Presbyterianism

Also in 1978 was a UPCUSA conference. UPCUSA is the United Presbyterian Church in the United States and was the biggest branch of Presbyterianism in the U.S. from 1958 to 1983. At this conference, the main focus was looking into Scripture. A report from the conference said: Of all the factors that contribute to divisiveness in our denomination, the Committee found none is more persuasive or fundamental than the question of how the Scriptures are to be interpreted. In other words, the widely…

Because Christianity has been around for a relatively long period of time, it is known that it has developed various denominations. These include The Baptist Church, Catholicism, Presbyterianism, Greek Orthodox and so on. With different denominations came different interpretations of the Bible. These differing interpretations are seen in forms of the Bible such as the Old Testament, New Testament, and their different versions. Although…

Christianity began as a sect or subgroup of Judaism during the first century Common Era before it developed into its own separate religion “That is to say, as Christians continue to delve into their own historic past in their ongoing journey to enrich their own present and future, especially liturgically, they cannot do so without addressing the historical matrix—first-century Judaism— out of which they sprang” (Jacobs, 2012, p. 518). It is considered to be a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.…

lies in the fact that there are no set doctrines that form a whole theology accepted by those who call themselves evangelicals or even other believers, as one would expect from a popular form of Christian denomination (i.e.: Calvinism, Baptist, Presbyterianism, etc.). The authors then liken Scripture to a mirror in order to illustrate the reflection (connection) between the Triune God…

When analyzing the various views regarding the role of women in European society between 1400 and 1660, they all had conflicting opinions on whether or not women are capable of developing and sustaining authority over the public. Three groups of people that had conflicting thoughts on this topic included religious leaders, such as John Calvin and John Knox, educated women, such as Arcangela Tarabotti and Artemisia Gentileschi, and humanists, such as Laura Cereta and Baldassare Castiglione. Most…

The Great Awakening contributed to the separation of church and state by dividing the people when it came to religion. New ideas from Pietism, Presbyterianism, and Methodism redefined christianity and started a struggle between New and Old Lights. Furthermore, the country shared different variations of a religion, with different practices and rules. Although they were all still “Christians” the dissimilarity made it even more difficult for religion and state to be bound, for there would be…

Throughout the world, as well as history, there have been cases of gender oppression and gender equality conflicts. Despite the opposing opinions on Queen Elizabeth I's reign in England, she managed to endure the negativity by responding with affection and sacrifice for the Kingdom of England because she was a politique. People believed Elizabeth I couldn't rule because religion caused them to have bias towards male rulers only. Some people were supportive of her because she didn't have absolute…

The publication of Douglas R. Egerton’s He Shall Go Out Free, The Lives of Denmark Vesey offers readers a colorful illustration of the puzzling life of a freed slave named Denmark Vesey—known for his role in planning one of the nation’s major slave revolutions. While the Vesey Rebellion is exceptionally substantial to Vesey’s life, Egerton successfully shows that Vesey was much more than a conspirator but also, arguably, a stand up gentleman. This is justified through the selfless actions…

confusion experienced by laypeople during this time, expressed in the quote “Thou comest in such a questionable shape” (Hamlet, 1.4, 43). This “questionable shape” could be an allusion to the relatively new religious sects such as Calvinism and Presbyterianism that swept across England and Scotland during the mid-late sixteenth century. In the next line, Hamlet exclaims “bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell..” (Hamlet, 1.4, 41), which while literally referring to the ghostly…

religion. However, some needed enslavement to hide their insecurities, since whites were guaranteed to never be the lowest on the social hierarchy. Slaves felt hopeless due to the never ending whippings and beatings their owners punished them with. Presbyterianism arose and led to the belief that God would free all the slaves. Like the Sons of Liberty, the blacks felt that they also were struggling a huge conflict with their liberties. The first state to abolish slavery was Massachusetts and…