Apocrypha

The death penalty is something about which many people do not have a clear opinion. It is considered to be the punishment of execution, administered to someone convicted of a capital crime. Many people support the death penalty, while others wish for the death penalty to be abolished. My personal opinion on the death penalty is that it should be administered only in cases of certain crimes such as: serial murder, serial rape, and terrorism. Groups that support the death penalty often

finished canon (p. 97). Bruce shows the importance of the Old Testament scriptures, but writes most about the New Testament. He not only shows how the New Testament came to be a canon but offers a deep analysis of non-canonical scripture called the Apocrypha (pp. 48, 90-93). Bruce offers impressive observation into the Gnostic writers as it regards the

Anyone who has read Dante’s Inferno is familiar with a certain main character, Virgil. Who is this Virgil that Dante put in his book and where did Dante get the idea of having Virgil as his guide on Dante’s journey through the spirit world? In addition to Virgil, readers of Inferno are also familiar with concepts and characters such as God, angles, demons, Satan, and Hell. Where did Dante get these concepts? Dante did not come up with these ideas on his own, but used familiar characters and places

A commercial regarding coffee indicated that when one drinks it, the proof is now reality. It is either a good or a bad tasting coffee. However, is there another way to analyze this particular coffee? Someone may argue that fact that this coffee is still around, so it must be a great tasting coffee. However, whether or not the coffee tastes good or bad is not question, but it is the taster’s viewpoint that needs questioning. Dream of the Rood is such a poem. Someone told a description account

Canonical Criticism Introduction: This paper appraises the biblical approach known as Canonical criticism. The paper will illustrate the historical dimension of this biblical method, and its methodologies. It is assumed that the evaluation of the different canonical approaches by the two key scholars: Brevard Childs and James Sanders will explicate the principles of this biblical method, and of course supply insightful concepts for clearer understanding of the canon criticism. Historical Development

Church History Research Paper; by Alex Szabo, Fall 2017 Semester John Wycliffe, (ca. 1330–1384), was an English philosopher, theologian, reformer, and professor at Oxford. Ultimately, he was martyred. Wycliffe was hailed as the “Morning Star of Reformation” because he marshalled and leveraged all his acumen to expose the abuses of the medieval Roman Catholic Church. John Wycliffe was one of the initial personalities of papal authority to influence a secular power. The Lollard movement, which was

One cannot deny the fact that the events that took place in The Bible happened almost thousand years before the Greece came up but it should also be taken into consideration that these events were written a thousand years late with the holy Quran predating it. The Greeks had already established their religion well before The Bible was written and their worshipping was more than 1000 years old. The tribes of Abraham who had passed down the stories throughout their generation had added great amount

Robert Sasson Final Paper ENG 2800 12-09-09 Do the Ends Justify the Means? Literature is often a vehicle for social commentary. Two works of literature that express criticism of practices in the society in which they were written are Niccolo Machiavelli’s Mandragola and the Gospel According to Saint Matthew. In his satirical comedy, Machiavelli indirectly criticizes the hypocritical practices of the Catholic Church; however, Jesus

Well, At least it is Not the Flying Spaghetti Monster At this day and age, there are so many different religions and religious ideas. There is Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Agnosticism, and there is even the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. People all over the world, whether as a group or not, have faith in different beliefs. Most of the time, it depends solely on what region of the world they are in. In America, the religion that is predominant is Christianity. What do most people

Religion has been altered and developed throughout history. Christianity developed based on the Jewish Torah, also known as the Old Testament in the bible. Likewise, Christianity itself has evolved over the centuries. In order to survive, it has had to change and adapt. Not only have many religions and branches of Christianity become extinct over the centuries, but Christianity has also had to merge with the cultures of other religions. For example, Christmas was not originally a Christian holiday