Antioch

consensus to the council. They subsequently elected two leaders, Judas and Silas, with a letter, to journey along Paul and Barnabas.   15:30–35 They journeyed to Antioch. Antioch joyfully received them and read the letter. Prophet Judas and Silas encouraged the brothers there. They returned while Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch.   15:36–41 Barnabas and Paul decided to revisit the churches they had set. Since Barnabas desired to take John Mark with him, Paul and Barnabas split: Paul…

specifically because of the power of religion at the time. The Church hated opposing religions, so when Islamic factions veered dangerously close on the Trade city of Constantinople, the Church panicked. Hence began The Crusades. The holy cities of Antioch, Jerusalem, and Constantinople were in danger of being infected with the blood of infidels, and the Pope would not tolerate such blasphemy. However, in studies, The Crusades are an excellent example of religious genocides, and show how such…

The Council of Chalcedon in November 451 CE set the Christological tone of Orthodox Church for almost 1,500 years following the event. A multitude of controversies occurred between the Eastern and Western Church leading to and following the 451 meeting. Ultimately, the tension between the Greek-speaking West and Latin-speaking East led to the Great East-West Schism of the Orthodox Church in 1054 CE. The church was now divided into the sects of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, of which a…

He had departed from Antioch and travelled to Seleucia, Cyprus, Salamis, Pergo, Antioch of Pisidia, Conium, Lustra, Debra, returned to Antioch (of Syria). In AD 49 the Council of Jerusalem had begun. The Council of Jerusalem had been created because of one question that changed Judaism and Christianity. They were debating about whether…

Ignatius of Antioch to the Romans and the letter to Diognetus both ends then. Variety of ideas and feelings came in my mind. Some of them were; I feel proud to be a Christian. I have seen the courageous zeal of a disciple to suffer with his Lord. Amazed in the faith heroically to confirm their believe without fear. In particular, St. Ignatius of Antioch, who wished to confirm his beliefs with life "I am voluntarily dying for God." And finally, his desire came true. St. Ignatius of Antioch died…

Chapter Six BARNABAS When the Church at Antioch of Syria, consisting mostly of Greeks, came to the attention of the elders at Jerusalem, they chose Barnabas to visit the church there and report on the Lord’s work in that area. Barnabas is first introduced in Acts chapter four. At that time, a great need had developed concerning the poor Christians in the Jerusalem church. The other Christians, who had possessions, sold what they could afford and gave the money to the apostles to be…

Primary Source Analysis 3 1) As most Christian histories of the crusades begin with pope urban II’s call in 1095, for the recovery of holy places. But Ibn Al-Athir being native of Mosul see it differently, as all Muslim sees the Crusades. He mention the crusades as not being recovery of holy places of Christianity, rather, it was war against the Islam religion. He further stated in his writing saying that, “They invaded the territories of Islam”. In his writing he clearly indicated that it was…

In California, following the 2008 financial crisis, residents of a sleepy San Francisco suburb called Antioch witnessed their home values plummet by as much as two-thirds (Kirkpatrick and Gallagher, 37). “Until recently, low-income households, including voucher holders, were systematically priced out of the single-family, suburban housing market. The limited number of Section 8 recipients who did manage to find housing outside the urban core were isolated in the “bad” parts of suburban cities,…

When messengers from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus asked the Christians in Europe to help protect his empire from the Turks, an assembly of churchmen called by Pope Urban II met at Clermont, France on 27th November 1095. The pope addressed the assembly and asked the warriors of Europe to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims. The response of the assembly was overwhelmingly positive and the first of at least eight crusades was launched. For clarification, I am defining the word…

forward in its case. Mitchell Lynn Bacom, 63, was arrested, by Antioch police, as a suspect in the kidnapping and killing of Suzanna Bombardier, 14, while she was babysitting her nieces on June 22, 1980. Bombardier disappeared from her sister’s townhouse and was found days later, by a fisherman, in the San Joaquin River. The police detained Bacom, a known acquantaine of the Bombardier family at the time of the crime, outside of his home in Antioch. In 2014, a friend of Bombardier and her niece…