Church Fathers

212° Teen Camping Trip As we loaded up the vans to go, I thought, finally, a whole week by myself away from my family! Well, I was not really by myself, because I was going with a large group of sponsors and teens, from my 212° teen church, to Falls Creek, OK, for church camp. Nevertheless, it felt good to be traveling somewhere on my own. Even though I knew it would be a long trip, I planned to have a lot of fun. Thus, when our ensemble of five vans headed out, needless to say, I was excited.…

I was born in the Chicago land area, living here my whole life just like my parents. My mother and father were both born in Chicago, however, they both have different backgrounds which impact me. It all starts with my grandmother, she came from Greece to America with her husband. Eventually my mother and uncle were born, making them the first generation in her family to be born here. My mother has a strong cultural background, eventually passing it to me taking on religion and the whole culture…

term in the Navy, he witnessed WWII. It was when he was stationed in Oakland that he met Marie. Shortly after meeting, they married in 1945. Her mother worked as a book keeper for various years and worked for a variety of companies and George, her father, after the Navy he worked as a Plummer for 40 years and “a jack of all trades.” She had two older sisters Donna Mae, the oldest who was born in 1950 and Theresa Marie, the second oldest in 1952. Their nuclear family lived in Oakland for five…

Most people adopt the traits and views of their parents, but when those views do not align, what happens to the children? What happens when a father is a hardcore Bears fan, but the mother is a diehard Packers fan? For me this divide pushed me away from football. I was the athletic child in the family so naturally my parents strove to gain my allegiance to their respective team. Without being able to choose a team without offending one parent, I never had a team to cheer on, eventually causing…

going against everything he said he’d do. He replaced the Pope as head of the Church in all throughout England. The Break of Rome happened in the 16th century, when King Henry decided he was going to make a new Christian Fellowship called the Church of England. At that time, there were plenty complications which Henry made and that will be explained later. But, Henry said he would “Break with Rome” so we would have the Church of England and we will no longer follow the true Catholic Faith.…

day France through present day Hungary; essentially Western Europe (Crusades Map). In the Catholic Kingdoms, the Pope had control of all church affairs, and the priest had control over a single church (Ellis 217-218). During the late 12th century, the Holy Father was Pope Urban II. Pope Urban II was a Catholic Christian and was in charge of all Catholic Church affairs (“The Crusades”). The Byzantine Empire had branched off from Rome in 330 AD, and the Byzantine Empire followed a different…

talked to his father about it, and told him that he wasn’t sure if he even wanted to play college ball if he had the chance. One night Ivory had a dream of how he was living life wrong, “emphasizing all the wrong things,” football being one of them. The next day he tells his pastor from his church and how he was certain it was a message to transform himself to god. This made Ivory also second-guess himself about football. Although Ivory is extremely…

the Catholic Church (Spielvogel, 281). He was gravely wounded while serving in the Spanish military fighting against the French. While slowly recuperating, Ignatius of Loyola experienced a conversion and consequently established the Jesuit order, also known as the military enforcement arm of the Catholic Church. It played an important role in the counter reformation and succeeded in converting millions around the world to Catholicism,…

felt jealous when she saw her favourite person talk with her sister and told her that he love her not Marcia. Marcia and Karin two sister and they lived with their father. Their father was sick and someone need to stay with him. So, Marcia was elder then Karin and she had responsibility of them that’s why she stay at home with his father. Karin had job in the town and she was very pretty. Everyone like her we can know from this line “People often said Marcia, ‘your sister very beautiful. There…

the Christian Science religion, based on the metaphysical New Thought movement, in 1879 (Christian Science, “What is Christian Science?”). For individuals who are born into the modern Christian Science church, understanding the concept of “divinity” in the…