... a kingdom of abundance and eternal life. However, conflicting views arise in the discussion of how to achieve salvation, and thus, who can achieve salvation. There are three schools of thought in regards to those topics: exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism. What differentiates each approach to the others is 1. The degree to which people of other religions and faiths can have ... criticisms. In early Christianity, exclusivism, the belief that Jesus Christ is the only Savior, and explicit faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation, was the reigning school of thought. Exclusivist...

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... still see a church/reformed synagogue led by a female, these religions are almost exclusively sought out by, powered by, and financially run by men. The modern day Western philosophy has been thought out by men, its political systems, educational institutions, and scientific progress (at least by and large) are foundationally masculine. This then begs the question that since an ethos, created over ... on a wide scale from papers to conferences to councils (such as Vatican II). Importantly, the work done here is not to entirely discredit each other's religious tradition, rather to hasten ...

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... ). Tertullian very deliberately explains this concept that as there is a word for anything a person thinks and a reason for anything he interprets or explains, similarly Christ is the word of God's thought who can explain the reason of God's creations. From the aspect of Christology, he illuminates that Christ is not a being, but a spirit as even when he was not created he ... existed within God's thought and thus his existence can be related with that of God (Roberts). In replying to the argument made by Praxeas that, if Christ is the son of God than their ... ...

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... early third centuries. Its critics, both Christian and Pagan, seem to have regarded it primarily as a Christian heresy. In addition to numerous scattered groups, two main schools of systematic gnostic thought seem to have existed in the second century the Basilideans and the Valentinians, the latter divided into Eastern and Western branches. In addition, Marcion, a radical exegete of Paul tinged with ... attempt to create a closed canon of the New Testament. Marcion and the Western Valentinians appear to have been the most feared by catholic theologians. Until recently, our knowledge of...

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... with a divine power by which the evils of life disappear without any effort of the personal will. Judaism insisted on the conscious individual consecration of each single human being by thought and will and act to the service of his God"1 The Jews see sin as something to be redeemed by good deeds and righteous actions, by correcting wrongs and righting ... injuries done to others, and by repentance and charity. In Judaism, one must be godly in deed as well as in thought and prayer. "The belief that man's salvation can be effected only by God's "self-sacrifice," by the blood of the cruci...

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... Hell. As a result, there cannot be any true contradictions between any two passages in the Bible. They reject the liberal concept, described below, that there is a gradual evolution in religious thought in the Bible about the afterlife. The Bible is seen as authoritative; it is believed to give a consistent vision throughout of life after death. Liberal Christians recognize that the writers ... to be a benevolent entity that loves all of mankind, they reject the concept of eternal suffering in Hell. They view the concept of an eternal punishment for a single oversight, error, thought cr...

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... and was therefore unaware of his own origin, and thus believed himself to be the True God. Contrarily, the Orthodox Church viewed the coming of Jesus as a literal event and thought that the separation of body from human life was outlandish, thus believing that Jesus was inseparably both flesh and spirit. Christianity considered the crucifixion to be a historical account; his martyrdom ... belief that Jesus: himself did not suffer death, but Simon being compelled, bore the cross in his stead; so that this latter being transfigured by him, that he might be thought to be Jesus, was crucifi...

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... to suffer and obtain redemption. Like Lazarus, who also suffers immensely, Cesira eventually is reborn. In presenting the Lazarus story, Michele portrays Cesira's conscience, "a precise point of reference for her thought process and spiritual education- (Dego 102). Michele is opposed to Fascism and to the lack of ethics from which the peasants suffer and he forces Cesira to confront her own ... war, of being dead to human suffering. Just as God "sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins- (1 Jn 4:10), Cesira offers her daughter four Italy's salvation. She thought she could sit back a...

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... ' ascetic way of life, however, is expressly lauded in Christianity, and therefore this purported sensual relationship with Mary Magdalene poses a great threat to orthodox Christian doctrine. Following this train of thought, the event of the woman with the alabaster jar could instead be considered, as Margaret Starbird in her book, "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar," suggests, a "symbolic ... ...

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... ; Anointed One. (Ingman, 2014). Christianity - The Religion of Immorality Christianity is the religion of immortality. Without this, no one understands the mission of Jesus; one cannot quite understand their inward thought. "In Jesus" are not only words but also the examples, and facts that base their doctrine. These parts of the Gospels proves their claim exuberantly. One may ask ... ...

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... and would later be rewarded. Jesus also puts forth a call to holiness, commanding that people be as perfect as God. His standards seem impossible for humans to uphold: An angry thought is as sinful as murder, and a lustful look the same as an adulterous act. Yancey briefly surveys how theologians over the centuries have interpreted the sermon in ways that made ... ...

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... another. Their views are very conservative, but it does protect many youth from ending up in unfortunate circumstances. My own experience with the LDS church has been purely academic and I thought it would be interesting to get a real LDS member's perspective on the matter at hand; are Mormons sexually repressed or rather, do Mormons feel repressed because of the church's values ... ...

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... verbal testimony, plays an essential role in the transmission for the Christian faith. In inducing people to accept a new faith, we have to dispose them to accept new categories of thought and speech that previously seemed strange and incomprehensible to them. The responsive listener, out of love and respect for the person of the witness, will seek to enter the latter ... ...

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... didn't want to experience or sentiment is something he wasn't expecting to feel when he entered the job and has allowed his feelings to start decision making. "Fifteen bob! He thought. Go back and slip her fifteen bob? Am I mad?" This is a clear example of his feelings making the decisions he begins to feel sentiment for the woman which again shows ... ...

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During the Italian Renaissance, social and humanistic values started to be expressed in many forms: literature and architecture but most importantly sculptors and paintings. The thought that the world was now a desirable place impacted many paintings and sculptors. This was quite different from the paintings (that had survived) and sculptors of the past. The socialistic values ... ...

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... to perceive the value beneath the surface when you can't tell if the authors want you to be freaked out by the prospect of demonic possession or inspired by the thought of the presence of God manifested in human form. The question is asked "Was it demons or God working through the girl"? (Helpless_dancer). "Exorcist II". "The picture's eventual talky ... ...

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... known as the fathers of the Western and Latin church. St Jerome translated Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin, St Augustine wrote some famous treatises about problem of Christian thought and action. Emperor Justinian gifted us with his work on "Corpus Juries Civilis" which became the basis of all European states law and their jurisprudence. Although this chapter didn't fascinate ... ...

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