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about it in the religious sense, makes it even that much harder to understand. Everyone believes in something, and each of those beliefs have an enormous effect on how they live their lives. Gerald O’ Collins, a Jesuit Priest, states that within the Christian faith, lies two components: Fides Quae and Fides Qua. Fides Quae is the faith which is believed, or the content of that faith. Fides Qua is the individuals own personal commitment to God. Throughout this paper I will demonstrate faith using The Compendium

Instead of abandoning reason Pope Benedict XVI urges us to liberate it from the limitations that have been set by modern society. 2. Terms: A. Reason: The intellectual process that uses logic to arrive at truth. B. Faith: The transcendent ability to gain knowledge without empirical evidence. C. Logos: A term composed of “reason” and “word” D. Dehellenization: A broad term used to describe purification or reformation in alignment with what is believed to be the spirit of the subject’s origin. E. Science:

1. Introduction The book of Psalms is an indispensable literature for those believers that wish to worship God in Spirit and in truth. The name “Psalms” originates from the Hebrew language which means "praises". However, Christian worship is not limited to singing songs of praise. “Biblical worship encompasses our heart’s desire, our love for God. This kind of worship has been a part of every great spiritual awakening in history.” Historically, the book of Psalms covers the time of Moses until

There are many examples of both Christians and Muslims adopting the artistic styles of the other in their architecture that act as examples of this cross-cultural artistic expression. This is evident in the appropriation of Arabic calligraphy, a prominent decorative feature in mosques and Muslim palaces, in the buildings of Mozarab Christians. On the part of the Moors, the horseshoes shaped arch that is prominent in many mosques and palaces is adopted from Visigothic arches of a similar nature. This

about Jesus as a creature created by God the Father, and so therefore not God. This was seen by many early Christians as a possibility, as there had not previously been any official teaching set, and many of them started to follow Arius. Though the Church experienced some struggle with this heresy, in the end it was made stronger because it was forced to set theological beliefs. The Christian Church was advanced in the fourth century through struggles with the Arian heresy, a drastic change in the

Worldview Analysis Paper Many Christians refer to marriage as “Holy Matrimony.” This term is still used today but the truth of the meaning is not. There are three persons who make up the term, “Holy Matrimony;” God, Man, and Woman. Many Christians believe that marriage is a spiritual relationship that begins and ends with God. Therefore, it is a form of communion. (Martin, G. 2006, p. 97). Three or more people make up communion and without it, you can have no community. I believe communion is the

that despair was sin and that this sin was a sickness unto death, a death of hope, a spiritual death. Wesleyanism intersects Kierkegaard's freedom from despair with Christian perfection, the antithesis of despair. The hope of the Gospel is encompassed in the promise of entire sanctification;

this is their theology regarding dietary needs. However, for the most part when I have heard the term theology it has been a religious setting, such as church, bible study etc. As a young adult I took the Rite of Initiation for Christian Adults in the Catholic Church. During R.I.C.A. I was taught the tenets of the Catholic Faith. As I learned more about the Catholic faith I started to associate the term theology with the tenets of faith in the Catholic Church. Regardless of the context when I hear

1. A short term positive effect of the Christian reformation is that the bible was translated into German so that everyone could read it. Another effect was that church services were preached In the common language not Latin. A long term effect was that music was also introduced into church services. The Christian reformation established the University of Wittenberg as the first Protestant university. 2. A short term negative effect of the Christian Reformation is infant baptism because they believed

the test of time: two Apologies and a Dialogue with Trypho. While Christians were being persecuted Justin responded against many of the accusations against them, such as: incest, cannibalism, atheism, and Christianity being a subversive group. However, arguably one of Justin’s greatest contributions was the formulation of the Logos doctrine, which was a stepping stone to the formation of