Germanic Christianity

Catholic is an uncomfortable word for many protestants because of its modern day association with the Roman church. However, the church fathers who wrote the Nicene Creed did not understand catholic to mean the Roman Catholic Church. The visible and invisible idea can also be helpful when determining what it means to be catholic. Along with a distinction of true and imitating Christians, a distinction must be drawn between true and imitating churches. The early church differentiated between the…

newly converted identity. The motivation to learn Scriptures establishes and reorganizes the contents of the memory of one’s self-identity, and this awareness also becomes a guide that sets a basis for divine interaction and teaches the ways of Christianity.…

The project I choose was to attend a worship service of a different religion. I choose to attend a Catholic Church called Holy Name in San Antonio Texas. My parents have been attending that church since I was little. I never wanted to go to church with them because I thought it was boring and couldn’t keep still. My parents let me stay home since the church was only a block from my house. I choose this project because my parents have been trying to get me to go back to that church and…

On April 11, 1998, I became Catholic and it was the happiest day of my life. I had waited over 25 years to be confirmed and receive communion and because of religious education, my dream had finally come true. Religious education has many facets in the Catholic Church and that night I made a promise to myself that I would learn as many as I could in my lifetime. As a military child, I was always intrigued by the Catholic faith. Every Sunday I would watch the Catholic families pile into…

The purpose of this review is to look at some of the issues that involved the Impact of Low Attendance at Church. This is a short review and not a complete study. This literature comes from the ATU Library. The search criteria used , The Continuing Relevance of Fami8ly Income for Religious Participation: U.S. White Catholic Church Attendance In the Late 20th Century , Decline in Female Happiness in the United State, After the Fall: The Impact of Government Regulation on Church Attendance in…

Albert M. Wolters’ novel, Creation Regained, is a book on the basics of the Christian worldview and Christian education. This book is divided into five different chapters; What is a Worldview?, Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Discerning Structure and Direction. The first chapter covers the basics of what a worldview is and Wolters defines worldview as “the comprehensive framework of one’s basic beliefs about thing” (2). In the book, Wolters says there are four elements to this definition of…

A professed Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Atheist or Agnostic might get a Democratic nomination and, or, a Republican party nomination but they will not get elected as President of the United States. The United States has had 44 Presidents and 43 of them were Protestant. The only President that wasn’t Protestant was John F. Kennedy. He was Roman Catholic and he was assassinated. Although, he hasn’t been the only President who has been assassinated, he has been the only President that…

The newly form religion called Christian would have a lot of growing pains over the next two centuries. Important Christian figure like the Apostles were being killed off. The Christian authority figures calling Apostles martyrs and anyone else who dies still believing in Christ love. The Church was looking to become more then that religion that people get to watch die in the colosseum. The religion still being new and did not have many followers and most of the followers were the poor, women,…

At first glance, an individual may question what similarities exist between an Old Testament prophet and a New Testament church leader. The obvious answer would be their faith in God. However, what else should one consider? The span of time, the culture, and the language are all different. Further, what is relevant for today’s critical reader? With careful exegesis of passages in James and Hosea, an individual’s understanding of them will affect how they apply it in their own life. Brief…

witness world Religions Critical book review Introduction This semester I was required to read an interesting book regarding the world religion and Christianity. This book is title: Christianity encountering world religions wrote by Terry C. Muck and Frances S. Adeney published by Baker Academic in 2009. This book highlights how Christianity can reach other world religions through their message and build a strong relationship with them. It also put a strong emphasis focus on our…