Mount of the Holy Cross

The Jewish Influence on the Gospel of Matthew The evangelist who wrote the gospel of Matthew was most likely a scribe of Jewish-Christian origins. Historical evidence indicates that the work was written during the decade between eighty and ninety Common Era. By drawing on the gospel of Mark and the unknown “Q” source, the author of the gospel creates a different take on the narrative of Jesus’ life. By altering the narrative structure and using Old Testament references the author created the…

Being struck down for gathering sticks on the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-36) and earthquake style disasters (Amos 8:8) portrayed a punitive God, a strict policeman intent on enforcing a set of rules. The entire concept of God residing on the Mount, or in the Holy of Holies (Hebrews 9:3), accessible only to a select few worthy priests further enforced that notion that an understanding of God’s message, much less a relationship with Him was not possible or allowed. Consider Isaiah 64:4: “For from…

This is considered to be the greatest act of redemption in the New Testament when God gave His one and only perfect son to die on a cross so that we might one day live with God for eternity. Jesus spent His life on earth revealing Himself as the Savior of the world to both the Jews and the Gentiles. Jesus performed many miracles; healing the sick and diseased, raising the dead to life…

disciples also influenced women to be active in the Catholic faith. Jesus was always there to help women, children, the sick, the poor, pretty much everyone. The last argument to make is that the growth of Christianity would not have happened if the Holy Spirit was not there to guide Jesus’ followers for the past hundreds of…

fixed regarding Jewish doctrine and observance. This branch of Judaism came after and was formed by some principles of Reform Judaism, One example as to how strict Orthodox Judaism is that they have to uphold the revelation that God gave Moses on mount Sinai that was supernatural and divine. Conservative Judaism formed in the 19th century while they share many similarities with Reform Judaism it is quite different from the rest of the branches of Judaism. They try to adapt to the modern life yet…

Christian life. In order to learn about the Bible, one should consider its origin, contents, and reliability. The Bible was written as ?Holy men of God? were moved by the Holy Ghost? (I Peter 1:21 KJV). Its authors include forty men ranging from Job all the way until John, who received the vision he wrote about in Revelation. These men wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, meaning that the words they recorded…

battle could not be kept within the Samogitia area because he believed the Grand Duke of Lithuanian, Vytautas and the King of Poland, Jagiello would get involved (p. 32-34). Hofbauer further stated the Grand Master took this opportunity to plan and mount an offensive strike on the borders of Poland which the was a success, forcing a cease-fire negotiation that lasted approximately nine months (p. 32-33). This cease-fire negotiation allowed both sides to prepare for the upcoming battle that lay…

their religion via artwork. Although both Christianity and Islam came about in the Middle East during medieval times, they have totally different ideas on their god and its nature. Christians believe in God as a Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Muslims believe in one God, Allah, and “ anyone who says God is anything but a single entity is guilty of blasphemy” (Carey). Christians have a set congregational day of worship on Sunday, while the Islam religion practices theirs on a…

It was after I began my comparison of the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew and the Sermon on the Plain from Luke that the salvation of the lowly motif finally jumped off the pages for me. I can understand why the early councils chose to include this gospel, even though Luke’s author admits to using second-hand…

believe that their religion is full proof to get to heaven. Mormons also believe that if they follow the Mormon teachings well enough and long enough, then they can achieve godhood. Christians believe that there is only one true god and that they are not holy enough to be gods themselves. Mormons don’t believe in original sin. This makes it hard for them to understand why Jesus had to die. Christians believe that when Jesus died, all people would be born into sin and must accept Jesus to be…