Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

conservative have been addressing the faith with uncertainty and worldly, to the fundamental beliefs of secular ideologies. Global South Christians in contrast did not live in uncertainty, but instead dealt with conflicting claims to faith with their different neighbors. The growing significance of Christianity in global South nations, demanded to be understood by anyone interested in the future development of those regions. Different forms of the faith raised questions about the Western…

Jesus, Moses, Samson, Daniel and memorizing scripture. Baptism was at the age of 13. I stood in front of Sale Baptist church and, nervously, declared a memorized statement of my faith. Even though I was urged to do so by my parents, which is not a bad thing at all, I have come to realize that everyday my declaration of faith becomes…

religions of American society. The Great Awakening began in the 1730’s and lasted until 1743. It was a religious revival that swept through the colonies. Before the awakening, ministers were considered upper class and were loyal to the crown. The new faiths that emerged after the Great Awakening were much more democratic. Their overall message was one of equality for all. The Great Awakening was the first major event that all of the the colonists could refer to and it helped break down the…

threefold agency of Father, Son, and Spirit in the “economy” of salvation” and “the eternal distinction of “persons” within the being of God.” (Migliore 71) The purpose of this preaching about the Trinity is to speak the love of God. I would exhort congregation to start to experience the “Great Love” with God in the Holy Spirit through Jesus…

Puritan’s rule that women should not be leaders. She professed to violating such rules and said but that God had revealed himself directly to her saying, “He hath let me see which was the clear ministry and which the wrong.” According to the Puritan Doctrine it was in violation, that commands came only from God. She was then banished from the colony soon after her church trial. It was said in an article in Harvard Magazine, that before her trial her friend and mentor, John Cotton turned his back…

of commitment, ministers set out to restore and renew the people’s faith. As a result, they traveled throughout the colonies preaching to the people a sense of guilt and their need of salvation by Christ. This religious…

Jainism Religion exists all across the world in many different shapes and forms. All these religions are different in their own way. One of these religions is known as Jainism. Jainism, a non-theistic religion (Long, 2009), is, contrary to the belief of some, an independent world religion. Many believe and say Jainism was founded by Vardhamana Mahavira in about 500 B.C. But Mahavira was one of twenty-four Tirthankara’s, one’s who make liberation possible (Long, 2009). Mahavira’s predecessor,…

operations of government, unifying the states as one, and distinguishing the country from any other nation in the world. The form of government and the geopolitical shape that the United States is taking today is the result of the same series of legal doctrine and conventional events that formulated the U.S. constitution in the past. The history of the…

to work systematically and more efficiently. Furthermore, it is real nice to distribute work responsibility between the ruling and teaching elders. Obviously, this will reduce workloads and the pastor might have much time to concentrate on sound doctrine and spiritual matters. But in practical life, for small church it is unnecessary to appoint ruling elder and teaching elders where the pastor is sufficient doing all work. And sometimes it is unclear for the ordinary church people distinguish…

Faith is defined as a “strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.”, according to Google. All religions focus on providing answers to some of life’s most fundamental questions, like Why are we here?, Who am I?, Where will I go after death?, and more. In learning about the faiths and their answers to these age old questions, I have come to terms that there are certain aspects that pertain to all of the faiths and some that do not.…