of invoked stomach or intestinal disorders. His feast day is January 26. On a return
trip in 50 AD, Paul found that Timothy greatly admired the local Christians that he
asked Timothy to join him in spreading the Gospel on his missionary journeys.
The main points that I learnt from Week One’s lecture material are simplistic, but I believe each is important and fundamental to my further knowledge and understanding of TH 250 – Christology. Firstly, a basic definition of topic: Christology is the study of the person of Jesus as the Christ: the Anointed One, The Messiah and the One who saves. Secondly, Jesus is the foundation stone of a belief that God is present in the world and that God can be known and experienced. And the heart of an act of faith: a people trusting and knowing that God sent Jesus.…
Persecution of a Roman Citizen 1. In the passage Acts 23:31, Paul is accused of treason by Ananias. Paul was a Jew, but since he was a Roman citizen, he was not executed right away like Jesus, rather, he got a trial. Paul was summoned to appear in front of Felix, and his accusers were asked to make their case against him.…
Madison Doherty Theology 9-04 Mr. Bello January 8, 2016 Saint Thomas More Saint Thomas More, a Catholic Martyr, was born on February 7, 1478 in Milk Street, London. He was a reformer, English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and Renaissance humanist.…
The saint that I selected was St. Manuel Morales. He was born on February 8, 1898 at Mesillas, Zacatecas in Mexico. He was a faithful father, loving father with his three young children, fulfilled worker lay apostolate committed to his parish and spiritual life. When Manuel birthday pass his family move to Chalchihuites and then he met St. Luis Batiz. Manuel then bacame a secretary of the publication Leon XIII and secretary of Circle of Catholic workers.…
Saint Philip Neri is an important person to learn about. Saint Philip Neri’s feast day is on May 26,1595, He was born on July 21,1515. Saint Philip Neri journed to heaven on May 26,1595. Saint Philip Neri was born in Florence, Italy. Saint Philip Neri has a lily as a symbol because he was so pure, his other symbols are a rosary, and an angel holding a book.…
Justin Martyr or Saint Justin to the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Churches, was a Christian apologist and an interpreter of the theory of Legos. He wrote many apologies and dialogs however all but three are lost. Justin Martyr was born in 100 AD at the city of Flavia Neopolis, now known as modern day Nablus north of Jerusalem. He was raised in a Pagan home and believed the pagan beliefs. Justin wrote about how he was unsatisfied with his current education due to lack of a strong spiritual belief when he was a young boy.…
Saint Benedict was born on March 2, 480 AD, in Norcia, Italy, and died in March 21, 547, AD, in Monte Cassino. Saint Benedict’s Feast Day is on July 11, and it is kept by monks on March 21. He is the patron saint of Europe and students. Benedict is founder of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino and father of Western monasticism; the rule that he established became the norm for monastic living throughout Europe. Benedict was born of a good family.…
One of the many million martyrs is Saint Justin also known as Justin Martyr. He was venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. Justin Martyr was born in the Roman city of Flavia Neapolis (today Nablus) in A.D. 100. He was born to Pagan parents. He converted to Christianity around A.D. 130.…
St. Justin Martyr Justin Martyr, also known as Saint Justin, was an early Christian apologist (Wikipedia). He was born around 100 A.D. at Sychem, an ancient city of Samaria to pagan Greek parents. Justin displayed intelligence, his love for knowledge, and his devotion to the knowledge of Truth at a very young age. The Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church consider him to be a saint. His writings have standardized the foundation for a theology of history.…
Constantine is often regarded as the first Christian emperor, receiving veneration as a saint in both the Eastern and Western churches. The myth of “Saint Constantine” states that he awoke in the middle of the night, a bead of sweat might have been dripping down his temple, as he recalled the dream that initiated the rise of Christianity . Visions of Christ had told him in this dream to paint the first letter of Jesus’s last name on his army’s shields and for the spears to be made into crosses . With the legions adorn with Christian iconography, they marched into battle and claimed victory over their enemies. A triumph declared and an arch was erected depicting the story of the conquest.…
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” - Paul of Tarsus. Without Paul, Christianity would not be as widely spread as it is today. Paul was a major missionary who spread Christianity throughout non-jewish groups. He reached out to gentiles because Jews did not believe in the New Testament because they believed Jesus was nothing more than a prophet.…
Timothy and Titus were young leaders and traveled from church to church preaching God’s word. Timothy ministry taught against false teaching and organizing local churches to live a divine life. Paul wants to emphasize how God’s truth would produce love, which comes “from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith” (Bible). In Titus, Paul emphasis temperance, self-control, integrity, and uprightness. He warned the believers to live right, so it would give believers a bad name.…
Many religious communities have various views and beliefs of Jesus the son of God and because of this people have been divided for hundreds of years. The communities that showed belief in Jesus Christ at the time of his life comprised of people who were based in the lower class of civilization and were desperate for something to believe in and follow, this created a community of people that saw Jesus Christ as there savior from there lives of suffering. Jesus Christ is also looked upon and understood differently by each every community and religion, some people interpret Jesus' work in a good way and other interpret Jesus' work in a bad way. For most of the parts in the gospel of Mark most people interpret Jesus as a good hearted person; some…
A few years after Christ, Paul was born to a family of Jews in the City of Tarsus. His parents were both of Jewish lineage, resulting in his practicing of Judaism in his adolescence. During his schooling, Gamaliel, a Pharisee in Jerusalem, was Paul’s teacher. Paul spent his childhood learning to convert all followers of other faiths to Judaism using any means necessary. The occasional quotes from Greek poets in Paul’s writings allude that Paul also learned Greek and other languages from Gamaliel.…
The Spread of Christianity in Roman Empire By around the time of 312 A.D. it is believed that one in ten people in the Roman world classified themselves as Christians. The spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire evolved with the act of war. As the power hunger Rome conquered and won over a vast amount of cities, they also had a mix of a variety of cultures. As they took people from all over Europe as either slaves or granted them citizenship, different cultures started to emerge.…