Council of Jerusalem

affluent and wealthy Christians in a world that is getting increasing needy. One of his chapters covers the topic of economic relationships among God’s chosen people. After reading the chapter, I was surprised to see several differences among the Jerusalem church and the twenty-first-century church. I discovered that the early church was much more generous with their money and resources and this challenged me to think critically about my own personal wealth and how the community of wealthy…

Joseph his father was advertised by an angel that they were looking for his son. His father waited at Egypt until Herod died, then he brought the family back to Nazareth, in galilee. At age of 12 Jesus had accompanied his parent to on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and become separated. The great roman civil war also known as Caesar civil war. It was of the las politics and military fights at Roman Empire. It began as political and military confrontations between Julius Caesar, his political…

confliction, Pope Urban II, and the fight for the Holy Land all lead to what we know now as the Battle of the Crusades. The city of Jerusalem has held significant value to Christians for many centuries, being the birthplace of Lord Jesus Christ it became known as the Holy Land. Amongst Christians…

do with his conception, birth, suffering, death, resurrection, ascension and coming judgement. The Nicene Creed It is known for certain that the Nicene Creed was adopted by the Council of Calcedon in 451AD which claimed it was the faith of the Council of Constantinople of 381AD. Its origin however goes back to the Council of Nicea (in modern day Turkey) called in 325AD by the Emperor Constantine to address the Arian controversy. Eusebius submitted a Creed from his own Diocese, Caesarea,…

Persian Empire greatly benefitted from having coordinated religion. Cyrus the Great, a Persian king, tolerated other religions under his rule. During his time as king, he permitted the Jews to return to Jerusalem, returned various sacred items to them, and approved the restoration of the Temple of Jerusalem.…

was promise between God and his people. The many covenants that God made with the people none were so impactful then the one that was made with the resurrection of his son Jesus. Jesus the man with the power of God that walk with the people of Jerusalem. Jesus show us all how we should treat each other “My command is this, that you love one another as I loved you” (John 15:12 NIV). The new covenant is the most important agreement in the history of Christianity. The new covenant is fully reveal…

The Crusades are important part of Christian history not only for what they represented, a holy war to take back Jerusalem against the Muslim infidels, but also because of the far reaching consequences that hundreds of years of war had on the development of the Church and society itself. Not only could the effects of the Crusade be felt during the time that they took…

needed to rebuild the Empire. He instantly sent word to Pope Urban II asking for help. Pope Urban II got the message from Alexius I asking for help repelling the Turkish threat “Crusades”. Pope Urban II took the message and in november 1095, at the council of cleremont, proposed that Christians in the west aid the Byzantines in the east “Crusades”. Many of the men that responded had to be peasants. They had nothing to live on and they still answered the call to aid the Byzantines and reclaim…

and only one notable, historical crusade has done this and has succeeded, but at a price. There hasn’t been a movement more momentous than the First Crusade. The First Crusade was a pilgrimage turned military expedition to Jerusalem that was sponsored by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clement in November 1095 in the aspiration to set out from the west to the recover the holy city from the hands of the Muslims. The aim of this paper is to examine the causes…

independent in terms of religion. In fact, it is the world’s only Jewish state and was re-established in 1948 as historic and modern home of Jewish people. They are free to exercise their law, faith and practices. They have their own courts and religious council in which it is recognized by law including personal statuses such as marriage and divorce. Each religion has different traditional rituals, unique worship places and architectural features which was developed over centuries. The religion…