History of the Orthodox Church

be present today. An observation made from “A Short History of Byzantium” shows that people of the Islamic religion were completely surrounding Constantinople in 1050 CE (Doc A). Although the Islamic world was so strong and large at the time, Byzantium people were still capable to keep them out of Constantinople. Because of this remarkable achievement, the Eastern Orthodox Church still…

that entered the hearts of millions of families across the United States (“2013 - the year in review: Timeline of major news stories | Home News | News | The Independent,” n.d.). That year also saw the election of the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the first pope from the Americas. When the new Pope stepped out onto the balcony on March 13, 2013, no one could have envisioned how this man in basic white vestments, a traditional liturgical garment, would catch the world’s attention.…

The Renaissance was a cultural and societal movement that led to the advancement of many subjects surrounding the humanities and the arts. During this time a new interest of science was also growing. Known as the Enlightenment, it was a time of scientific advancement that began to shift the human understanding of the world from the influence of faith to the lens of science. The Enlightenment was not the only era of humanity that has attempted to explain the existence of God and the origin of…

scriptural doctrine has proved more difficult for Christians to defend in the modern era than the traditional notion of hell.” While this issue at one time was cut and dry, it now is one of the most widely debated and misunderstood doctrines in the church today. This doctrine affects most “major doctrines of the Christian faith, not just the area of eschatology,” but throughout all aspects of Christian life. This asks not only “if we are to be saved, [but] from what are we to be saved” from,…

time, its core belief has stayed the same over centuries. From the time of the Middle Ages, and even in today’s day and age, there have been many conflicts within the Christian church causing it to split multiple times, creating the denominations that we know today. This was due to the different opinions presented by church hierarchy about different traditions and views that should start to be incorporated; or even some that should cease to exist. Before I continue on with the similarities and…

Westernization. He asked Russia to completely adopt western ideas, technology, and culture. He believed that if Russia were to change their whole life, it would make Russia much more of a better and efficient country. This was a big changer in Russian history, this signified that Peter the Great was the most autocratic rulers of Europe’s absolute monarchs. His high demands and force that he put upon Russia showed his ability and strength in the…

unbegotten and that the Son had a beginning but God has no beginning” (Bingham, D. Jeffrey. Pocket History of the Church. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002. Print.). Therefore according to Arius, Jesus Christ was not eternal nor divine but only possessed divine attributes. As time went…

Verdery’s ‘The Political lives of Dead Bodies’ is the answer to David King's ‘The Commissar Vanishes’. King argues that the persistence of the dead body can easily be used to symbolize, and justify, a simplistic and pessimistic view of national history and fate (such as the "ancient hatreds" evoked by Robert Kaplan’s ‘The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post-Cold War ‘which attempts to explain away the wars of Yugoslav succession, but Verdery rejects both this view and the…

Alexandria had different races and various creeds, during ancient times and being a Cosmopolitan city. In Seven Days at the Cecil, most of the characters are Christian. They talk about faith and beliefs. They question religion and argued about the spreading of Christianity at the ancient times. Tzalas notes that “with the spread of Christianity, the destruction of the idols and the victimization by the Christians of those who remained faithful to the ancient polytheistic religion, a new age…

an interesting past, but a great economic future. In that Madrid sat in the middle of all the excitement, with all of its history. It had a rip for several hundreds of years that damage Spain’s culture, but also made the history unique. It has a wide variety of religion. With all the beautiful churches or cathedrals, evangelism is something new to Madrid Spain. The history of Madrid Spain is rich in diversity. According to infoplease.com, “Spain, originally inhabited by Celts, Iberians, and…