Apocrypha

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

GP Essay New Changing Communities How does the views of LGBTIQ change over time across the globe? The everlasting discussions and debates about the LGBTIQ group has gotten more popular as awareness is given to the variations of sexual orientation and gender identity. According to The Free Dictionary, LGBTIQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer/ Questioning, which represents the group of people with sexual orientations or gender identities different from the heterosexual

Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount was God’s first utterance to the general public, who had been reared by a corrupted Judaism. Moreover, it has been interpreted to possibly to be the first discourse to Jesus’ disciples. In His design, He not only wanted to teach Christians ethics, but attempted to point out the errors of Pharisaism while bringing to life the consciences about God’s legalistic listeners. In Matthew 5:20, God says, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and

In the Gospels according to Matthew and that according to Luke, Jesus’ birth and childhood is narrated. While both of these accounts mention Jesus as not only being the son of Joseph and his virgin wife Mary but also the Son of God, they also have numerous differences between the two. When compared and contrasted many scholars find historical inaccuracies between the two Gospels (especially when it comes to the birth and childhood of Jesus). That being said however, after a closer look at some of

Apostle Paul, using his Jewish heritage as clout, employs his Jewish education throughout his epistles to further establish a personal connection with the community. He was trained as a Pharisee, which indicates that he, at one point, spent a considerable amount of time in the city of Jerusalem. Additionally, Pharisees were the most respected religious group and political party of the Holy Land. “The Pharisees were committed to the accurate interpretation of the [Jewish Scripture] and to scrupulous

Born on June 11, 1926 in Latta, South Carolina, Carlisle Floyd was the son of a pianist, his mother, and his father was a Methodist minister (Floyd, 2010). Floyd began private piano lessons with Rudolf Firkusny and Sidney Foster at a young age (Slonimsky, 1997). Floyd continued his studies in piano with Ernst Bacon at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1943 (New Grove, 1992). When Ernst Bacon was offered a job at Syracuse University in New York in 1946, Floyd followed him there where

The Israelites—Still Family After Generations Since the 1600’s, Biblical writers, scholars, linguists and interpreters have concluded that the Bible was written by different people, with multiple revelations. The result is a compilation of stories that, in a written format, present the voice of God. The evidence for such a hypothesis is contained in the writing of Carr and Conway’s An Introduction to the Bible, as well as Richard Horsley’s In the Shadow of Empire. Both authors refer to source

The religious practice of Roman Catholicism seems to almost completely disregard the validity of some women’s reasons to receive abortions regardless of the ethical relevance of the woman’s reason. This idea they carry resides in the notion that the body of every person, including the unborn baby, belongs to God. They feel that if someone is to abort a baby they are taking away life which is totally against Gods wishes. In this paper, I argue that the abortion of a baby/fetus is morally permissible

Not long after the Day of Pentecost believers had to defend their faith from false teachers seeking to dilute, or subdue the power in the Gospel of Jesus. To combat heresy, orthodoxy had to be defined both by creed, and by the approval of writings recognized as God’s inspired Word. The Canon we study today remains the same powerful Scripture that has been transforming lives for thousands of years. Alternate doctrines and beliefs of the person of Christ and proper worship sprang up within the

The Book of Esther: How Does It Fit Into the Bible? Shannon Bonilla Research Paper Submitted to Professor Armida Belmonte Stephens for the course of BTS 1850 Introduction to the Bible at North Park University Chicago, Illinois November 4, 2014 The Bible consists of many stories regarding the chosen people of God. In the past, there has been much debate on the books that should be included in the Bible. The Book of Esther is set during the time of King Xerxes, the Persian