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All scholars are in agreement that Galatians was written by Paul. Though some argue for a very early date, making it of the earliest letters he wrote. Some evidence for this is the lack of any reference to the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), however, his reference to taking Titus to Jerusalem with him in Gal. 2:1 means he already returned from his first missionary journey (Acts 13-14), therefore the Council probably already took place. Galatians may date to the late fifties. “Galatia” became a…

Throughout feudal and medieval Europe, society was stricken with anti-semitic and misogynistic events. Both Jews and females suffered during this time, where scapegoating occurred regularly. Jews filled the role of scapegoats through being blamed for the killing of Christ, killing Christians and performing heretic-like acts. As a result, they have faced the brunt of European brutality, in events such as the First Crusade, Black Death, and Spanish Inquisition. As well, females were seen as…

Peter then immediately changes the focus of his speech from the disciples and starts to proclaim Jesus. He attempts to make his listeners understand what in the past they may have not; he reminds them of how through his signs and wonders Jesus was attested to by God. Then he went on to confront them on the fact that they had been blind to this and put him to death by crucifying him, but that death could not keep him down because God raised him from the dead (v22-24). The apostle then again…

Christianity, begins about twenty centuries ago, starts out with only the Jewish population, has expanded into Romans, Muslims, and other culture groups. With Jesus’s words spread to the gentiles, the Romans decides to execute thousands of Christian because they see Christians as major threat of the fall of the Roman Empire, which results in the Great Persecution in 303. After Constantine takes over, as Romans accept Christianity, he releases Edict of Milan in 313, which legalizes Christianity…

‘Crusade’ is a non-medieval Franco-Spanish hybrid that has been considered synonymous to the pursuit of a good cause. The Crusades were a series of on and off religious wars fought between the years from 1096 to 1487 under the authority of various Popes. The Crusades were basically fought for the recovery of the Holy Land. They were ordered by Pope Urban II in 1095, and within months the first Europeans had arrived in the Middle East to rid the Holy Land of Muslims. One story particularly…

Horace Mann was a Whig political leader born on May 4, 1796 in Franklin Massachusetts. Horace Mann was raised in poverty, and was educated in an elementary school that was diminishing into rubble. Mann was self educated in the Franklin library until he attended Brown University. Mann studied law, politics, and social reform. Mann lived a very successful life and improve the lives of many other with The Common School Movement. Mann was known as the father of the Common School Movement. In 1819…

Damascus to get healed and baptized by a man named Ananias. Saul suddenly went to synagogues and started proclaiming that he is the Son of God. Saul soon became known as Paul and spent time in places such as: Damascus, Jerusalem, Tarsus, Cyprus, Pathos, Antioch,…

Eastern Orthodox is a large religion in which its faith is based on the first seven ecumenical counsels; the word “orthodox” literally means “right believing”. The origin of the word orthodox was used by Christians who speak Greek to differentiate between those who follow the faith perfectly and those who were under fire for heresy, someone who go against religious truth. Orthodoxy formed from Greek speaking branch of the Roman Empire. Long before The Great Schism in 1054, the East and West…

Mary Church Terrell was an early advocate and spokesperson for the civil rights, and the suffrage movement, and was also selected as President and charter member of the NAACP which was founded 1896. Mary was a writer, educator, and activist also served as the organization’s first president and focused on educational and social reforms.. Mary also known as “Mollie” to her family was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in September 23, 1863. The daughter of a successful business owner by the name of…

The thoughts from Kwok is giving the readers to question themselves, her idea is putting out the portion of Jesus being Christ very thought provoking as she puts, her thoughts on how Jesus and Christ is unsettling could find from the synoptic gospels. From a comparison between Mark and Luke, in the book of Mark, Jesus seems very meek and lowly at the same time, local also Jewish. And from the book of Luke, Jesus is conqueror, living as dominant culture along with Hellenistic concept. The way it…