Clement of Alexandria

There is no doubt that medieval church music has progressed throughout times. Not only has the music gotten a lot different in terms of sound, the instruments have also changed, as well as genres, theory, notation, rhythm, and polyphony. If you do not know, polyphony is the existence of different sounds and vocals all to form one harmonizing melody. All of these factors in generalized church music have changed from year 64 to 2016. The term medieval refers to the years from 500 to 1450 A.D. The newly

The modern biblical New Testament canon (BNTC) as we possess it today did not come to us in the way that we know it; the original autographs of the BNTC were not leatherbound books with thumb indexing and gold edges on the pages. There was a very lengthy process in which these books were passed down to us. When this subject is being addressed, what is being discussed is the twentyseven books we find in what is now called the BNTC. These twentyseven books represent the message of Jesus of Nazareth

"All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We work while singing, we sail while reciting hymns, we accomplish all other occupations of life while praying.” By Clement of Alexandria. What is religion? Religion can be defined differently by people but it is what people want to believe from their culture and who created their life, surroundings. Most of the people have their own God their believer of who created their world and nature

The Gospel of John was called the divine gospel by Clement of Alexandria, and Maximus the Confessor praised it for being “theology itself.” The Gospel of John presents the relationship between the Father and the Son as paradigmatic for the relationship between God and believer, as mediated through Jesus Christ. In Jn 5:17, Christ equates himself with the Father when he says, “My Father is still working and I also am working.” He emphasizes this saying, “just as the Father raises the dead and gives

Throughout the history of Christianity, there have been many different ideas on how a Christian should interact with the world in which they lived. From the biblical writings of The Gospel according to Matthew, and The Acts of the Apostles, to the non-biblical writings of On Philosophy, and The Prescription Against Heretics, the ideas of Christianity were brought together. The two non-biblical documents highlight the arguments of whether or not Christians should study Greek philosophy. The books

hieroglyphs for the next 3,500 years and it was suggested by Archaeological discoveries that the Egyptian hieroglyphs may be the oldest writing form. The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek hieros (sacred) plus glypho (inscriptions) and Clement of Alexandria was the first one to use it. The ancient Egyptians thought that writing was created by the god Thoth and called their hieroglyphic script "mdwt ntr" (god's words) Hieroglyphic Writing The hieroglyphs wrote from top to bottom, in long lines

Holy Ghost) might govern our beliefs rather than monotheism. Its evolution might have followed the pantheism of some Eastern religions that elevate humans to the level of the divine or conversely demote the divine to the level of mortals. Clement of Alexandria identified himself as the “true gnostic” and urged Christians to accept “the truth of philosophy” (Gonzalez 88). The early church fathers recognized these dangers from within as they taught against such

Quote: “Madonna was directly tapping into—subverting, even—the paradox of the male fascination with virginity as simultaneously something to be revered, something to be desired, and something to be conquered.” – Roberts (p.31) I chose this quote because I feel it speaks to the patriarchal mindsets that gave rise to “The” Madonna and the legends that surround the birth of Jesus which Roberts investigates. I too, as a parent of a young daughter, find the implications of this quote creepy and even predatory

The two main points I chose to discuss are the major differences between Protestant and Catholic views on purgatory. According to McGrath,” purgatory is perhaps best understood as an intermediate stage, in which those who have died in a state of grace are given an opportunity to purge themselves of the guilt of their sins before finally entering heaven.” The Roman Catholic Church believes that those who are perfect at death are admitted to heaven. Those who have sin in their lives however, do not

Christianity began its succession into the most dominant worldwide religion after Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days build another made without hands.” Upon Jesus’ death and resurrection, he completed this task setting forth the development of Christianity. Since Jesus left no formal authoritative power, organization, or agreed upon scriptures, a wide variety of sects gained popularity in the development of Christianity