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When (roughly) were the four Gospels written, and by whom?
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Mark's Gospel was written in the late 60's to early 70's.
Matthew's Gospel was written after Mark's, but before Luke's. Generally accepted as written in the 80's. Luke's was written in the 80's, after Matthew's and Mark's. John- written in the late 90's. |
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What's apoclypticism?
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The religious belief in apocalypse which originally meant a revelation of God's will.
Today the term usually refers to belief that the world will come to an end time very soon, usually meaning within one's own lifetime his belief is usually accompanied by the idea that civilization, as we know it, will soon come to a tumultuous end with some sort of global event, usually war. Apocalypses can be viewed as good, evil, ambiguous or neutral, depending on the belief system. |
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What (according to Jesus) are the two great commandments?
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Jesus is telling us that we are to adore Him in every moment of our lives. We are to take our children from a very early age to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to fill their hearts with Jesus. We are to talk about our love for Jesus when we sit in our house. (Basically, we are to accept Jesus as our lord and savior, and worship, adore him, and spread his word).
The second is: You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself. This prefigured our Lord’s raising several “love one another” commandments to new heights, such as adultery became even if you simply lusted you'd already committed adultery, etc. |
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What is the significance of St. Paul?
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His efforts to accept gentile converts and to define the Torah as superseded by Christ were successful and "decisive."[8] He was a Hellenistic Jew,[5] who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles",[6] and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just,[7] the most notable of early Christian missionaries.
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Who's Augustine, and why is he important?
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A philosopher and theologian.
Augustine, a Latin church father, is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. When the Roman Empire in the West was starting to disintegrate, Augustine developed the concept of the Church as a spiritual City of God distinct from the material City of Man.His thought profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. Augustine's City of God was closely identified with the church, and was the community which worshiped God. |
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Who is Benedict and why is he important?
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He was around in 500 A.D.
He is credited as the beginning of inspiration for monkery. He wrote a book called "Rules for Monks" which became a guidebook for monks. He is the father of Monkery in the west. |
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Who is Basil and why is he important?
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Around 300 A.D.
He lived in the eastern part of the empire. He is the father of Monkary in the east. |
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What is the significance (in Christianity) of the year 313?
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Edict of Milan.
It is letter signed by emperors Constantine and Licinius that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. It legalized Christianity across the whole Empire |
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What is the significance (In Christianity) of the year 325?
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The Council of Nicaea.
Was convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325. The Council was historically significant as the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom. |
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What is the significance (In Christianity) of the year 367?
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This is the year of the earliest found New Testament that anyone has located. It is the same as the older new testament as nowadays.
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What is (a la H. Smith) the significance (In Christianity) of the year 380?
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This is the year when Christianity became the official empire religion in Rome.
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What is the significance (In Christianity) of the year 1054?
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This is the year that Christianity splits in the East and West and became Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.
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What is the significance (In Christianity) of the year 1517?
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The Roman Catholic church begins to fragment. It splits to North and South, which is basically when Luther nailed his complaints to the Church door.
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What do Christians believe?
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- Christ died for our sins.
-Christianity is more about a relationship than religious practices. Instead of adhering to a list of “do’s and don’ts,” the goal of a Christian is to cultivate a close walk with God the Father. That relationship is made possible because of the work of Jesus Christ and the ministry in the life of the Christian by the Holy Spirit. - Christians believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God, and that its teaching is the final authority - Christians believe in one God that exists in three persons, the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. - Christians believe that mankind was created specifically to have a relationship with God, but that sin separates all men from God - In order to be saved, one must simply place his faith entirely in the finished work of Christ on the cross. If someone believes that Christ died in his own place and paid the price of his own sins, and rose again, then that person is saved. There is nothing that anyone can do to earn salvation. Nobody can be “good enough” to please God on his or her own, because we are all sinners |
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Who is St. Francis, and why is he important?
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Was a friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans.
He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment and Italy, and it is customary for Catholic churches to hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day of 4 October. Francis heard a sermon that changed his life. The sermon was about Matthew 10:9, in which Christ tells his followers that they should go forth and proclaim that the Kingdom of Heaven was upon them, that they should take no money with them, nor even a walking stick or shoes for the road. He was inspired to devote himself to a life of poverty. |
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What are "Religious Orders"?
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It is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice.
The order is composed of initiates and, in some traditions, ordained clergies. Religious orders exist in many of the world's religions. A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their ... |
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What is the story of the origin of the Anglican Church?
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It began in the sixth century in England, when Pope Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine to Britain to bring a more disciplined Apostolic succession to the Celtic Christians.
The Anglican Church evolved as part of the Roman church, but the Celtic influence was folded back into the Roman portion of the church in many ways, perhaps most notably by Charlemagne's tutor Aidan. The Anglican church was spread worldwide first by English colonization and then by English-speaking missionaries. |
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What are Sacraments?
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The seven sacraments are ceremonies that point to what is sacred, significant and important for Christians. They are special occasions for experiencing God's saving presence.
-Baptism -Eucharist -Reconciliation -Confirmation -Marriage -Holy Orders -Anointing of the sick |
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What does Islam literally mean?
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Submission.
Muslims are submitters to Allah. |
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Who is Muhammad and why is he important?
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Muhammad is the messenger of God from 570 A.D.
Prophet from Muslim perspective. Born in Mecca and fled to Medena. He married an older woman, Khadigan. He led her caravan and that is what made her realize that he was a good hard worker, and she wanted to marry him. He was illiterate. People didn't believe him and so he was persecuted and forced to flee to Medena. |
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What is the Qur'an?
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This is the book revealed by Muhammad.
It comes after the New Testament. The New Book was written by God, Muhammad did not write it. Muhammad spoke it and others wrote it down. |
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What are the Hadiths?
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Recollections and remembrances.
The stories of what Muhammad said and did when he was not under God's influence. |
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What is the Kabah?
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The house of Allah.
It is a black shrine in the shape of a cube. It is in the middle of Mecca. Muslims circle it seven times signifying when Muhammad denounced the false idols. |
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Who is Khadijah?
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She is the woman Muhammad worked for when he led the caravans. She was impressed by his honesty and integrity, and asked to marry him despite how much older she was than him.
This was Muhammad's first wife. She was supportive of Muhammad. |
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What happened on the Night of the Ascent?
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Muhammad wakes up and a chariot takes him to heaven. Along the way he meets Moses, Jesus and Abraham. He also meets God.
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What is the Muslim understanding of Jesus?
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The think of him as a messenger of God. They do not think that he is God's son because they are monotheist.
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What are the five pillars of Islam?
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1) Declaration of faith- This is where Muslims state there is only one God and they will worship him.
2) Prayer or worship- 3) Zakat (purification) 4) Fast of Ramadan- 5) Pilgrimmage to Mecca |
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What is the difference between Shiite and Sunni Islam?
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They argue over who should be Muhammad's successor.
Shiite's say the successors of Muhammad are illigitame. The successor has to be a blood relative of Muhammad. They are the conservative / fundamentalist Muslims. Sunni's- They are traditional, liberal muslims. They believe that the successor can come from Muhammad's tribe. |
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What is sufism?
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Islamic Mysticism.
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ṣūfī though some adherents of the tradition reserve this term only for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition. defined Sufism as "a science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God."[ |
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What is Sharia?
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The whole body of Islamic law.
The term means "way" or "path to the water source"; Sharia deals with many aspects of day-to-day life, including politics, economics, banking, business, contracts, family, sexuality, hygiene, and social issues. |
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Who is Al-Ghazali?
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He was an Islamic theologian and philosopher, psychologist and mystic of Persian origin
remains one of the most celebrated scholars in the history of Sunni Islamic thought. He is considered a pioneer of the methods of doubt and skepticism and in one of his major works, The Incoherence of the Philosophers, he changed the course of early Islamic philosophy, shifting it away from an Islamic metaphysics influenced by ancient Greek and Hellenistic philosophy, and towards an Islamic philosophy based on cause-and-effect that were determined by God or intermediate angels, a theory now known as occasionalism. |
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What is Jihad?
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Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims.
In Arabic, the word jihād is a noun meaning "struggle." Jihad appears frequently in the Qur'an and common usage as the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of Allah A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid. A minority among the Sunni scholars sometimes refer to this duty as the sixth pillar of Islam, though it occupies no such official status Jihad requires Muslims to "struggle in the way of God" or "to struggle to improve one's self and/or society." Jihad is directed against Satan's inducements, aspects of one's own self, or against a visible enemy. It is a form of permissible warfare in Islam. |
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What does one do on a Hajj?
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pilgrimage to Mecca
obligation that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to Allah(God) Each person walks counter-clockwise seven times about the Kaaba, the cube-shaped building which acts as the Muslim direction of prayer; kisses the Black Stone in the corner of the Kaaba; runs back and forth between the hills of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah; drinks from the Zamzam Well; goes to the plains of Mount Arafat to stand in vigil; throws stones in a ritual Stoning of the Devil. |
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What are the five pillars of Islam?
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The 'Five Pillars' of Islam are the foundation of Muslim life:
* Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad; * Establishment of the daily prayers; * Concern for and almsgiving to the needy; * Self-purification through fasting; and * The pilgrimage to Mecca for those who are able. |
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What (according to Molloy) are some additional Islamic religious practices?
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*** NEED TO ASK***
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What (According to Molloy) is at the heart of Protestant Christianity?
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*** NEED TO ASK***
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How are the Roman Catholic Church and the eastern Orthodox Churches Different?
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Over time, the two power centers of Christianity, centered in Constantinople in the East and Rome in the West, drifted apart. They developed divergent paths in the areas of creeds, beliefs, practices, liturgy, the use of icons, organizational structure, etc.
The Roman Catholic liturgy was traditionally in Latin. The Orthodox Churches use other languages, including Greek, Russian and Syriac. The Orthodox Churches allow married priests. The Roman Catholic Church (with very rare exceptions) does not. The Orthodox and Catholic Churches use different ways to calculate the date of Easter, so that in most years they end up celebrating the feast on different days. The Catholic Church recognises the Pope as having supreme spritual authority on earth. The Orthodox churches dispute this. |
