Trinity United Church of Christ

that Christ had one energy. Pope Honorius, however, was later condemned of heresy. Sophronius, a monk who lived in Palestine, disagreed with the compromise that was made, he made it clear that he thought that Dyothelitism was an important aspect of Christianity. In 638, the Emperor responded to Sophronius’ ideas with an edict titled “Exposition of the Faith” which said that people were no longer permitted to discuss the matter, and that Christ had one will. (“History of the Christian Church…”)

Arabs and Muslim Americans Andrew J. Ayers ETH/125 April 11, 2011 Teresa Edge Arabs and Muslim Americans What distinguishes African American Muslims from other practicing Muslims in the United States today? * Arabs are an ethnic group. * Muslims are a religious group. * Islam is the faith, like Christianity. * Muslim is a believer of that religion, like a Christian. * You cannot accurately identify the Muslims by nationality alone. * Just because you are Arab does

The Syro-Malabar church is a Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope. It is part of the Chaldean (East Syrian) tradition. It was founded by St. Thomas the Apostle around 52 A.D. and the members were first known as the St. Thomas Christians, but when they spread to India, primarily Kerala, they became known as the Syro-Malabar Catholics. The Syro-Malabar Church uses a slightly different cross than the Roman Catholic Church, and has slight variations in the liturgical calendar. There are currently

The Holy Trinity is, according to the Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, “the theological doctrine that God consists of three persons” (Audi, 928). Those persons are the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Each within the religion of Christianity are considered omnipotent and omniscient (IEP, URL). This theory validates the actions of the religion 's savior Jesus Christ, who as the Son of God (and part of the Holy Trinity) died a painful death of suffering for the sins of humans. This offers

religions are practiced daily. There are five major religions that make up our diversified world: Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam. Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the practices and beliefs of its founder, Jesus Christ. Islam is a monotheistic faith where its teachings have come from Muhammad, the prophet of Allah. Every religion has basic beliefs or teachings they would like their believers to follow and practice. In the Islamic faith, there are five duties that

Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) founded in 1845 at Augusta, Georgia, is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. The name itself tells us the geographical location of where the most number of these churches were founded. Although primarily found in the southern region of the United States, in recent years they have expanded to all regions of the country. “Due to its expansion their annual convention has been held in cities outside of the southern area, therefore giving the name

voice from heaven is heard saying, “You are my son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” (cf. Mark1:9-11) (p.4) We are later told the “the integration and harmonization of different Christological ideas did not come about even in the early church without controversies” (p.7). The test csase is the Ebionites who built an adoptionist Christology by focusing on certain portions of Mark while neglecting others. Dünzl rightly states: The Gospel of the Ebionites therefore presents an interpretation

practices. Jehovah’s Witness Jehovah’s Witness was originally founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1872. He had trouble dealing with the idea of eternal hell. He also found proof, that disproved the idea of eternal hell, and the Trinity. Jehovah’s Witnesses, believe that there is no Trinity. They believe that God is the Father,

Although The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church) considers itself unequivocally as a Christian church, there are number major differences between traditional or mainstream Christians and the Mormon Church. This research paper primarily focuses on identifying major areas of differences between the mainstream branches of Christianity (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant - as a group) and the Mormon Church. Origin Christianity traces its origin to Jerusalem in approximately

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity essentially teaches that there is one God. This makes it a monotheistic religion at face value just like Islam and Judaism. The uniqueness about most of mainline Christianity from the other monotheistic religions is that though it claims to be a monotheistic religion that worships one God; their one God is actually a Godhead that is composed of three distinct persons namely: The father; The Son and; The Holy Spirit. The Christian God has therefore been very hard