Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Reverberation: How God’s Word Brings Light, Freedom, and Action to His People Jonathan Leeman’s Reverberation serves as a call for all in the pulpit and in the pews to renew their confidence in the authority and power of God’s Word. While Leeman acknowledges most church’s proverbial “lip service” to the importance of the Bible, he seeks to elevate the ministry of the Word as the ultimate ministry of the church. If God is for the growth of the church and not against it, then what is his…

defended the doctrine of the Trinity; setting the foundation for further development regarding the Holy Spirit. St. Gregory recognized his theology concerning the Holy Spirit was not complete, but he provided the framework for others to…

migrated to these lands, setting out their colonies to practice freely their faith. But, as Kenneth C. Davis once put it, “the problem is that this tidy narrative is an American myth” (2010). In the same article, the author states that the Massachusetts Bay society founded by the Puritan…

The Protestant Reformation of the 1600’s was a major turning point in history that shaped our faith and theology. By the 1600’s the Catholic Church had become the wealthiest and most powerful empires in all of Europe. Ironically enough one of the reasons of the reformation was how this Roman Empire raised money to secure is position of power. In addition the Catholic Church owned large parcels of land about one third of Europe. There were many leaders instrumental to this protestant revolution…

They “are organized into congregations, each of which is overseen by a body of elders”. (Jehovah's Witnesses, 2014) Despite this loose grouping of the congregation, “the elders do not form a clergy class, and they are unsalaried.” (Jehovah's Witnesses, 2014) This is reflects due the belief neither member is more significant than another. The cultural…

of confusion arising in the Roman church. It appears that the Roman church consisted with both Jews and Gentiles which in turn, caused friction and misunderstandings (Zondervan, 1993). It seems that the unsound doctrine of salvation by works was causing much confusion among the congregation and immediately Paul penned his most extensive and theological letter, the Book of Romans (Hindson & Towns, 2013). Paul begins the Book by showing how inherently evil and wicked the world is and immediately…

carefully and if it is the correct one for my future family. The Methodist denomination history and tradition goes back in 1770 when John Wesley started this denomination. Methodism is a denomination of Christianity under the banner of Protestant faith. This denomination has roots that trace back to…

Pentecost views a supernatural, singular, non repeatable event in church history where the Holy Spirit has been given to the believers present. (Col. 2:17) Their experience is completely unique due to the divine work taking place. This fact shapes our doctrine and our practice in worship today as reformed believers. The Aramaic and Greek was expected to be heard outside the temple but not inside and especially not various other foreign languages. Why would there be such an exclamation in Acts…

the Puritan faith would be born in the small town of Alford, Lincolnshire to nonconforming puritans, Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden. Anne Marbury, raised during the persecution by Queen Elizabeth and James I of the Catholics and separatists, was no stranger to religion. Anne’s childhood would be filled with daily prayers, Bible reading, and the education of maternal duties taught to her by her mother. Anne would live an ordinary Puritan existence; she would be enriched in Puritan faith,…

mythology, the pomegranate is a symbol of marriage and fertility and whose seeds are used to “express the hope of a married pair for many children ”. A Christian spin on the same imagery draws the pomegranate as the Church with the seeds as the congregation . The two are merged in a Biblical passage that equates pomegranates with both fertility and purity . Other botanicals also feature strongly, providing a mille-fleur background for the subjects. There are over a…