... Arius were causing strife within the church. Arius was a presbyter of the church at Alexandria and presided over an independent parish within the city. Alexander had become bishop of Alexandria in 312, and during the course of a sermon, Alexander proceeded to explain the so-called "mystery" of the Trinity (Dudley, 1925, pp34-5). The Council: 5 The Trinity is a doctrine formulated in the 4th ... affirmed that the Son was equal to the Father and of the same substance as the Father who begot him. Arius took offense at this teaching and proceeded to controvert Alexander. He began to promulg...

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... Sunday as the Day of Assembly, a Rest Day, forbidding ordinary work and permitting the Christian soldiers to attend Church services. The first Church building was erected in the reign of Alexander Severus (AD 222-235). After the Edict of Constantine, they began to be built everywhere. Though he had accepted Christianity, he was not been baptized. Finally, he had the desire ... ...

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... leaving behind a daunting shadow of what it once was. A large earthquake hit Rome in 1231 causing a large section of the amphitheater to collapse. The 1500's brought further ruin when Pope Alexander VI allowed it to be used as a quarry for new buildings. It wasn't until 1744 that Pope Benedict XIV resolved to protect the Colosseum from further damage. Today 17.6 million ... ...

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... . "After the death of Hamilcar Barca, his son Hannibal became leader of the Carthaginian army in Spain. It is an understatement to say he was a military genius not seen since Alexander. Hannibal decided to mount the most ambitious invasion plan of history-invade Rome through the Pyranees, the Rhone valley, and the Alps."" (Willis) This journey has gained further recognition because ... ...

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... Persian Empire, for these beliefs were absent from earlier Judaic religion (Fisher, 2002). However, they were not uniformly accepted. Greek lifestyle and thought were introduced into the Middle East by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE. The rationalistic, humanistic influences of Hellenism led many wealthy and intellectual Jews, including the priests in Jerusalem, to adopt a Hellenistic attitude of skepticism ... ...

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