Christendom

The wide spread of practicing the worship of spiritual beings helped expose early societies to communicate in other forms of expression besides language and writing. Art, storytelling, production of precious metals such as silver and gold, starting being highly sought after and thus helping the progression of trade between civilizations from different areas around the known world. Another trend in earlier civilizations was creating monuments and temples in honoring their Gods. Wonders of…

the Islamic world. (Bentley 296) Lastly was the Abbasid Dynasty. Although the Abbasid was not known for the expansion of the empire, they did make sure in execute good administration of the lands that had already been conquered. (Bentley 298) Christendom on the other hand was not a new faith at this time and had been around for centuries. Even though the Roman empire lost a lot of land to the Muslims, the government moved the capital to the newly founded city of…

dramatic ways. Some of our most stable and devoted leaders are baptized as infants, raised lovingly by a community of faith, and grow lifelong into that Lordship. However, those folks are fewer in number at the closing of this declining age of Christendom. I must confess I get really excited about those who encounter Christ in palpably transformative ways. At Wildwood United Methodist Church (hereafter referred to as Wildwood), we have joined close to 200 new members in four years. Many by…

(1451-1506). On the morning of Oct. 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus stepped ashore on an island in what has since become known as the Americas. The arrival of his ships in the Western Hemisphere was one of the pivotal events in world history. It opened up a new world for Europeans and initiated the spread of Western civilization to a new hemisphere. But if these lands were a new world for Europeans, they were a very old world for the inhabitants Columbus and his successors encountered. Cultures…

Christ and the communities. As an empowered women, my aim is to bring enlightenment on women in ministry and how their roles, can be a positive influence for the House of God. The role of a spiritual leader is to provide the pastoral model of Christendom. Worship leaders are natural nurturers thus, we have the aptitude to rise, inspire, transform, influence, and impact the lives of the people of God, through the words that I utter from mouth, His written and spoken…

How Dark were the Dark Ages? When looking at the historical patterns of many different regions of the world, it is easy to see that by no means was any civilization perfect in terms of living. This is especially true when one looks at the the chaotic historical trends of Medieval Europe—universally known to be a time of societal plight. However, when analyzing the daily lives of Medieval Europeans, one can discern the fallacy that the Dark Ages were a time of utter despondency. When looking at…

4.1 The Replacement Theory and the Anti-Semitism All of the interpreters, whom I examine in this article (with the exception of the last), regarded the first invited guests as the Jewish nation and the second invited guests as Gentiles. They all believed that the destruction of the city of the first guests represents the devastation of Jerusalem, which is God’s judgment on Jews. Chrysostom asserted that God foreknows the Jews’ refusals of Christ. He first sent his prophets and Christ to them in…

practical reasons. It is abundantly clear that these practical reasons can quickly become political in the assertion of certain cultural and political agendas. Those in the West desire to tell a story of triumph and the pre-ordained victory of christendom over the other cultures of the world. In response to that egregious telling of history some fall into a trap of ignoring much of european history and falling into a sinocentric narrative, as Marks sometimes does in his work. In a topic area as…

The Crusades started all the way back in 1095 in the Holy Lands. Leading up to the Crusades, the Muslims rapidly expanded across the middle east and into Jerusalem and into a place called the Holy Lands. The Holy Lands are a very important religious part of the world, where there is great religious value for Christians, Muslims, and Jews. So when the Seljuk Turks, who were Muslims and were in control of the Holy Lands in 1095, limited the Christians access to their religious sites many were…

“it is [insert a deity’s name] will to do this”. ( Spielvogel 364 ) The most evident example of such manipulation through religion would be the corruption, and the oppressive rule of the early Catholic Church. Before 1400’s Europe was even dubbed Christendom simply because the Catholic Church completely took over most of the European governments, and was the key player in making any political decisions. Just because of the fact that a vast majority of Europeans were Christians at the time, any…