Christianity as a religion has evolved over the years and so has the lifestyle that Christians live. Today Christians aren't as devout as they used to be, plenty still get baptized and regularly attend church but how many actually live the life that Jesus wanted them to? Most Christians don't live that life but the bible says that as long as you accept gods grace you can be saved. ... Christianity teaches us that faith and community bring us together to learn about Jesus and how to live a life of righteousness (supernatural life). ... Accepting Gods grace is essential to Christiani...

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Throughout his life, many events impacted the way the faith evolved and was practiced. ... They provide direction on how to live a successful Christian life. ... Paul informed all to lead a life that is worthy, as "we are God's work of art" (Ephesians 2). These teachings proceed to impact faith as Christians aim to lead a righteous life to serve the Lord. ... The results and influences of Paul's work while he lived, have proved instrumental in the development and expression of Christianity, as evident in today's society. ...

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However, despite all of man's failures God still loves us enough to send His only son to save us from our sin and give us eternal life with God, all we have to do is believe in him. ... Ever since God created the world, He wanted his people to enjoy the rest with him; he wants us to live in a continual Sabbath with Him, that was always God's intent. ... After Adam and Eve's sin ruined God's pattern for His Kingdom, the Kingdom became perished and man lived independently from God, they turned away from God and faced his punishment and curses. ... However, the peace and r...

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Why Jesus said the dead men whose bodies continue to move and live? ... They think that this world is a test and the real life is life after death. ... On the Day of Judgment only ones who proved themselves pious and righteous will go to Heaven where they will live forever (Eyler, 2014). ... The purpose of human life, according to Christianity, is to participate in the life which is gift of the god. ... The opportunity to participate in future divine life is subject to a judgment of God that summarizes the life of every individual. ...

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Heaven is interpeted as a glorious place, free from pain, disease, sexual activity, depression, where everyone will live in new spiritual bodies in the presence of Jesus Christ. ... The Bible is seen as authoritative; it is believed to give a consistent vision throughout of life after death. ... They view the concept of an eternal punishment for a single oversight, error, thought crime or sin during life is unjust. ... Roman Catholicism teaches consistently though-out history that those who do live by the gospel will go to Heaven, while people who have rejected God or committed sins will go...

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Augustine's Confessions is a personal recollection of his ascent from a life of sin and emptiness to one of fulfillment and higher understanding. ... Jerome Augustine, lived in modern day Algeria, was a philosopher of Neoplatonism and early Christian theologies. ... Romans believed that gods walked among humans, "directly intervened in the daily life of the city" (MOVIE). ... Augustine, like most people at the time, was trying to understand the true higher meaning of life and gradually began to shift his view from trivial doctrines to a greater religion, Christianity. ... "Alth...

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The piece focuses on the life of an African king's grandson, Prince Oroonoko who demonstrates several similarities to Jesus Christ. ... The fundamental comparison is that Oroonoko is an African prince who was sent away to a slave, much like Jesus was God's beloved Son who was sent to live among the ruins of mankind. ... As a slave, Oroonoko was brought to the Surinam plantation, where he was greeted with psalms of 'Live, O King!' ... The novel is simply a historical narrative intended to deliver a glimpse on Jesus' life translated in a different setting and culture. ...

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Augustine (354-430 AD), whose confessions tell the story of his early life and conversion to Christianity (2001). ... She makes the decision to devote her life to holiness, surrounding her life around Jesus and the contemplation of God. ... Having taken on the life of devotion to her Lord, remaining married to her husband, she cannot fulfill her desire to be a nun, due to her marriage. Kempe has to convince her husband to live a life of celibacy with her, which she accomplishes after having fourteen children. ... The understanding pertaining to seeing God as your life and not just a part of it...

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church highlights several regulations and guidelines for how a catholic human being should live. ... Not only does is brake several different rules stated by the catechism, it can also destroy a persons life and their emotions. ...

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Our life complete docility to the Spirit so that Holy Spirit can guide us and we do God's will. ... We live in God and God lives in us. ... We will gratefully acknowledge and accept the value of a Christian community and living searching for our mission in life. ... The experience of creating community of parish in prayer, Eucharist and sacramental life, in Bible sharing and common life experience nourishes and gives strength, especially in difficult communication situation. ... We first foremost, an inner attitude and habit which is formed through a deep spiritual life. ...

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Buddhism was created with the belief that all life is suffering because of desire. ... Judaism is an ethnic faith which is centered within the life of Jewish people. ... Judaism maintains that the people are basically undeserving of God's consideration unless they lived the "Torah", which is the Judaism teachings. ... At the end of one's life, after living the commandments and the Torah, modern Judaism allows that one will have a deliverance to the promised land, or what would be conceived as the ultimate holy. ... But to allow me to draw an analogy, I wish to ac...

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On further analysis, the three phases of the human life can be interpreted, God and the dove, being the spiritual life. ... His true greatness wasn't recognized for many years until his works were studied by Michelangelo, and his life recorded by Giorgio Vasari. ... Who knows what further greatness he may have achieved, had he lived longer. ...

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The Eucharist is a mystery, one of the aspects of the salvation of humankind; it is through this God revealed himself to all humanity.1 From the origins of the Church until present time, the manner of the celebration of the Eucharist has varied, but it has always had the same essence: to celebrate the memorial of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the salvation of all people, but with a variety of traditions which continue to live in the Church now.2 Before the sixteenth century Reformation of the Catholic Church, the theology of the Eucharist was based on two elements: transubstantiation and t...

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Perhaps driven by the violent experience in his "former life ", Paul preached the notion of love to all. ... In his epistle to the Galatians, Paul refers to his former traits of his "old self "- anger, gluttony, jealousy and hatred - as how believers should not act, then describes the Fruits of the Spirit: Love, gentleness, meekness, self-control, kindness, joy and peace as how believers should live. Paul gave examples of the adherent's ideal life, which had a transforming effect on Christianity not because of its content, but because Paul admitted sin was inevitable. ...

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An important thing to note is that both paintings are representative of the era that their respective artist lived in. ... Raphael achieves this sense of divinity through the use of three successive circles (a shape that represents life) running vertically in the middle of the image. ...

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In the Christian theology, it is believed that baptism cleanses the soul of sin, giving the soul new life and salvation through submersion in water. ... These goblins are absent of anything perceived to be good and live underground, which is parallel to the hell in Christian theology. ...

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In the story of Elizabeth, Elizabeth, like Sarah, is past her child-bearing years and has been barren her whole life until an angel visits her husband, Zechariah, and tells him that Elizabeth will bear him a son (Luke 1:5-25). ... In this speech to his servant, Abraham invokes the importance of the preservation of bloodlines: "you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live, but will go to my country and to my kindred and get a wife for my son Isaac'" (Genesis 24:3-4). ...

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Cynthia Bourgeault's opus, "The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity," offers a provocative study of the life of Mary Magdalene and her relationship with the prophet Jesus of Nazareth. ... Mary is seen as " first among the apostles" because she is Jesus' only disciple to fully understand his teachings and to successfully integrate them into her own life. ... "8 Coupled with the Gospel of Philip's startling description, "for Jesus used to walk with her and kissed her frequently upon the mouth," it can eas...

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