Epistle

Introduction During the 16th century two main doctrines of Calvinism, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession became the issue that sparked the most important controversy between the Calvinist and the Arminians. Both the Heidelberg Catechism and Belgic Confession were Confessions of faith of the Dutch church. Calvinism a system of theological doctrine named for the French theologian John Calvin represented the conservative orthodoxy. According to Justo L. Gonzalez, “Calvin was…

Ephesus: Historical-Cultural Background Situated on the west coast of Asia Minor, Ephesus was the capital of the Roman province of Asia and one of the most influential cities on the main trade route from Rome to the East. (Metzger, 207). The city stood upon the sloping sides and at the base of two hills, Prion and Coressus, commanding a beautiful view; its climate was exceptionally fine, and the soil of the valley was unusually fertile (Banks). Ephesus lay at the mouth of the Cayster River and…

A good candidate for arguably the most fundamental idea in American history, is freedom. Americans ' love of freedom has been represented by conflicts, exploration, alliance. Americans have been notorious for acting on this belief. The term itself has practically been coined a synonym for being American. Of course, other societies also honor freedom. However, in many other countries, the idea does not occupy as much of a prominent place in public and private discourse as it does in America. The…

The first word in the original Greek in the book of Revelation is apokalupsis, which means an uncovering, an unveiling, a disclosure, a revelation. Our church currently meets in a school multipurpose room which has a stage covered by a large, mustard-yellow curtain. While the curtain is closed, it hides the items behind it. But when we draw the curtain open, everything behind it is disclosed or revealed. This is the idea behind the word, apokalupsis or apocalypse. Dennis Johnson writes in his…

Mariama Ba was a Senegalese author and feminist born in Dakar, Senegal and was raised a Muslim by her maternal grandparents. Being raised by her traditional grandparents, she had to struggle to gain an education because; they did not believe that girls should be taught. But against her grandparents’ wishes, she graduated from the Teacher’s College in 1947 and taught for 12 years. Ba later married a Senegalese member of Parliament, Obèye Diop, but divorced him and was left to care for their nine…

Comparing the Protestant and Catholic Reformations of the Sixteenth Century At the end of the fifteenth century and toward the beginning of the sixteenth century, reform was already under construction with the hope of reforming religious orders in the Catholic Church. There was a strong emphasis on preaching to the masses (Spielvogel, 2015, p. 371). However, not everyone was satisfied with the doctrines of the Catholic Church, and one prominent example of someone who responded with a new…

Is there any archaeological evidence that supports Jesus Existence on Earth? To determine the validity of sources or stories people I antiquity, we rely upon is physical remains. We look at architecture, monuments, pottery, coin medals and even mosaics. Jesus Christ is the most famous and popular person in the universe but. This has brought about the archaeological curiosity of his existence which till now, archaeologist have yet to find any substantial evidence to prove his existence. The…

Madeline and Porphyro exit the chamber as a ghost at the end of the poem, when the poet returns to the frame of the winter outside, the cold stone bodies and he reveals the uncertain life of Madeline and Porphyro. He confirms that both Madeline and Porhphyro have been gone for many years. In spite of that there is uncertainty about the fate of the lovers whether they find happiness or tragedy. Keats simply says that “They are gone: ay, ages long ago / These lovers fled away into the storm”…

then proceeds to in chapter thirteen to famously declares that love is the prerequisite for working for God; for until we experience divine love, not only will we not labor with the proper motivation, we will lack power. In the second Corinthian epistle, Paul says it’s a warm living faith that issues forth in action, building Christ’s Kingdom. And though often rejected, in spite of it all, love labors long, guiding the work of faith, enabling believers, as mediating priests, to be self-squanders…

The woman had died without pain, quietly, as a woman should whose life had been blameless. Now she was resting in her bed, lying on her back, her eyes closed, her features calm, her long white hair carefully arranged as though she had done it up ten minutes before dying. The whole pale countenance of the dead woman was so collected, so calm, so resigned that one could feel what a sweet soul had lived in that body, what a quiet existence this old soul had led, how easy and pure the death of this…