Sabbath in Christianity

Augustine makes it very clear that life is a journey. Within the journey that is life, we have individual journeys that can either impact our lives positively, or completely lead us to self destruction. A journey that Augustine has so well written down for us to read is his spiritual journey. His journey, like most, was not always easy. He faced death, separation, anger, abandonment and so many other circumstances. In the confessions however, Augustine has laid out all of his sins and shames on…

Chapel in Jacksonville, Florida. I chose to observe this religion because I was interested in observing the differences between the Catholic denomination of Christianity and the denomination of Christianity with which I identify. Attending Mass is the only way in which a devote Catholic can fulfill the commandment to keep the sacred Sabbath day. The traditional Roman Catholic Mass service involves a prayer, scripture reading, hymns, rituals, and a lesson on how to live a devote Catholic life…

celebrates the giving of the Torah to Moses and Sukkot is the harvest festival. Celebrations about being delivered from enemies are the Purim and the Hanukkah. The acceptance of youth into society are held when they become twelve or thirteen. The Sabbath, a period of time from work from Friday at sundown until Saturday when the first star shows, which gives each week a…

Kindred People-Kindred Minds The contemporary American Christian may profess to have a thorough understanding of the nature of Christianity. Yet he may have, at best, only a vague awareness of the ancient Jewish roots to which Christianity is bound. To add to his confusion, much of the text contained in the sermons delivered from many pulpits is only loosely based on academic study and may contain a great deal of emotionally charged rhetoric. This combination of lack of understanding on the…

Anti-Semitism has a long history; for 2,000 years, battles between Jews and Christians have taken place, starting from religious differences. “Anti-Semitism is hostility towards or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group, which can range from individual hatred to institutionalized, violent persecution” (New World Encyclopedia Contributors). Most Christians in the Middle Ages assumed Jews killed Jesus, and Jews had also refused to accept Jesus as the Messiah, which fueled…

completely opposite views on slavery, both sides used the same book to back up their positions. This was far from an isolated occurrence; ever since slavery began in America, its existence became irrevocably intertwined with religion, especially Christianity.…

of Protestantism, and sent out pastors to the rest of Europe, creating Presbyterianism in Scotland, the Puritan Movement in England and the Reformed Church in the Netherlands” (Biography.com Editors). During his rule, John Calvin did not allow Christianity, art, and music with instruments (Biography.com Editors). His ideas of worship were plain and focused on God, which means no stained glass windows, instruments, or art (Feldmeth). He also believed in religious ideas such as free will and…

Introduction Due to his influence in establishing Christianity, Paul the Apostle is consider by some scholars to be one of the most influential early Christian missionaries. In addition, later generations viewed him as the first and greatest Christian theologian due to his commitment to his calling. It was that same dedication to spreading the Gospel that he used in his times as a persecutor of Christians. He was born in the city of Tarsus in Cilicia, a major Roman city, hence was a Roman…

There were instructions about clothes, food, animal sacrifices, what the Sabbath was supposed to look like, what you should do in temple, how priests were supposed to perform, and what punishment should be dished out. All these things were rules and regulations that were supposed to observe since all of them affected their standing…

A important to remember about Christianity is it’s roots. Christianity did not suddenly appear out of nowhere and it was not given to the world whole in its entirety. The church was born from the jewish religion, more specifically second Temple Judaism, but the two religions diverged in the first century after Jesus of Nazareth. Christianity shares its History, texts, traditions, rituals, and many other aspects with Judaism. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism, because of this there are…