Baptism

Heresy is an “opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.” In Greek, heresy or αίρεση signifies a choice, the opinion chosen and the sect holding the opinion, a choice that one personally and freely nakes, which happens to be the main controversial topic about Pelagianism. As Peter says in his second letter, “there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who…

Sandcastles In April of 2016, the visual album, Lemonade, took the internet by storm. After America’s most influential singer opened up about what was once kept as personal, the reactions and underlining messages were unforgettable. Being able to dissect the art of making lemonade into a personal diaspora to cultivate and strengthen others into learning the art of the grieving process was goal of the album. Contrary to popular beliefs, Beyoncé wanted the outside world to see that she was human…

In Scripture there is not a specific answer to what age a child should be held accountable for their sins. Since the Bible does not state an exact age it has led to various views of what the age of accountability is. There are also a lot of different factors that play a role into the idea of age of accountability. All children develop differently and some have developmental disabilities. These two ideas make it even harder to pin point the age when children reach the age of accountability. The…

Moksha, as a concept in the religion of Hinduism, is the ultimate goal in life. Moksha is also known as liberation or salvation. Moksha is the ultimatet goal because Samsara or rebirth happens before the liberation. In order to attain Moksha, there is the cycle of rebirth as also known as Samsara. The maintenance of world order can be achieved through Dharma while Moksha is the release from the world. Karma, as the cause-and-effect to the Samsara, is doing good or well in your duty or social…

theory), how Evangelism is done, open communion vs. closed communion, baptism by immersion vs. baptism by sprinkling vs. baptism by pouring… and the list goes on” (Eric). Marrying outside of your sect you often have to choose what religion your future kids will follow, or will you give them the freedom to choose? On Sundays you will have to choose if the two of you will attend different churches, and different services. What form of baptism and dedication…

There is approximately five thousand different religions, belief systems and ritual practices throughout the world. From that number there is about twenty that are more popular throughout the world. According to Stephan Juan, “Christianity is the number one religion practiced in the world while Buddhism is number six” (Juan). However, Buddhism has become the fastest growing religion of the world. The earliest recorded date of Buddhism was the year 563 B.C.E, two thousand and five hundred…

- 2 Luke emphatically intends to show the role of the Spirit in the ministry of Christ. He begins the contextual description for the narrative by describing Jesus as “full of the Holy Spirit”, an exclusive Lukan claim that immediately follows the baptism narrative where the Spirit is descending in the form of a dove. He is then led by this same Spirit into the wilderness, in which the Greek prepositional phrase εν τω πνευματι most likely conveys intervention through the progression. In a passive…

secondly as a catechism (an instruction for new Christians in the essentials of the faith), and thirdly, as a ‘rule of faith’ to give continuity to orthodox Christian doctrine. In the west by the early Middle Ages it was widely employed at baptism. The BCP uses it at baptism and daily Morning Prayer and Evensong except on the 13 days of the year when the Athanasian Creed is to be used instead. The Creed is Trinitarian in form but the heart of the creed is its confession concerning Jesus Christ…

He opposed any attempt to avoid the sacraments or the preaching of the Word. He considered water baptism to be a vital part of Christian conversion and regeneration. He also acknowledged immersion as the biblical mode but was content with sprinkling. He rejected the concept of predestination. He taught that God bestows grace upon the whole human race…

Jonathan Ventura Philosophy 1304 Professor Howard November 27, 2014 Catholicism Similarities and Differences from Christianity Christianity is the largest religion in the world today, and Catholicism is its largest denomination or subset. There are about 2.6 billion followers of Christianity today and growing. About 60 percent of these Christians follow Catholicism, which is roughly about 1.2 billion followers (Catholicism vs. Christianity). Christianity, in its simplest essence, is a…