Sabbath in Christianity

Luke begins the book of Acts by recording Jesus ' ascension to heaven, after he has been resurrected from the dead and met with his disciples. Before Jesus left his apostles he told them that the Holy Spirt would come. Not long after the ascension, the Day of Pentecost came and the Holy Spirt came over the apostles, and gave them the ability to speak in tongues. A crowd of people heard the apostles speaking in tongues, because they did not know what this meant the people assumed that the…

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In the past years Jollibee has become a part of the Philippine culture and intensively affects Filipinos in terms of the fastfood industry. Honestly, most of filipino children first think of Jollibee everytime they go to mass on Sundays. In when the said fastfood chain’s television commercial plays it results to filipino families mostly the young ones sings its jingles and shout its tagline. But in 2017, Jollibee released its new television advertisement which gone…

For over a hundred years, Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic the Scarlet Letter has allowed readers to be entertained while learning valuable lessons. At the beginning of the story, Dimmesdale is seen as a prestigious church official honored by all. As the story progress, Dimmesdale becomes ill from what the people believe to be his going above and beyond his pastoral duties; however, his illness is truly caused by his hiding of his sin. He is tortured by his deceit until he finally chooses to…

During the tenth year of Hijjah, the Prophet left to perform the annual pilgrimage along with thousands of followers led by Abu Bakr. On ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the Prophet mounted his camel and delivered his historical sermon at the Mount of Mercy. In order to address the people at a distance, one of the Prophet’s companion repeated his exact words in a loud voice. This was the last sermon delivered by the Holy Prophet during the only pilgrimage he performed. For this reason, the speech that he…

Biblical Literalism in The Scarlet Letter: The Path to God and Social Conformity Biblical literalism is a pejorative that is often used to ridicule the interpretative approaches of fundamentalist Christians, who often hold the ideology that the Bible is God’s work and is authoritative on ethical, spiritual, and moral matters. Similarly, the early Puritan societies in New England advocated for this literal interpretation of the Bible because they also believed that the Bible was written by the…

role in life”, this is particularly evident in some of the key figures I will discuss within my thesis. Self-definition can also be linked to a person’s abilities and attitude to understanding. Puritans believed themselves to be pure in terms of Christianity. They believed God was the apex being and that the bible was the literal…

What is morality? Morality is an abstract concept in which one perceives certain actions as right or wrong, mostly based on religion. However, these ethics vary among societies; in a country in which Islam is seen as the main religion and Sharia law is adapted, women can only have one husband while men are allowed to have up to four wives. This is a direct example that proves the natural law theory by explaining that a connection between law and morality exists. The natural law theory tries to…

The interwovenness of kindness in the book of Ruth is unparalleled in any other book of the TaNaKh (aside from the "hesed" or "chesed" of the LORD). Although it appears that Ruth's kindness results in positive rewards, which it certainly does, that is not what the Book of Ruth is about, though. Further, it would be faulty to attribute Ruth to being simply a story of a cause and effect relationship between kindness and positive things. Such as the cause being kindness with results in the effect…

Religious difference was the core of two nation theory.Muslims needed a state where they can practice their religion without other forces trying to create problems for them . Two nation theory origin started when first muslim came in subcontinent .Muslims follow islam and Hindus follow Hinduism. These two religions are not different side of same coin instead they are different coins . The religion of Muslims (Islam) follows tauheed means they believe in One God (Allah) while hindus believe in…

After the Medieval Era in Europe, Europeans began to adopt a new way of thought which helped propel Italy and other European countries into the Renaissance. After the Black Death swept across Europe people began to stray away from the church. Countless people were upset that the Church could not stop the Black Death from spreading and killing almost two-thirds of Europe's population. Thus, people began to adopt a new way of thought which lead to the revival of classical Greco-Roman work and the…