around the world on a larger scale has created awareness that the world and the modern society has a multitude of diverse and contrasting viewpoints on a variety of issues. This pluralism is evident in the realm of religion than in any other realm. Human awareness of the existence of the many religions in the world, today, is unprecedented. Christians are aware of the existence of many other smaller religions apart from the mainstream Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism. Statistics from the World
Comparison between Judaism and Christianity Name Institution Christianity and Judaism are two religions which share an origin. Abraham is the father of faith of both Christians and Judaists. The two religions are based on the Old Testament; however, Judaism has refused to acknowledge the New Testament. It is said that is a Judaist accepts Christianity, and then become complete. However, if a pagan accepts Christianity, they are converted because they do not have the basis that is provided
interpretation based on trichotomy of human nature: Spirit, soul, body The trichotomy of human nature theory had a great impact on the Chinese Christian theology. It believed that human nature was trichotomous, composed of spirit, soul and body. The difference between the body and the soul was obvious, and the difference between the soul and spirit is: the soul includes of the will, mind and emotions; but the spirit refers to an ability of knowing God, or a spiritual nature. Origen`s hermeneutical method
Church, Sacrament of Salvation Church is the visible sign of the invisible reality of God’s salvation. Sacrament is the visible sign of an invisible reality. “Mystery” (invisible); “Sacrament” (visible) The Greek word “mysterion” is translated into Latin by two terms: “mysterium” and “sacramentum”. “Sacramentum” outlines better the church as the visible sign; “Mysterium” outlines better the occult reality of salvation. Christ is himself the “mystery” of salvation. Christ instituted
allegorical interpretation Spirit, soul, and body trichotomy had a great impact on the Chinese Christian theology. Human nature was composed of spirit, soul and body. The difference between body and soul was obvious, and the difference between soul and spirit was: soul means a person 's will, mind and emotions, but spirit was more abstract, meant an ability of knowing God, or a spiritual nature. Origen used this trichotomy theory as a hermeneutical method. Being accepted by Gnosticism and Docetism to deny
comes to the Christian Worldview. The Book of Romans covers a wide array of topics that are important to believers to understand and to live by. These topics includes: the attribute and existence of God, origin of creation, problem of evil in conjunction to sin, solution of sin to reach salvation, ethics and morality and lastly hope for humanity/creation. This reflection paper will show what Paul teaches us in regards to these topics and how it is applied to Christian’s worldview. God is the creator
Benjamin Stoops Mr. Goldhammer Honors American Studies 2 November 2015 Scarlet Salvation: The Rejection of Puritan Values in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter, each of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s characters undergo internal challenges. When Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter concludes, many characters’ personal struggles have ended, either in their favor or resulting in their downfall. Hawthorne most notably fixates upon Pearl, Hester, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth and the challenges
approximate time window for these events. The Indo-Aryans conquered the Dasas, a dark skinned, population during the time frame 1800-1500 BCE. This population resided throughout northwest India. They were fairly easy to subdue on account of their unwarlike nature. However some Dasas groups did oppose them and offered some resistance, though this was largely religious restance against the new practices enforced on them by the Indo-Aryans. During their time of conquest there were even whole Dasas’ regions that
gift makes it salvation possible, for without the Word’s free participation our unpayable debt could not be satisfied as St. Augustine explains. While His incarnational gift allowed Christ to the Savior and Mediator by costing the Son of God to suffer and die on the Cross, this gift did not cause Him to be “departed from the Godhead” (110). While heretics, such as Arian and Marcion, argue Christ lacked divinity and was not part of the Godhead because God would not take on a fleshy nature, Chrysostom
Predestination Any study on predestination as it pertains to salvation would be incomplete without the mention of John Calvin. Calvin was born in 1509 and died in 1564. He is well known for his book titled Institutes of the Christian Religion, in which he explained his views on the church and other subjects like the sacraments, justification, Christian liberty and the sovereignty of God. Norman Geisler of the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics described him as, “a pioneer Protestant exegete