Ephesus

Alexander the Great was a significant historical figure who was as great a commander as his name suggests. Whether it be his two million square miles of conquered land, or his contribution to science through his expeditions, he certainly was one of the most important people of his time. In fact, Alexander the Great had such a lasting effect, the era after him was named “The Hellenistic Period”, from Hellas, which is the word for Greece. Alexander the Great was a fearsome figure of the ancient…

Christ was the Messiah or in the New Testament. Jesus Christ was known to preach only to the Jews, while Paul did the exact opposite. Paul reached out to more people and preached to almost everyone but the Jews. Paul preached in popular places like Ephesus, Philippi, Corinth, and Athens. Because of their popularity, these…

united in Christ and since the holy Virgin brought forth corporeally God for this reason we should also call her Mother of God. The Council of Ephesus, which was held in 431, was crucial in affirming the truth of the title “Mother of God.” People had been calling Mary that for quite some time, but it was not dogmatically defined until the Council of Ephesus. In denouncing Nestorianism, the bishops affirmed the unity of the divine and human natures of Christ. Given that one cannot separate…

telling us how Jesus taught and is the only account of several events, such as Jesus turning water into wine. The Gospel of John was written anonymously but many theologians believe that it was written by the apostle John sometime around 95 CE in Ephesus. The basic story is that of a testimonial of one of the Apostles and his version of how Jesus comes about. It begins by telling the birth of Jesus and then goes on to prove that he is the Son of God because of the miracles he performs and…

Today 's passage is from the Book of Ephesians 2:1-10. The main idea is "God 's gift in the restoration of humanity from the fall." It has a three-part outline. In the beginning, the spiritually dead and hopeless (v1-3) are lifted up, by grace, and made alive in the gift, workmanship, and journey of Jesus until the end times. First, however, are the historical and literary outlines. Historical Background Paul was a well-rounded, educated Pharisaic Jew and tent maker, who was born at about the…

The Council of Chalcedon established an agreement on providing a better depiction of the relationship between the divine and human nature with Christ, which pleased the Christians, but not the Nestorians or Monophysites. The dispute first began between Arius and Athanasius. Arius did not believe Christ was begotten from the father. He believed they were two separate beings and did not believe that Christ was divine. Athanasius disagreed with Arius; he believed that Christ was fully divine. This…

you the historical and literary contexts of the Scripture allows the text to speak through me instead of me putting any presuppositions into the text. Anyway, the church in Colossae got its start, according to commentators, during Paul’s time in Ephesus from AD 52-55. According to Colossians 1:7, a person named Epaphras first shared the…

Artemis is known as the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals, and fertility (Ephesus). She both hunts the animals and saves them from poachers or other hunters. Artemis and her twin brother, Apollo, were two of many children of Zeus. When their mother, Leo, was giving birth to the twins, she had a simple first birth with Artemis. Artemis immediately helped her mother give birth Apollo. This was the first thing that she did as the goddess of fertility, also giving her the title.…

An Exegesis of John 15:5-11 Historical Context The Gospel of John has been widely recognized as one of the most influential books in the New Testament. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are quite different from this fourth Gospel of John. The first three books are known as the synoptic Gospels due to the fact that they all convey the same picture. Although there are many similarities, John significantly differs from the other Gospels. John is unlike the other Gospels is that John does not…

No commander can win a battle, let alone a war by himself, this is distinctively true for the conqueror Alexander the Great. Alexander was and still is considered the greatest military genius in the known ancient world. He managed to conquer half of the known world in his time. His kingdom spread through Iran, Egypt, India and Pakistan. Alexander III of Macedon, known to many as Alexander the Great was born on the 21st of July 356 BCE and lived to the 11 of June 323 BCE. He was the son of King…