... he left Rome for Antioch and then Bethlehem, where he established a monastery. For the next several decades he continued to translate religious works, compile an immense church history, catalogue the lives of "illustrious men," document ecclesiastical controversies, write scriptural commentaries, and correspond with many leading Christian scholars of the day. Of particular theological interest is Jerome's correspondence, beginning ... and informed by Jerome's exegetical work in scripture and scriptural commentaries. During his years in Palestine, Jerome had worked to perfect his knowledg...

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... Chinese from diverse origins--Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Despite the many tensions and conflicts that exist within these congregations, most individuals find ways to creatively integrate their evangelical Christian beliefs with traditional Chinese (mostly Confucian) values. The church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving ... Chinese values and culture. Religion, spirituality, and faith have always been important to Asian American communities, as they were for many generations bef...

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... with the Congregational Church, such as the Half-way Covenant, used to raise the worship attendance, which however, led to further declines of religious commitment. However, with preachers such as Jonathan Edwards, in his notable sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", stating that "The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some ... loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. (5b2)", and George Whitfield, who caused even the skeptical Benjamin Franklin to empty his pockets into the collection plates. Using the ... wit...

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... respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances", illustrates a clear wish on behalf of the founding fathers to prevent ... Iran, Islam not only shapes law but also dominates politics, all decisions being scrutinised by respected religious leaders. These countries may be considered to be at one extreme end of the religion and politics debate, secular states such as China being at the opposite ...

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... onset of religious persecution in Ireland. Thus, 1641 can be regarded as a strike by "Catholic" Ireland in an endeavour to overthrow the Protestant regime in Ireland. The political debate of pre-1641 Ireland about the extent to which legal toleration should be provided to Catholicism added to growing separation and angst between the two religious communities. The anti-Catholic legislation passed by the parliament of ... and Protestant settlers with those of the Native Irish and Old English. Finally in 1639, Charles I ordered Wentworth to return to England to assist him with rising tensi...

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... days played a great part in the commons lives as it was for many a rare and special chance for them to be able to relax. The churches jewels and artefacts were also rumoured to be soon confiscated and for many this was their only link to an understanding of what was a daunting religious life. The majority of commons were uneducated and knew the very basics of ... your hearts his faith the restitution of the church the suppression of these heretics by all the holy contents of this book. The rebels used an image of the five wounds of Christ on banners and flags to enforce once again the s...

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... the year 1782, and that, despite the penal laws, the Catholic community in Ireland at the time succeeded in amassing much wealth through means of trade. Wall, (1), describes how the only legal restriction against Catholics was that of the making/selling of arms and ammunition, a law that was reflective of the governmental attitude against Irish Catholics. As Wall, ... circles. However, in the later decades of the eighteenth century, as Whelan, (2), observes, it was not always possible for landlords to locate Protestant tenants, and so many landlords chose to let to Catholic tenants as an ...

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... a kind of craziness in the human make-up. Gibbon's great history is essentially an attack upon Christianity as the operating cause of the decline and fall. He idealized the crude and gross plutocracy of Rome into a world of fine gentlemen upon the eighteenth-century model, and told how it fell before the Barbarian from without because of the decay through Christianity within ... . In our history here we have tried to set that story in a better light. To Voltaire official Christianity was "lnfame"; something that limited people's lives, interfered with their thoughts, and persecuted ... ...

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