Hippolytus

Socrates – Ancient Philosopher or Christian Prophet? Ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates, has been labelled by some Church fathers a “Christian” despite living four centuries before Jesus Christ. This was often attributed to Socrates’ proposal of multiple philosophical opinions that are reflected in the theological framework of Christianity. Still, the rationale of Socrates as a “pre-Christian saint” is challenged by many early Christian Church fathers. Vassilios Adrahtas appraises the…

future. This topic alone is a good research project. For the sake of the focus of this paper, I will not go into the detail discussion. However, I will discuss a few of the most popular proposals. - Enoch and Elijah Early Christians, such as Hippolytus of Rome and Tertullian have concluded that the two witnesses would be Enoch and Elijah. The reason is that these prophets did not die because God "took" them according to other Biblical passages. One difficulty for this proposal is that…

The theatre began when the ritual played a role in the development of drama in the days of early people. The ancient societies used ritual to represent their understanding of the human condition and of the world around them . The ritual had a religious purpose, and instructive purpose. It was also a form of entertainment. There were common elements found in ritual such as music, dance and mask and costume. In the early years of the fifth century B.C, Greek literature, theatre, and culture…

In his book, The Quest for the Trinity, Stephen R. Holmes argues that the so-called “Trinitarian revival” of the twentieth century is not a recovery of the traditional doctrine of the Trinity, but rather a misinterpretation of, and a departure from, the doctrine recognized in the patristic period, agreed upon in the fourth-century debates, and upheld, by all strands of the church, through both the medieval and Reformation periods with relatively minor disagreement (xv). Holmes’s purpose is not…

A Philosophical Stand-Off The pre-Socratic philosophers were among the first to lay the foundation upon which our current beliefs and philosophies were built upon. These philosophers of ancient Greece were some of the very first scholars to apply logic to the universe and attempt to rationalise the world around them. Just the thought that these individuals had such a colossal ability to infer, with regard to the era they presided in and the resources accessible to them, is simply remarkable.…

The Paschal Meal Hippolytus brings out the link between the sacraments of initiation and the Eucharist being the summit. Also, the sacrament of penance reaches its peak in the Eucharist, hence, the central sacrament is the Eucharist. The understanding of the Passover for the primitive church and the Jewish paschal ritual has to be clarified. Roland de Vaux thinks that the origin of the Passover ritual is from the nomadic shepherds who offered young animal for the well-being of their flocks.…

Shinto Creation story: Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion. It started about in the 500 BC. It was originally a mixture of amorphous nature devotion, fertility cults, divination, hero devotion, and shamanism. Its name derived from the Chinese word "Shin Tao." The term came into use only after the introduction of Buddhism in Japan. There are four "observances" in Shinto, • Tradition and the family. The family is seen as the main mechanism by which traditions are preserved. The main…

For most of Christian history, the existence of Hell has been accepted, as a place for the eternal punishment of the wicked. Scripture gives an account of a rich man visiting Hell (Luke 16:19-31). Others claim they have visited Hell, the following is an excerpt from a personal account of Bill Davis when he was a solider. “Conscious awareness began slipping away as I screamed. Dizziness and wooziness took over, much like one feels when he is running short of oxygen. Everything went black. I felt…

As said in the Article Greek Mythology and the Christian Doctrine of God. It basically was saying that “Greeks developed a complex religious system filled with gods, goddesses, demigods, and mythological creatures. Homer’s Odyssey, and Euripides’ Hippolytus. Because of these, the stories of Greek mythology have passed down through the centuries”. So we see that just those works people can form their religion based just on those works. They do not like believing in just one God which would be the…

Baptism is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptized—a historical event to which a high degree of certainty can be assigned. Baptism has been called a sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ. In some denominations, baptism is also called christening, but for others the word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants. Baptism has also given its…