The Organization of the Early Church. According to The Acts of the Apostles, the church began on the day of the first Pentecost, but the need for the development of the church is presented well before it's actual creation. The gospels of Matthew and John reveal the apostles preparation by ...

Teens reflect a culture all of their own within American society. The language that they speak, music that they listen to, and many aspects of their lives differ from that of past generations (Linehan 3). Therefore, many people of ...

Jesus was born a Jew, and he remained a practicing Jew his entire life. In order to understand Christianity, it is important to understand the Judaism from which it came. Theology and history were joined in the Jewish mind. The imperative of trust in the Lord, and fear of the Lord, dominated Jewish...

Jesus Christ founded the Roman Catholic Church early in the first century A.D. The basic organization of the Church was also put in place during this time, but the organization is something that has evolved, and continues to evolve, throughout the past two thousand years. Yet to say that the Roman...

In Dostoevsky's work, the Inquisitor presents his case with many wordy arguments. He cleverly discusses the issue of Catholicism, the freedom inherent in oppression and the joy and peace of submission to the iron will of another. The Inquisitor speaks from the position of a dictator; an entit...

"The mind is its own place, and in itself 255 Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than hee Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th'Almighty hath not built...

The Holy Month of Ramazan, which starts after the crescent of the novel moon is spotted, is believed to be the most blessed Islamic observances for the reason that it scripts the month in which Allah (Muslim God) opened the Holy Qur'an (the divine book of Muslims) t...

Scold your wife sharply, bully and terrify her" is a quotation from a fifteenth century Catholic Church publication called 'Rules of Marriage', a "document which does not just condone wife battering but actually recommends it as a meritorious action that will bring spiritual benefit to both husband ...

People of all ages have read portions of the Bible at some time in their life. It could have been through church Bible study, Sunday morning worship, or for daily meditation. However, a large part of the Bible still remains a mystery for us seeing that we constantly question the Bible along with h...

(A cult in the webster's is defined as," a system of religious worship, especially with the reference to it's rites and ceremonies".) The word cult comes from the Latin word cultus, which means "worship". "In this sense the cultic act is an act of worship, involving external rites and ceremonies a...

Title: five Translations and four Commentaries on Luke 10: 38-42 The beginning of the story of Martha and Mary is the same in all translations but one. The Modern Language starts out with "As Jesus and his disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem," (Luke10: 38, Layman's Parall...

Charles Russell and Jehovah's Witnesses On February 16, 1852, a child was born that would grow up to lead millions of people astray from families, friends, Christianity, and, most importantly, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The teachings this child taught later as an adult lead peop...

In the best selling book of all time is the single most important man ever to walk on the earth in the view of the Christian religion. Jesus, the figurehead of whom the Christian religion is based on, is one of the most radical thinkers of his time. Most accounts of Jesus' life are told through th...

The Emergence of Black Feminist Consciousness aE" The Black womanconfronts two basic and enormous struggles on account of her skin color:white supremacy and male superiority. These preset conditions she is borninto, lives through and vastly endeavors to shape and interpret aconsciousness of he...