Paganism

writing system that related to ancient Egypt; hieroglyph, hieratic and demotic were abandoned because of its relationship with the ancient Egypt religion. Although the Christian Egyptians saw these three writings as unnecessary and associated with paganism, they still use Egyptian language in their conversation. Hence, they invented Coptic to write the Egyptian language using the Greek…

Paul first came in contact with Corinth in Acts 18.1-17 after passing through Athens. Paul first wrote to Corinth, although this letter is not documented, in a sense of warning them of things not to fall into and bad character to avoid. In having trouble keeping Christ like standards Paul writes another letter in response, 1 Corinthians. The Church of Corinth was mostly converts of the surrounding area and who were also most likely heavily in the life of the usual Corinth. The Church itself…

UNDERSTANDING JIHAD IN THE CONTEXT OF HINDU-MUSLIM CONFLICTS In order to understand the concept of “Jihad”, let us first understand the culture it comes from, i.e., Islam. As the Quran states, “The word Islam means, “surrender” to the will of God (Allah in Arabic). Since there is only one God and mankind is one species, the religion that God has ordained for human beings is one.’’ Islam also preaches that God in His mercy had sent messengers to convey His message, to different…

This night was a night like no other I have ever known. “Enchanted Land” indeed The carefully kept boundaries between our known, conscious world, the spiritual world, and the teep, beating heart of Nature all began to dissolve. It was like an altered state of consciousness without drugs. That land itself changes you, open the seeker to new realms of being, of oneness with the ages For us, Urban Chicagoans with little opportunity for an outdoor like, to be naked in the hot tub under the starry…

which is entirely monotheistic. Similitudes don 't bestow blame. Thusly, comparable pagan doctrines in triads of Gods are not the same as the Trinitarian principle of Christianity, and it is outlandish to accept that the Trinity was "acquired" from paganism. It 's just not…

His reform focused on the strengthening of the church 's power structure, improving and standardising liturgical practices, and the rooting out of paganism. This rooting out is seen horrifically in the so called Verden Massacre. With his imperial coronation, he controlled ecclesiastical property and defined Christian doctrine. Despite the harsh legislation, he had grown a well developed support from…

Introduction: Charlemagne was the King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 until his death in 814. He expanded his kingdom to an empire, uniting most of west Europe. The Carolingian Renaissance is associated with his reign, a time when art and culture was revived through the Catholic Church, which encouraged a common European identity. Chapter 1 who is Charlemagne? He is the King of Franks; he was the greatest ruler in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.…

As McCarthy Brown (2003) noted, healers “rarely try to compete with scientific medicine” (p.285). In fact, more often the practitioner, once he has appeased the problem with the supernatural, advises the client to consult Western biomedicine to repair the remaining damage from the Vodou spirits former wrath (Freeman, 2007, p.125). In this view Vodou is essentially enlisted to combat the cause and biomedicine to combat the symptoms. Although, as Freeman (2007) notes “in practice, real…

Ethical principles are not laws, but guiding principles about what is good and what is bad, that should direct doctors and other health care professionals in their work and decision making. Issues arising over end-of-life care involving decisions that affect the nature and timing of an individual's death raise difficult ethical conflicts for all concerned and can be a source of discord between health professionals within a team, health professionals and family members, or between different…

When we think of the ancient classical civilization of the Romans, what comes to mind? Perhaps it’s the amazing architectural feats, or rather the advanced forms of government that we still use to this very day? I submit that neither is as spectacular as the ancient underground catacombs that hold the mass graves of around 2000 skeletons. After watching the NOVA program (titled Roman Catacomb Mystery) on this specific catacomb, I found several interesting aspects of the graves that include, the…