 4
... to
hold all the people. The pope then, with sweet and persuasive eloquence,
addressed those present in words something like the following saying: "Oh,
race of Franks, race from across the mountains, race beloved and chosen by
God, as is clear from many of your works, set apart from all other nations
by the situation of your country as well as by your Catholic faith and the
honor which you render to the holy Church: to you our discourse is
addressed, and for you our exhortations are intended. We wish you to know
what a grievous cause has led us to your country, for it is the imminent
peril threaten ...
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Who Is God?
Number of Words: 746 / Number of Pages: 3
... century, the Yoruba of Cuba and
Brazil managed to maintain sporadic but precious contact with Africa through
networks of friends and traders. They sought the sacred cowries, seeds, and
beads of Africa for their religion." This example of perseverance of their
native ritual and worship practices, shows the magnitude that region held for
many Yoruba Africans.
They kept their own religion alive through many hidden tactics such as
unsuspected culinary art, by giving the gods the food they needed to be strong.
"But these were more than foods: they were writings in code. African system of
logi ...
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