Confessing Church

minimal. I do not consider myself a religious person, attending church was not a priority growing up, but attending church on important dates within the catholic religion was a must. I went to church for baptisms, first communion and confirmation, for weddings, ash Wednesday, palm and Easter Sunday. Centro Cristiano Adonai (CCA) quickly came into consideration after my daughters dance teacher (Lenni) had mentioned something about attending church…

Persecution of Christians is very common in Russia. Russia was for a long time a communist state and anyone who thought that the Orthodox church wasn’t the only religion was imprisoned. Russia has many historical times and moments in it’s history but what caught my sight was the persecution of Christians. In this research paper I want to talk about how they were treated, what happened to some of the Christians imprisoned and what it was like being a Christian during the times of communism in…

Racism & The Church. Racism is defined as the belief that one racial group is more superior, or one particular race is inferior among others. Racism is very evident among society. We live and breathe in a society where racial tension will always exist towards certain types of society. Racism is directed towards races that are seen as inferior, and is normally retaliated by forms of protest, and violence. As of 2016, racial violence is at an all time high as the discussion of police brutality has…

Reformation Reformation was very significant in Europe because without it the power the Catholic Church possessed would have only kept getting larger. As in the Renaissance, the Reformation looked back at history for influence. The thinkers of this Age wanted to reinstitute early christianity and its virtue. The Reformation impacted the history of the West greatly. For the very first time Western Europe’s people would be allowed to be a part of a different Christian practices. Martin Luther…

I became Catholic and it was the happiest day of my life. I had waited over 25 years to be confirmed and receive communion and because of religious education, my dream had finally come true. Religious education has many facets in the Catholic Church and that night I made a promise to myself that I would learn as many as I could in my lifetime. As a military child, I was always intrigued by the Catholic faith. Every Sunday I would watch the Catholic families pile into their cars to go to…

our best we still need something or someone to help with that drive to help push ourselves.Which brings us to our next scene where we see the child version of the singer having a conversation with his grandmother then the scene quickly shifts to a church during a funeral. We then see the young child praying with his head on the coffin of his late grandmother.Seeing that scene in the video shows us the the grandmother had a great impact on the child. Seeing how quickly things happen in life. The…

I have always only attended Baptist churches, this project expanded my religious encounter as I attended a Catholic mass a previous Sunday. I attended a sunrise service at St Madeleine Catholic Church in High Springs with a customer of mine from my workplace while I typically attend Westside Baptist Church in Gainesville with my family. Within the worship I couldn’t help but to notice the tremendous amount of differential ways of worship and rituals. As I have only been to Baptist churches I was…

thesis against the Catholic Church, not a physical attack. However, Luther’s thesis would trigger the Protestant Reformation which would come to have violent ramifications all over Europe, which brings us to my thesis. Does religion incite or cause conflict? Both warfare and religion are large and diverse subjects, so this essay will look at some of the areas where these two areas coincided within Europe and the United States. In central and western Europe, the Catholic Church had grown…

outreach be a missed opportunity to increase church attendance? The Vatican’s chief media strategist says the Catholic Church can no longer ignore the opportunities for evangelization that the Internet offers. Furthermore, Archbishop Claudio Celli, head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, professed to a group of journalists, “And we forget that most fish are outside the aquarium. Unless the church engages social media, he said, in our church we are always fishing inside the…

reside today. My background is Mexican/Hispanic on my mothers side and my father’s side is Italian. My parents had me baptized when I was about 2 months old in the Catholic Church. I feel this decision has been the most influential part of my life. I have a very strong faith and from a young age have always been involved in my church, about 8 years ago my dad was in a very serious accident and I strongly believe that if my family didn 't have the faith that we had my dad would have been taking…