1. Stephen: The First Martyr
All that we really know of the real Magdalen are the four facts noted in the Gospels: she was one of Christ's followers; she was present at His crucifixion; she was one of the earliest witnesses of His resurrection; and she was the first person to be charged with proclaiming the Christian message. ... In a spiritual emotional sense, we all give ourselves away, and at times, we will even give our hearts to the first person or to something that will bless us, or encourage us and give us love. ... She was there when He was crucified, and the first person to go His tomb. ... He did this bec...
Write about the first four ecumenical councils. ... The first council was held in 325 AD in the town of Nicaea. ... A heretic is a person who preaches heresy, a false teaching or teaching that is opposed to orthodoxy. ... First they distinguished the meaning of abstract terms such as person and substance as applied to the Trinity. ... Cyril, the orthodox champion was a horrible person but a great theologian. ...
Should a Priest deprive a person a sacrament just because they do not practice the faith? ... Furthermore, as the child grows in faith and makes other sacraments like First Holy Communion the parents may too find their faith and be drawn back into the Church. ... Also, if it is clear that the person is unwilling to change their ways, for example people who are having affairs and are unwilling to give up their relationship with the other person, or members of paramilitary organisations a Priest can refuse absolution. The sacrament of Eucharist or Communion is ...
On February 27, 1997, it was reported that a scientist produced the first clone of an adult sheep. In 1950 the first artificial fertilization succeeds . ... After that the sperm was taken to an other female cow and the first artificial fertilization succeeded. In 1952 the first cloned animal was born. ... You cannot clone a person's brain or mind, and chance factors, the environment, and a person's experiences contribute to individual traits . ...
I shall defend one particular interpretation of the theory-an interpretation advocated by very many of the church Fathers, especially second century Fathers, as well as by Augustine and Aquinas.It may help clarify matters if I first provide a brief map of where we will be going in this paper. ... And the notion that the body is essentially evil and must be escaped from (an idea often associated with versions of classical dualism) eras condemned by virtually every orthodox Christian thinker who discussed death and res urrection in the first two hundred years after the apostolic age; the Chris...
First off, Mormons believe that man, or people, exist as spirit beings before being born. ... He is one person with both human and divine natures (Glaubens 15 1-4). ... I was always told God was time and that he created Adam as the first man, and that they were not the same person. ... First, there is the Celestial kingdom, which is comparable to the glory of the sun. To receive this, a person must be Mormon. ...
He is considered to be the most unique person of all time. ... Borg in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Jesus was in a way four different people fused into one. He was a spirit person, which is a person with a deep unexplainable connection with the spirit of God. ... Borg give some major impressions of Jesus and what kind of a person he was. ... He taught that there are many ways to be a religious person. ...
He is considered to be the most unique person of all time. ... Borg in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Jesus was in a way four different people fused into one. He was a spirit person, which is a person with a deep unexplainable connection with the spirit of God. ... Borg give some major impressions of Jesus and what kind of a person he was. ... He taught that there are many ways to be a religious person. ...
The first being, that a person doing so only to be seen and given a reward on earth to the extent of being thought of as a righteous person by others. ... Is how you are asked to pray, when explained is to first acknowledge that God is the God of heaven and earth. ... Matthew teaches us to watch how the person's act and you should be able to tell if their intentions are true and pure. ... He goes on to explain that not every person who says Lord, shall be allowed in heaven, but if they follow the word of God. The difference in "The Gospel of Matthew" when compared to the "The First ...
Many forces illustrate how a person behaves. ... Breaking down what shapes a person's character can be a very intricate process. ... Through viewing all the related forces, one can see why John is a person who hates his father, but at the same time longs for his love and acceptance. ... His father was God's minister... and John could not bow before the throne of grace without first kneeling to his father". ... The character of John is that of a person looking for love, answers, and happiness. ...
The first Beatitude blessing promise is to the "poor in spirit." ... Here I believe the sadness comes from what has been lost in the first beatitude - confidence, peace, joy, and hope - leads to the broken spirit of the first beatitude. ... On first glance, meek implies weakness. A popular idea of a meek person is one who lacks spirit and courage. ... The meek person of this beatitude is one who is secure, humble, and unassuming. ...
The Council of Chalcedon promulgated the 'Chalcedonian Definition'5 that repudiated the notion that Christ had a single nature and said he had two such natures – one physical as Christ the person and other hypostasis or Christ the Spirit. ... Generally this Spirit refers to the Holy Ghost.7 The ruling of the Council of Chalcedon was important in making clear Christ's nature and the Trinity doctrine and thus it dedicated itself to the first principal of Catholic belief, or sacramentality. ... Debates about Christ's person crept up even before the first council &ndas...
For Bonaventure: "Being is last because it is first. For since it is first, it produces all things for its own sake alone; and therefore it must be the very end, the beginning and the consummation, the alpha and the omega" (Bonaventure, The Mind's Road to God 5.7). ... For the Trinity is defined as a Being that is three persons in one God. "Because [the persons of the Trinity] are substantially one, therefore it must be true that there is unity in essence and in form, in dignity and in eternity, in existence and illimitability" (Bonaventure, The Mind's Road to ...
Catholics baptize infants because of their interpretation of who should be baptized states that "Every person not yet baptized and only such a person is able to be baptized." ... A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an object." ... To Methodists even an uninitiated Christian may receive communion, so long as the person believes in Jesus. ... The Catholic Church has this sacrament after baptism because they feel that one must be baptized first to understand the true meaning of all God has given to us. ... A person becomes a true Christian when he asks Ch...
Entrance, into Heaven, to them is base on how good a person is in this life. ... So if you went by that 75% of Americans we"re not getting in, no matter how good of a person you may think you are, no entrance. ... Revelation 21:1-4 says: "Then I saw a new Heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had pasted away, and there is no longer any sea. ... Can you imagine that first time after we die and we look into the eyes of Jesus for the very first time Just Imagine....
A disciple is a person who learns of a preacher everything that he needs to know and once they know it all they have to go and preach to the people what they have learnt. ... Jesus twelve disciples where not the first john the Baptist had followers before Jesus. ... Simon and Andrew were the first disciples. ... They had been chosen by Jesus to do the following, first of all they had to preach the old and New Testament. ... If you are going to be a disciple you would have to leave your belongings, put your family behind and put discipleship first. ...
Primarily, the word seems to have been understood as a reference to the second action, rather the first- the lifting up/laying on of hands in prayer –and thus, that gesture received greater prominence. The person called for ordination lifts up his hand saying, "Here I am". In Acts 8:17, we find the first usage of the word dzernatrutyun, "Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.... "The divine and heavenly grace that always fulfills the requirements of the holy ministry of the apostolic church calls (name) from the diaconate to the priest...
First Jehovah's Witnesses, they see a new world in which all people, including many raised from the dead, will join hands in peace. ... The Holy Sprit is a force and not of a person. ... The entire religion is built around one person, the founder Sun Myung Moon. ...
First, is the incident with Divina Flor, where Santiago molests Divina and uses the strong phrase (pg. 9)"The time has come for you to be tamed". ... Also, the town was relatively poor, noticing when someone had money, they thought it defined the person. ... First, he makes Santiago semm friendly with certain people. ... This is display Santiago as a truly good person at heart. ... Also, when Pedro Vicario first stabs Santiago in the hand, he says (pg. 118) "I'd given it to jim at least three times and there wasn't a drop of blood....
It helps me realize many things, such as being wealthy person will not help us in entering God's kingdom. ... We don't need to be a rich person because in the kingdom of God all of us are richer in God's loving. ... To be a good person, help the needy and the poor, give whatever I have to them, to be kind and helpful to others and do not disobey His Ten Commandments. To follow His footsteps by learning how to sacrifice and carry those trials and tests that His going to give in my life as a person. ... The one that I will start first is to believe in myself that I can do all...
One major theory that is usually brought to peoples attention when stigmata occurs, is whether the person was selected as a blessing by God, to go through the suffering like Jesus did while on the cross at his death. The other is that the person physically thinks that the wounds are there, which makes the mind give the body the wounds. ... The location, shape, and the number of wounds vary from one person to another. ... One person can lose up to one and a half pints of blood per day throughout their occurrence of the mystery. ... Francis of Assisi in the 13th century is generally considere...
Perhaps a person is good because of their kind heart. ... The Grandmother is someone who considers herself a "lady " and is a good person. ... The first mention of a "good man " is when the family is at The Tower. ... Family also seems to play an important role in whether a person is "good " or not. ... She wanted to save only herself at first but towards the end she genuinely wanted to help the Misfit. ...
The New Testament consists of twenty-seven books which tell of the teachings and life of Jesus as well as events during the first-century of Christianity. ... It is placed as the first book after the Gospels. ... A newly baptised person would then enter the Kingdom of God, the realm of God's power. ... Without charity, a person does not have the kind of love needed to relate closely with God. ... The Apostles became the first Magisterium when they received the Holy Spirit during Pentecost and were able to speak many different tongues. ...
As the first author in the collection of essays "From Jesus to Christ," Helmut Koester writes: " for a human being to be related to something that is beyond the powers of this world was certainly one great attraction," Christianity seems to offer closure to a certain longing. ... Christianity even offers the notion that each person was specifically made with care to be precisely the way they are. ... This seems to be why Christianity first became popular among the working class of ancient times. ... Christianity first caught the eyes of those in poverty. ...