Christian terms

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

AN EXPOSITION OF ROMANS 13:1-7 THE CHRISTIAN AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES INTRODUCTION This exposition is designed first to set out the Apostle Paul's teaching on the relationship between Christians and civil authorities, and then to examine its contemporary application for Christians using the clearest New Testament text, Romans 13:1-7. This passage contains general commands for both Christians and non-Christians. Paul reasons that obedience is required as civil authorities have been ordained by

were once alive but as the ones that they can turn to in need of assistance. At least that is what the majority of the Catholic portion of Christians believe. It is common knowledge that all Catholics are Christians seeing as it is a denomination of Christianity, but not all Christians are Catholics. Therefore, there is a difference in regards to what Christians know to be saints and what the Roman Catholic Church accept as saints. So what does ‘saints’ really mean? In general, it is widely accepted

Incarnation is the term that is used to indicate that Jesus, the Son of God, became human. God wanted human kind to be made in his image and he wanted to change the relationship between himself and Christians. Therefore, during the incarnation, the Son of God came in human form so that he could be the Saviour of mankind. Our saviour came in the flesh, in human form and it was essential for him to shed His blood so that our sins could be forgiven. Our redemption entirely relies on Jesus coming to

Christians throughout the world profess to serve a merciful and loving God. And indeed, many Christians have experience this love and mercy first-hand throughout their lives. Those outside the religion, however, have leveled several criticisms against it, one of which is the idea of eternal punishment and how Christians could possibly promote the idea of a loving God on the same level as a deity who would eternally and painfully punish those who committed a crime no greater than not believing in

and convert non-Christians. Is this true today? Before the Sixteenth century ‘mission’ was used to describe relationships within the holy Trinity. It was not used to describe an aspect of church life. The word ‘missio’ in Latin means ‘to send’, it was used to describe the sending of the Son by the Father, and also the sending of the Holy Spirit by the Father and the Son. 1. The Jesuits in Latin American in the late Sixteenth and early Seventeenth centuries started to use the term to describe the

to explain why the Bible is a sacred scripture because it is the unique revelation of God created by traditional Christian language about the Bible and has a divine guarantee (7). This paradigm also includes “biblical literalism,” interpreting that everything in the Bible is considered to be factually true, such as Genesis creation. Another characterization is the “vision of Christian life” with three important features such as Faith being seen as believing, the afterlife being central, and there

argued, if Jesus is not God, as Arius suggests, then it is not possible for humanity to reach salvation, which results in diminishment of the purpose of Christian faith. Thus, it is acceptable to assume that the Nicene Creed’s assertion of the homoousious relationship of God and Jesus, as a rejection of Arianism, was essential to early Christian theology because it provided certainty for the establishment of the faith. Although the consubstantial nature of Jesus and God was confirmed at Nicaea

Christianity is All About (textbook): Chapter 10 1. What is the relationship to works and salvation? Salvation is by grace through faith and good works are a result of a relationship with Christ. A faith without works is not genuine. 2. Why do Christians do good works? To practically display the love of God. II. Christianity is a Movement that Transforms Culture A. What Christianity is All About (textbook): Chapter 11 1. When did Christianity become Rome’s national religion? AD 313

Definition of Pacifism Anabaptists were often described as pacifists due to their rejection of the sword and opposition to violence. However, it is important to note that pacifism is a moderately new term, coined in the 20th century and that their beliefs are perhaps better explained using the terms absolute pacifism and nonresistance, or Gewaltlosigkeit in German. Pacifism is “[t]he belief that war and violence are unjustifiable and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.” It can