History of the Orthodox Church

the Jewish people transformed themselves from a passive, marginalized people into a collective unit that was able to fight for a homeland and create the modern life possible in Jerusalem and Israel. When thinking about the Jewish people and their history, the roots of their religion, the destruction of the epicenter of their very religion, and the Temple Mount, it is imperative that we recognize the multiple forced removals from their homeland and city of Jerusalem, because these are all…

Then, there is the sola scriptura non-application to this problem. This would consist of one going to the Bible as all sufficient. In this case, there is no way to determine when a woman is exercising “authority over a man.” The second issue is defining when and where “in the churches” occurs. The words used in this text can be defined and redefined, but the end result is that the Word is not sufficient to answer these questions that are in addition to the scripture. There is a different…

Witchcrafts were very common in medieval times. Thousands of people were being killed, murdered and accused for witch trials. Meaning of witchcraft is using supernatural powers or magical powers and witches were people who possess supernatural powers. According to book witchcrafts in Middle Ages by Jeffery Burton Russell “The most useful approach to definition of witchcraft is to recognize it as phenomenon: a human perception”. The opinion concerning meaning of witchcraft had being mottled and…

When reading paragraph six what stood out most was the emphasis on the sacrament of the Eucharist being the essential part of the Catholic faith. The Church is built upon the foundation of Christ’s sacrifice which is made eternal through the Eucharist. One has their faith because of their belief in the Eucharist, “Faith and the Sacraments are two complementary aspects of ecclesial life” (Sacramentum Caritatis Paragraph 6). The Eucharist enables one to grow in faith and it is because of faith…

lives for a particular cause rather than, in the case of Christians, betray their beliefs. In the Christian tradition, after their deaths many martyrs became saints. Saints are religious people who are recognized as being exceptionally holy by the Church. Yet saints and martyrs served other purposes other than just to honour the holy work that the particular individual had done in their lifetime. Saints or martyrs were often associated with particular places and this therefore led to benefits…

closed the Latin churches. Leo IX sent Hildebrand to make peace, but Hildebrand wanted to pick a fight. Finally, Leo excommunicated Michael, and Michael excommunicated Leo since they both shared equal power. As a result, the Church was split into the catholic and orthodox factions in 1054 AD in what is called The Great…

Loundy Silkman The Early Church and Persecutions For many years Christians and pagans coexisted until the emperor Trajan made Christianity illegal- a situation that stayed in effect for 100 years until the rule of Constantine. During the 100 year that Christianity was illegal people met underground in people’s apartments. These early builders of the Church had to meet in secret, yet they served as the cornerstone of Christian worship in Rome. Throughout this time many of the Christians’…

Josephus reflect the haphazard application of the Jewish messianic tradition when he foretells the defeat of the Jewish people and of Vespasian becoming Emperor of Rome. This abuse of the messianic tradition illustrates the chaotic nature of the Orthodox Jewish community during the 1st century A.D. The cultural conflict over the “messianic tradition” during historical period defines the small role that Jesus and his followers possessed during the early community-base development of Christianity.…

As with every religion, people faithful towards a particular deity need a place to worship and pray to their god. Catholics have the church, Muslims have a mosque, and Jews have, what is called, a synagogue. The synagogue is a building where Jews can unite and praise their god. It is also a place for study and education ("Synagogue | Judaism."). Throughout the history of the religion, this communal building had many functions crucial to the tasks of Judaism. Synagogues are a specifically…

Christian-Roman period, or the early Medieval/Dark Ages marked an important point in Catholic Christianity’s history, and allowed controversies over the teaching and practice of religious doctrines throughout Christianity to present themselves. Leaders within the churches convened in order to form unanimous and unwavering principles as answers to the essential questions of teaching orthodox faith. These debates would be called Ecumenical Councils, settling disputes regarding the Holy Trinity,…