Ecumenical council

The wide spread of practicing the worship of spiritual beings helped expose early societies to communicate in other forms of expression besides language and writing. Art, storytelling, production of precious metals such as silver and gold, starting being highly sought after and thus helping the progression of trade between civilizations from different areas around the known world. Another trend in earlier civilizations was creating monuments and temples in honoring their Gods. Wonders of…

Then, there is the sola scriptura non-application to this problem. This would consist of one going to the Bible as all sufficient. In this case, there is no way to determine when a woman is exercising “authority over a man.” The second issue is defining when and where “in the churches” occurs. The words used in this text can be defined and redefined, but the end result is that the Word is not sufficient to answer these questions that are in addition to the scripture. There is a different…

not of the contemporary Israeli state. Responses from those Eastern Christians claimed that the use of the term “Israel”, regardless of the intention, made “the task of the churches in the Near East more difficult” , and a “disservice to the World Council of Churches in the Near…

sermon. This conception was derived from Aristotle and Luther’s influence it again began to be used both in preaching and in the interpretation of the scripture. His textual exposition is an exemplary model to the evangelical preachers. He has connected the homiletical explanation of scripture to scripture’s own central message. And he addressed it sharply to mankind. The contribution of John Calvin: Calvin was influenced by humanists. Calvin’s doctrine of preaching was not matching with…

were Churches that had their foundation tracing back to the Apostles; there was a strong sense of the equality and community of all bishops, of the collegial nature of the Church. The west, while it accepted the decisions determined by the Ecumenical Councils; “the Church was seen less as a college and more as a monarchy- the monarchy of the Pope”…

There were many interpretations of the events that transpired on the 9th and 10 of November in Germany, more commonly known as Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass.” The effects and opinions of what transpired during Kristallnacht were seen shortly after the event itself took place. However, one of the most common opinions seen through various recountings of that night were thoughts of the German government and Nazi party trying to eradicate the Jews from the social and economic sphere of…

While there may be debate as to what the most important event was in the time periods all the way up to the 1600’s, I would argue that it was in introduction of the Christian religion to the western civilizations. Every aspect of civilization was impacted by this socially, economically and politically. Christianity was first introduced by Constantine in the Roman Empire in the late third century. Constantine issued the famous Edict of Milan, which made it official that the Romans would tolerate…

Prior to the Great Schism and the separation of Christians worldwide, there were many things that unified those that faithfully believed in Jesus Christ and His teachings. They were unified in belief and deed, save for some minor disagreements. Because of this, it is practically impossible that the results of the Great Schism, two disputing churches, are as distant from each other as they claim to be. Though highly controversial among modern-day Christians, the Western Catholic and Eastern…

society found it to be more acceptable to practice. The emperor promoted and favored Christians in government jobs and he restored Christian property that had been lost during the prosecutions of Christians. Emperor Theodosius I held the Second Ecumenical Council of the Church in 381which fought Arianism, a religious doctrine that says Jesus Christ (son) was inferior to God. Their counter…

- The process of reconciliation between Aboriginal Spirituality and religious traditions has been a long and slow one. This is especially so as various Christian denominations such as the Uniting Church, Catholics and Anglicans have only in the last twenty five years tried to pursue justice as Aboriginal culture was disregarded and silenced over the years. Consequently several Christian churches have played a major role in closing the gap that had prevented indigenous Australians from having an…