Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

not matter what an individual does, or what faith they belong to, in the end, it is not possible for a loving God to send people to Hell. This view is called Universalism, and while it sounds very lovely, and peace-loving-harmony, it is nevertheless unbiblical. It is worrisome if this trend continues. This is not to say that a pastor needs to preach hell and damnation every week, of course not. However a pastor should never stand before a congregation professing to speak from God’s Word and then…

During the time of the American Civil War, the new Confederate States of America formed out of the previous Southern states. This new Confederacy formed its mission partially on a religious basis, with the Christian ministers leading the way. The South was a very Christian society, formed by a variety of Southern Protestant churches who often tied themselves with matters of the state, and this stayed at the heart of who the Southerners wanted their new nation to be. When the Civil War started,…

the topic of significant musicians, one might consider the following question: Why is congregational singing important? Not that congregational singing necessarily requires professional musicians or any musicians for that matter in order for a congregation to engage in worship; nonetheless, it has been found throughout history, that significant…

given me the ability to embrace the world around me through Gods’ eyes and not my own. I was baptized at the age of five. God revealed my calling or purpose in life, which was to help heal the hearts and minds of others. I lived faithfully to the doctrine of Jesus Christ in his teaching “The Sermon On the Mount.” At the age of fourteen I broke my promise to God. I had promised to save my virtue for the man I was going to marry. I became engaged to an older man and gave my virtue to him.…

as he could. After he became a professor in theology at the University of Wittenberg, he got an understanding that God’s justice cannot be in punishment, but by mercy and faith, and that only by God’s grace would the people be saved instead of their own effort. He wrote a list of the Ninety-five Theses to dismantle the doctrine of indulgences. Luther then came to the conclusion that the pope and all clerics are all fallible, and the only highest authority is the Scripture’s truth. That put…

when, after serving the congregation of the Northampton church for nearly 24 years, he was dismissed on account of his belief concerning the practice of open communion. Under Edwards’s grandfather’s pastorship, nearly anyone could partake in communion since the wide-held belief was that it was responsible for bringing about conversion in a person. Edwards pushed for extending full church membership only to the people who had repented, confessed and experienced true saving faith conversion within…

the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows ' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation”(Mark 12:38-40) This is what the Roman Catholic Church did to their congregation with indulgences from the medieval…

Church with its congregation, other faiths and especially world youth and functioned as a great inspiration for positive social change. Due to his uncommonly long papacy he fully developed numerous theological ideas and promulgated numerous seminal encyclicals, some of which presented a somewhat revolutionary view for. The two most essential areas in which Pope John Paul II influenced Catholic theology where in his renewed emphasis on Mariology and his outreach and with other world-faiths and…

There were many factors and obstacles that pushed congregations to side with supporters of slavery, whether it was the threat of loosing creditability within the church or loss of financial support. Slavery was debated in religious and moral terms, by using the Bible to support either position. The only problem…

their local congregation of worshipers, but all who have access to the network in which the sermons are shown. In the history of the Christian faith, ministers have always wished to reach an audience on a grander level. However, televisions haven’t always been available. Now, with televisions, computers and cell phones easily accessible from anywhere in the world, ministers can reach higher levels of congregants who share the same religious beliefs. With televangelists preaching the faith,…