Nestorius

In Wilken’s book, he talks about Nestorius’ chaplain preaching in 428. The chaplain used the term theotokos which means God bearer in a sermon and then Nestorius used the term Christokos which means mother of God. In the third centur, mother of God was mentioned in the prayer: “To your protection, we flee, holy Mother of God. Do not despise our prayers…

Chapter 2 The GOD-MAN A full exegesis of Philippians 2:6-8 is found in Chapter X, The Bible Viewpoint but something will be said right now about the God-man. Paul delineates it for the sake of the Philippians and all future generations of Christians. The ‘who’ of verse 6 is Christ Jesus (see verse 5). Verse 6 says he was existing or being (present tense) in (the) form or μορφὴ (morphe) of God. This Greek word gives us by transliteration morphology, the study of the forms of things, especially of…

Religions, by nature, were created to bring a group of likeminded people together, to help explain phenomenon’s that occurred in the world. This idea made sense in the time of their creations, except they failed to properly explain the phenomenon of basic human nature. Humans are incapable of peace in the long term, and ideas that were meant to unite, result in vast divisions. This is clearly evident in the historical events that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam created. The goals of the three…

Buddhism: (1 - 1750) Buddhism originated in N. India, and is traced back to Siddhartha Guatama’s search for an antidote to end suffering in the 5th century BCE. Early Buddhism was spread slowly along the trade routes by Buddhist merchants and monks. In the 3rd century CE, Ashoka, a ruler of the Mauryan Empire, converted to Buddhism. He did not forcefully convert his people, but he sent missionaries to East Asia and left edicts throughout the empire. Buddhism eventually made it’s way into places…

Was Catholicism responsible for the Dark Ages? In history class we have read about the great ancient empires that came before us, such as the Greeks, the Romans, and the Egyptians. During our studies we also learned about , the time in between the 6th and 14th century this period has come to be known as the “Dark Ages”. Many historians believe that the term Dark Ages might not be very accurate and that the reasons behind the origins of the Dark Ages, aren’t well understood. Most were taught…

Chapter five in Practicing Christian Doctrine talks about Anthropology. This word means the study of the human being. Humans are sons and daughters of God almighty. Humans are also created in the image of God. As humans, we have a guidebook for life, the Bible, and we have an ideal example, Jesus Christ, of how to live. In Practicing Christian Doctrine, humans are described as creatures, sinners and new creations. As creatures, humans are utterly dependent on God. This is true because humans are…

In 313 CE, centuries after the start of Christianity, The Edict of Milan, passed by Emperor Constantine, lawfully allowed the practice of Christianity and legally allowed churches to be built. Before the Edict of Milan, Christians were often persecuted if they were caught practicing Christianity or if they refused to bow down to images of the Emperor. When Emperor Constantine was first appointed in 305, he battled against many other Emperors in a fight to gain land and power. One of these…