... Portuguese and Spanish military and more specifically after he had helped two Guarani children who were struggling on a bridge to run away from the opposing soldiers. The soldiers then fired at the Guarani children, women, and Father Gabriel as they proceeded outside the Church after Eucharist, killing many. They died Martyrs as they refused violence and were killed while pledging their obedience to God: a truly noble ... did seek his own penance and with the forgiveness from both the Guarani and himself, he converted to a true missionary to preach the Catholicism. 3. After viewing this...

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... , one views them though their own lenses. Likewise, one's own religious beliefs serve as one's lenses to view other religions. The width of one's lens majorly depends on one's bias towards their own religion; the stronger one's bias towards their own religion, the lesser the width of their lens making it harder to make sense out of other religions. An essential point to understand is ... that bias does not necessarily mean true faith. If one is able to expand their own lens by understanding the point of view of others then that gives them a better stance in judgment of right and wrong; b...

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... moral authority, rather, the belief system was such a part of their lifestyle that there was no differentiation. In discussing ancient civilizations such as the Greek Empire, it is also important to understand that nonconformity was not even a mode of thinking, therefore, there was no room for religious disunity. In homogeneous societies, religion serves to further bridge the culture together. This is ... not the case in other later civilizations. The ancient Greeks held close to a common polytheistic belief system and operated the government, domestic lifestyle, and recreation from thi...

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... The Father created the Son and the Holy Spirit; therefore the other two entities were not eternal. O"Collins describes Arius" beliefs saying, "Arius described the Son/Logos as being created before the beginning of the world, out of nothing, and by the will of the Father- (TG 112) The most heretical and shocking aspect of Arius" philosophy was his view of Jesus Christ. Arius preached that the Second Person of the ... is seen as a mediator between humanity and the Father. Christ is someone that a Christian can pray to and is a bridge between Heaven and Earth. Arius" ideas and beliefs about...

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... The Father created the Son and the Holy Spirit; therefore the other two entities were not eternal. O"Collins describes Arius" beliefs saying, "Arius described the Son/Logos as being created before the beginning of the world, out of nothing, and by the will of the Father- (TG 112) The most heretical and shocking aspect of Arius" philosophy was his view of Jesus Christ. Arius preached that the Second Person of the ... is seen as a mediator between humanity and the Father. Christ is someone that a Christian can pray to and is a bridge between Heaven and Earth. Arius" ideas and beliefs about...

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