Gods and Generals

Concerning compatibility of free will with Divine Providence, Augustine argues that God has advance knowledge of our potential choices, not of our actions, and react depending on what that choice will be. In this way, God leaves us with our free will and the personal responsibility that comes with it. We can consult God through prayer to help us choose rightly, or choose to do evil. In the latter case, we will be fully responsible for the consequences that may result. Inspired by Augustine’s…

In the two following texts, authors used the cosmos to symbolize a deity’s greatness. As the name indicates, in the Hymn to Osiris, the god is Osiris. In the coffin text spell, the focal point is Annunciation, “The creative expression of a thought through the medium of the spoken word,” which is one of the two elements of magic. The Great Hymn to Osiris. Scholars often cite the Osiris myth from Egyptian literature. The hymn from which this passage comes “contains the fullest account of the…

the relationship to God or even to the Bible. While reading Chapter 1, I was able to pull many things from the bible that now seem a bit obvious. This includes the fact that artists should be led by the Holy Spirit while creating their work. They should use this to praise God in an art form. On page 20, Schaeffer discusses the argument that some suggest the ten commandments condemns the use of art in general. He breaks it down to verify that it’s not the art in general but the worship of…

existence of God. The first argument discusses the theory of motion, and how everything in the universe was put into motion, and without a first mover there would be no motion. For that first mover to exist however, it must have be transcendent and infinite, the first mover could not have had a creator. The second reason is “from the nature of the efficient cause” (152). Aquinas states that “There is no case known in which a thing is found to be the efficient…

SPIRITS OF CATHOLICISM, EVANGELISM IN OJUKWU: General Ojukwu was a man of many parts and strands. Though, he was a Catholic by birth and Orientation- But he also practiced Calvinism and Necromancy. Yet, his daily life consisted of living by the Anglo-Protestant ethics of hard-work, honesty, fair-play, courage, loyalty and patriotism. The Profound Impact of Catholic Dogma on Ojukwu: Intimates of General Ojukwu privately nick-named him "the Holy General" because Ojukwu treated everyone fairly.…

The sentence structure is complex while the imagery is still implied. Referring back to “God”, she states she lies down for “my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honor, and my blood”. The sentence gives a visual of the queen figuratively that she is in the hearts of her troops and including her country. On the other hand, she then states that she has…

“When God realizes that He has made an error in judgment or that things did not unfold as He supposed, He can change His mind” (Challies). Because God does not know the future he learns just like humans do. If God is learning, then he is also prone to make mistakes due to error in judgement. If God lacks something, then he has room for growth. If God has room for growth, then he has potentiality. If he has potential that would mean he is missing something, which means he would need…

pedagogies meant to direct the catechist in his or her ministry, though it is important that these methods be in conformity to the Divine Pedagogy. Groome’s Shared Christian Praxis and Cavalletti’s Catechesis of the Good Shepherd draw upon the Pedagogy of God through the role of the catechist and through the means by which one obtains knowledge. According to Groome’s pedagogy, the role of the catechist is exceedingly active and directive; shared Christian Praxis requires a significant amount of…

an ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac; the nation whom God chose to receive His revelation and with whom God made a covenant. A Judahite is of the tribe of Judah; a Jew. One possible historical setting is the removal of the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 6:12-19). The “holy place” (v. 3) would…

The History of the Development of the Four Fundamental Forces Nature has a total of four fundamental forces. The forces include gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear and weak nuclear force. Gravitational force is the force of attraction between all masses. Every object in this universe is pulling upon other objects. Many scientists came up with logics to explain the science behind gravitational forces. The first one to try was Aristotle in around 330 BC. Aristotle believed Earth and…