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    • Word Of God As Written, Incarnate, and Proclaimed: Barth theorizes that Jesus Christ is the Word of God in three co-equal forms: the Word revealed, the Word written, and the Word proclaimed. As a co-centric circle the three forms of the one Word of God labor together in seamless harmony to produce the substance of all divine revelation. • The Word Revealed: The New Testament notion of the incarnation – “the Word of God,” is inescapably centered on the idea that God has formed alliance between

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    considerate for others. Consequently, this perspective has solved nothing to make people equal; as a result, humans uses dehumanization to solve the problem. Thus, dehumanization has created a spiritual dysfunction between human relationships; they persecute people for their religious background, create false stereotypes about different racial groups, and release chaos among the peacemakers and the communities. Today’s society continues to show how Christian persecution has been extremely celebrated

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    Essential elements of the Christian worldview are Faith, Love, Forgiveness and Living in Christ. These key elements are fundamental to Christ’s teachings and also reflect my own worldview. These four elements are an integral part of a Christian believer’s life and defines our relationship with God. The fourth element, Living in Christ, is comprised of many sub-elements like praise, prayer, and bearing witness. These sub-elements could be described as fruits of a Christian’s believer’s daily life

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    Sophomore Theology Honors 25 September 2017 Why are there 4 Gospels? 1) Why do we have 4 different accounts (gospels) of Jesus' life and teachings? The gospel writers tell us the story about the life of Christ, told from different perspectives because each disciple had a unique message to a different audience. They were written between two generations after the death of Jesus, and are based on the stories of Jesus and his ministry, told by his followers. The church did not combine these

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    were practicing was not an individual action. They were praying with other Christians not by themselves. Also they were praying out loud. The Priest was saying the prayer and the others were either repeating after him or saying “Amen” when he finished his prayer. After praying, most of the Christians light up candles at specific part of the church. A famous sociologist Emile Durkheim discusses about religion in the perspective of sociology in his book, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. He mentions

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    the primary texts from the drama module? Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus’ is found to be both a Christian morality and a classical tragedy. Whilst the drama leans towards the Christian message of avoiding sin and repentance, towards the end it sways more towards a tragedy as Faustus is eventually damned to hell. Therefore, the theme of judgement is exemplified from a religious perspective. Also, Faustus appears to be somewhat of a renaissance man in that he chooses to disobey medieval ideologies

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    As a result, demonstrating the ecclesial communion through the practice of the sacrament, a visible reality, emphasises the new relationships that have been developed in order to reinforce the participants’ faith in Christ, their place in the Christian family and, hence, their duty that coincides with this (CCC. 1302-1305, 1316-1317). As well as the symbols and the relationship between them, the timing and location of the ritual are central to the ritual’s purpose and allows the full transformative

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    For Part One: 1) 1)What is the CHRISTIAN PENTECOST? What happened? To whom? And where? Pentecost is when the Holy Spirit came on the early followers of Jesus. It happened a few weeks after Jesus’ death and resurrection, there were followers of Jesus, but no movement that could be meaningfully called “the church.” Thus, from an historical point of view, Pentecost is the day on which the church was started. This is also true from a spiritual perspective, since the Spirit brings the church into

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    effort to balance Christian belief with civic duty and responsibility. It was renewed again as crisis arose twenty years

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    to heart. Billions of people still honor this speech today and strive to live the way of the Christian life, as described in the sermon. The people alive back then and the people alive today are all influenced by this speech because they are living their lives according to the messages. The world is not perfect and everyone sins, which goes against the teachings in the sermon. Living a perfect, Christian life as outlined in the sermon is impossible because everyone makes mistakes. People divorce

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