Four Marks of the Church

improved on this to make telescopes with around 30x magnification. He was also put on trial by the Holy Office and was ordered to turn himself in for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church. Galilei was a very important…

For sixty miles and four days, those were the words I heard every summer being screamed all the way on the journey from Great Meadows, New Jersey to Doylestown, Pennsylvania. For those who do not speak Polish, “prawa, lewa wolna” means “right, left free”. Every summer, knowing that the second Thursday of August is approaching, I get more eager to open up and check my tent, get plastic storage boxes and perhaps even purchase a new pair of sneakers that will be worn out in four days. Then, I begin…

Year 10 RE Assessment: Kanyini Questions Part A (Answer all 4 questions) – 8 marks 1. Describe the landscape around Uluru The land around Uluru is surrounded by areas with little vegetation and no tall vegetation. The main vegetation around Uluru are shrubs. The area is hot, sandy, rocky desert. 2. How does Bob Randall explain his people’s connection with the land? Bob Randall explains his people’s connection with the land as everything being one. He explains that his people are one with the…

Unjust Trials In The Crucible, Arthur Miller writes about Giles Corey, a real man that lived during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. The court executed Giles Corey for not turning in his friends. Eventually, the church exonerated Giles Corey. Similarly Jesus Christ, the son of God, executed for his proclamation of divinity, encountered the same tribulation as Corey. While both trials are unjust, their actions reflect courage and compassion. The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem Village,…

father. His father owned a store in town. Nobody would have expected this man to become anything other than a store owner, or to have a job in the store. Absolutely no one would have expected this man to become a pirate. Jean Laffite had four brothers named Pierre, Mark, Jacques, and Antoine. Not much is known about his first nine years of life; however, we do know that his father was a store owner in the town of Bayonne, and Jean had a job dusting the shelves of his father’s shop. At the age of…

been depicted in several different ways. Jesus has made an immense impact in our world by influencing the way people act by assisting them and helping them make the right decision. In The Parable Of The Sower (Mark 4:1-20), Feeding Of The Four Thousand (Mark 8) and Jesus Cleanses A Leper (Mark 1:40-45), it gives an accurate representation of what Jesus’ character was like in a written as well as visual format. This is to indicate how Jesus would want us to live our life like how other historical…

The Civil War is often seen as the war that abolished slavery and reunited the North and the South. However, the Civil War was also an era of modern technology, changing styles of art, and breakthroughs in science. Inventions such as the submarine, telegraph, railroads, and the repeating rifles forever altered communication, transportation, and battle. New weapons like the rifle-musket and Minié Bullet are even believed to be responsible for 90% of casualties in the war. One weapon called the…

family participate in also. An example of a catholic tradition that my family practices in is going to church especially on holy days of obligation. Another catholic tradition is the seven sacraments. The seven sacraments are very important because catholics believe it is part of following God’s plan for them. Although everyone does not receive all seven sacraments I have received at least four of…

to be his home due to the fact that it has been dated to the first century. The first century is during Jesus’s time. Archaeologists from this discovery discovered a house that is beneath a church. This church, according to Live Science, is described as the “Church of the Nutrition” or St. Joseph. The church happens to contain wonderfully made artwork. These artworks are believed to have been created sometime during the Byzantine Era. An example of this is a statue of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus.…

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church is the most well-known religious leader in the world today. The office of the Pope was instituted early in the history of the Church. The Papacy was established much later. The leader of the church in Rome was a Bishop as was customary in the early church. In its origin the office of the Pope was not unlike any other office in church leadership, the term was not used exclusively at the church in Rome nor did it convey any special authority not available to…