First Epistle of Peter

Some apostolic churches can be traced back to the British renaissances of the 1830’s. Apostolic Church in America was first established by German immigrants in Chicago in 1872. Currently there are about 11 million members of the Apostolic United Pentecostal religion. They seek to maintain the traditions and practices of the first church. Similar to majority of evangelical churches they believe and teach the necessity for conviction of sin, and in order to be forgiven you must repent, and there…

The Bible has always been a facinating amongs people, and face some crititisms from some who belived it to be inaccurate. The Bible has been questioned by many scholars in the field of biblical criticism. Critics always questioned the authenticity of its content, its roots and the credibility of q the authors. After watching all these videosI think the Bible should be accepted as historically accurate and as a reliable guide to morality . It was interesting to learned these fascinating fact…

Introduction and Background for Women in OT Times “The Bible speaks about women in many different ways, sometimes explicitly, but more usually indirectly.” Men are usually the main characters in the Bible though sometimes women are mentioned it is usually indirectly. Women were not viewed as important as a man in society during Old Testament times. This wasn’t exactly the case with Eve. “Genesis informs its readers that woman is a special creation of God (Gen. 1:16-27; 2:18-24).” Eve was also…

Mirano da Garbagnate, a Guglielmite, testified that he heard from Adelina, “that Maifreda, or Saint Guglielma, had more grace, virtue and authority on earth than blessed Peter the apostle ever possessed.” In this way, she was no only the female equivalent to Peter, but also superior to Peter. Moreover, this blended the two figures, Maifreda and Guglielma, together. Janine Peterson shows how the Guglielmites blurred the two, Maifreda and Guglielma, together. Both, argues Peterson…

An infallible declaration, made by an ecumenical council, such as the First Vatican Council, or by the pope, is usually only made when some dogma (doctrine) has been called into question. Moreover, the large majority of Catholics has never doubted most doctrines. Similarly, there are many teachings within the Catechism of…

it depended on Roman rule, Christianity would not have flourished past its place of origin. However, trade played a significant role in the spreading of the Christ’s word outside of Judea’s walls. The Gospel writers and other devout followers, like Peter, went on to become martyrs and die in turn of bringing the teachings of Christianity to other people. Paul, specially, was a champion in diffusing the word of God. According to Spielvogel, “the structure of the Roman Empire itself aided the…

Introduction Methodology The research methodology used for this biography on Peter is a scholarly evaluation. While there were many popular sources (pastors or specialist) available on this topic, they often adapted their findings to appeal to a general audience. Additionally, these popular sources mainly offer a quick and sometimes bias overview of the life of Peter rather than an objective and comprehensive academic account. Therefore, popular sources were not used for research in writing…

throughout John is the constant underlying theme of the atonement seen in John the Baptist’s speech, Jesus’ talk with Nicodemus, the representation of Jesus as the Lamb of God and the Shepherd of his sheep, etc. Next we also see the atonement in Paul’s epistles. In Romans Paul pictures Jesus as the propitiation for our sins. Propitiation is a word in the Septuagint was used to describe the mercy seat of the ark of covenant under the two cherubim’s out stretched wings. The blood of the slain…

Typically, Proverbs along with the sayings of Jesus are the first to come to mind. Nonetheless, other Scriptures contain wisdom. The letters of Paul include wisdom combined with instruction for being the church. Leviticus coupled with Deuteronomy include teachings which promote unity among the community. Likewise…

it is evident that the author is Paul according to most historians. James Boice notes in his commentary, “Paul, as the author, is mentioned by name not only at the beginning (1:1) but also toward the end of the letter in verse (5:2).” The first people who first became known as the Galatians were known as Celts from the barbarian tribal stock, also known as the Gauls. There are difficulties in finding out when Galatians was written, where it was written, and to whom it was exactly written to.…