Saint Cyril Of Jerusalem: Start Of The Heresy Of Arianism

In The Confessions, Augustine goes on a journey to discover the truth, and purses the ideals of how he should live and what he finds value in. In his pursuit for the truth and his journey through life, Augustine is faced with obstacles that significantly shaped who he is, forming his very thoughts contained in the novel. The obstacles Augustine had to face through his life was the confrontation of sin and why humans perform sinful actions, the passing of his friend, and the passing of his own mother.

In history, understanding the past is key to foreseeing the future and understanding the roots of the present world. As such, understanding the beginnings of the early church gives us insight into the success of the Catholic Church today and its 1.2 billion followers. The major transformation of Catholicism today can be traced to its early days, in particular, the early first century AD. After the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, the apostles brought themselves to embrace the mission Jesus gave them, and in doing so, they began preaching the word of God to all nations. As Christianity was still developing, a man named Saul, once a persecutor of the early Christians, would experience a powerful vision of Jesus in heaven on the road to Damascus,

Throughout history mass destruction has been made and made yet again. All sins are forgiven. Although one is hard to forgive the Holocaust:1933-1945. One may argue that any sin, they are equal in comparison with the other of the sins. On the subject of sins in general. The seven Deadly Sins consist of wrath, envy, pride, lust, greed, sloth, and lastly gluttony. From every action we take there is a chain reaction, but with every sin we make, there is a consequence. Therefore, Pope Gregory The Great established the seven Deadly Sins and condensed sins in a more categorized number of seven. Although I on the hand, believe Sloth is the greatest sin of them all. Mark Twain had once said,“There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable”.

In contemplating the work based on the nativity of Christ, he was stead-fast upon the idea of depicting it from a unique perspective and in his journal he writes: (Marilyn Masler, 2009)

After a year of negotiations, Francis's ransom was accepted, and he was released from prison in 1203. When he came back to Assisi, however, Francis was a very different man. Upon his return, he was dangerously sick in both mind and body—a battle-fatigued casualty of war. i like bannanas cause they taste

Francis Eaton was baptized in 1596 in Bristol, Gloucester, England. He is the son of John and Dorothy (Smith) Eaton. Nearly all of Francis Eaton’s siblings died in 1603-1604, possibly dued to a sickness that had spread throughout the household. He and brother Samuel survived; Francis would later name his firstborn son Samuel.

A typical athlete story can now be known as a riches to rags story. Though there are positive and there are also negatives effects to this. Star athletes make so much money that it makes people sick, meanwhile it is also sickening our athletes mentally. The professional sporting world is now turning into a money-hungry occupation. Along with this hunger for cash comes a solid incentive for productivity.

Assisi was born in 1181 in Spoleto, Italy, his father was a wealthy merchant, and his mother was a young French woman. Francis was a very spoiled child, he had parties almost everyday. At age 14 he dropped out of school and became a rebellious teenager, he drank oftenly, and passed his party curfew. Francis had come under heavy attack and thrown in prison, they torchered him for a year. One day his father was able to bail him out, however he was a very different man he started to turn his focus onto god.

Constantine’s dealings with Christianity greatly propagated the religion. Hoping that the Christian God would aid him in battle, Constantine became the first Roman emperor to convert to the religion. His conversion marked an end to the persecution Christians faced from Diocletian, and a start to Christianity eventually becoming the state religion of the Empire. Constantine’s dedication to the advancement of Christianity can be best shown through the fact that he is regarded as a saint by Eastern Orthodox Christians.

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness explains that the cultural climate at this time in Italy was full of vivid colors, passion towards the era, and tells a story without using a single word. In the same way, this body of work is one of eight panels which is similar to different chapters in a book, displaying Saint Abbot life. This painting shows Saint Abbot as a hermit travelling through a desert in the Egyptian wilderness. The sky is dim so it appears to be getting dark. He passed by a Church, which looks to have a vibrant appeal, it seems the further he gets from the Church, the more isolated it becomes. The landscape is bare, there are naked trees and bland rocky hills. Saint Abbot was surrounded by small animals, they were often

Not much is known about Athanasius’ early life other than that he was born into a wealthy Christian family in Alexandria somewhere between 293-295 AD which was the time of the Diocletian persecutions (Rearden 2005, p.33). This era was a very depressing time for Christians as Athanasius witnessed many of his fellow Christians martyred for the faith

Little is known about Julian of Norwich. She does, however, state that in May 1373, at the age of 30, she became gravely ill and on the brink of death. It was during this illness God granted her a series of 16 visions that were rooted in a vivid awareness of Christ’s passion. These visions were later recorded in two texts, which are commonly known as the Short Text and the Long Text or as A Vision and A Revelation. The former can be dated to 1370-80 and the later composed in 1390-1400.

Hilary of Poitiers is a Later Patristic Period Theologian who we have come to know little about. What we have learned, of his life, come from within his many writings. Hilary was, “born to a pagan family in present-day France” (“Catholic News Agency”, 2016). During his younger years, Hilary received very little Christian influence. Through his education, Hilary became well endowed in Latin and Greek classics (2016). Through Hilary’s education, he began to read the Bible and accepted it based on its compatibility with philosophy and science (2016). In 345, Hilary became a member of the Catholic Church. In 353, the people of Poitiers called for him to become the bishop (2016). Shortly after becoming bishop, Constantius II exiles Hilary from Gual.

The conversion of Constantine was pivotal to the Christian faith. In the "Edict of Milan", Constantine allowed freedom to every member of the empire to worship as they chose. Constantine restates this principle after acquiring the eastern half of the empire from Licinius in a document called the "Edict to the Provincials." Constantine strove for a peaceful coexistence between the Christians and the non-Christians. Throughout this document and an oration called "To the Assembly of the Saints", Constantine continues to push for a united, Chrisitan empire. The second edict and the discourse together looked more to be a policy change than a religious one. Constantine's next speech entitled "Oration to the Saints" began to set the tone of Constantine's

The most dangerous was the Arian Heresy which reached its peak in the fourth century and led to many Ecumenical Councils being held. The first Ecumenical Council in history was held in 325 AD, attended by 318 bishops from all the churches of the world. Arius and his heresy were refuted, and the Christian Creed was