Church of the Brethren

professor of the theology Names Martin Luther. His ideas served as the catalyst for the eventual breaking away from the catholic church. Luther wrote a radical of “95 theses” to express his growing concern with corruption within the church. One of the major issues that concern luther is the selling of indulgence to the people. Indulgences were also claimed that church to limit the amount of time the purchaser’s loved one had to spend in purgatory. Luther felt that these churches where officials were

letter to the church at Philippi is very tame when compared to those he wrote to other churches, such as those at Galatia and Corinth (292). This proves to be the case in Philippians 2:19-24. In these six verses Paul is intending to communicate two main points: (1) He believes that Timothy is a respectable teacher of God’s word, and he wants the Philippian congregation to recognize this (Phil 2:22); (2) Paul intends for Timothy’s visit to be encouraging to the Philippian brethren, and for their

Jewish worship was discontinued by those who organized the Christian church, is a direct condemnation of it by the Spirit of God as unsuited to the new institution. (Campbell 1865, 187) This claim is unsubstantiated, therefore the entire argument is fallacious. When a church of Disciples of Christ played its first instrument (a melodeon) in worship, it caused huge controversy. An elder of the church removed it from the church one night and sold it because he saw it as unscriptural. A man named

for answering this plea for help was not entirely contingent on the letter he received from the Holy Roman Emperor, but more so from the notion that the Eastern and Western sects of the church could be unified. Moreover, they might be fused under the Pope, granting him sovereignty over the entire Christian church. This Papal hope has been revealed to historians through, among other sources, the different accounts of his speech at Clermont. For example, Guibert of Nogent recalls the pope declaring:

definitely a coach in I Corinthians to the church in Corinth. It starts in chapter 1:10 as Paul writes to the church “Now I exhort you, brethren”, then he proceeds with his challenging questions. “Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?” (I Cor 1:13 NASB). Four more questions after that in chapter 1, two in chapter 2, three in chapter 3, and he continues to ask questions to coach the church. I love it because Paul may have only thought

The Apostles and the Early Church J.Trimble GBST 164 In the Gospel of Matthew the term “apostles” is only used when introducing the list of twelve apostles commissioned to follow Christ. “Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: the first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; Simon the Canaanite, and

Barnabas was an enormously influential individual in the early church that does not get much recognition. Although he was not one of the original apostles, he significantly enhanced the ministry of the apostles. Barnabas had a part in impacting many lives for the cause of Christ. He legitimized Paul, rehabilitated John Mark, and helped fund the church in Jerusalem. Without Barnabas, the early church may have been very different than it turned out to be. Barnabas is first introduced in Acts 4. His

Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar" - John 19:15 RSV), some of the Hellenistic Jews, also known as "Grecian s," also opposed the early Christian church, or at least some of the leadership, such as the newly-converted apostle Paul (although their opposition to him may have been based on the before-then justifiable fear of the man who not so long before was deadly

established habits and intellectual developments of western Christendom. Another feature of the Cistercians that was certainly different to other twelfth century monastic movements was in it’s organisation and structure. In Western Society and the Church in the middle ages, Southern comments that Cistercian organisation was “one of the masterpieces of medieval planning”. He also goes on to write that the “Cistercians achieved iin one stroke the kind of organisation that every ruler would wish to have”

retain new converts. In fact, the church is able to run one or two baptism sessions annually.  No standardized teaching manual. Over the years the Teachers do not use a standardized manual to disciple new converts. This is one element among other elements that cause sessions to take longer since they are not timed and structured.  Few workers at the Hospital, prisons and new converts follow up activities. This an area of concern that given the number of the church population only few brothers