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Theology
The Christianity of the contemporary time is represented by several groups which keep growing and changing each day. This comes with the positives and the negatives attached to this trend. One thing for sure is that the availability of these many groups of Christianity is an expression of the freedom of worshiping that Christianity has cultivated, people are not compelled to stay in some given grouping. It also reduces the possibility of Christian churches, especially those with huge followings to be used to misguide people into being exploited or to committing unethical things like mass suicide at the influence of one influential leader since they know that people will speak up and walk out to other groups or even form their own new group. The many Christian groups also helps in the speedy and diverse spreading of the gospel since different groups will want to send out disciples to different parts of the world to spread the gospel as compared to few groups which maybe could have concentrated in a given region. The many groups have also helped in the renaissance of the critical thinking and close evaluation of Christianity...
Diversity effectively means different approaches towards the same subject hence more comprehensive presentation of Christianity. The disadvantage of this diversification is the possible contradiction in the presentation of facts about Christianity hence making Christianity lose firm stand on the issues and subjects that aroused the contradictions. The diverse groups have also seen infighting and dismissal of each other yet they are all Christian and in effect hindering the smooth coexistence of the Christian fraternity.
Physical signs of God's grace
Man was made to be a believing being and each individual will have to in one way or the other expression indications of a belief that they hold. Most Christians believe in God and one fundamental issue that they hold on to is the abundance of the grace of God. This grade of God is often believed to be unseen yet existing and one needed only faith and he will have the sufficient grace of God. It is however important to have the physical signs of the Grace of God. This will enable one person to give physical…
Subsequently, other Daoist sages who were influential include Yu, Shun, and Yao. The principle early Daoist text was written by unknown individuals in the 3rd century BC and based on the earlier teachings of Lao Zi. Unlike most other religions Daoism does not emphasize any specific doctrines or beliefs, instead focusing mainly on the mechanisms for teaching and sharing communal values. The most popular deity accepted by Daoists is
Decius had come to the throne at a particularly crucial time. Rome had just celebrated its one thousandth year of rule in 247, but the Goths had attacked Rome in 248. Decius had forced the Goths out of the Danube provinces and in return had been hailed emperor by his troops (he would die fighting the Goths in June 251). In the midst of this crisis, Decius appealed to
Religion Christianity started as a literary faith, one firmly rooted in Scripture. Scriptural adherence grew out of the Jewish appreciation for sacred text. Therefore, it is no wonder that Christianity evolved as a literary and literate faith. The evolution of Christianity from the fall of the Temple in 70 CE to the 21st century is one punctuated and formed by writing and historical documents. Christian historiography reveals both the development of
Obviously, none of this could have happened if Christianity had not been legalized and if it had not been able to promote its politics to a more efficient manner than it had previously done. The same trend continues throughout the Middle Ages as well, when Christianity is the most important moral entity, but also, in many occasions, the mediating political player as well. It has the power not only to
Rise and Spread of Christianity on the Classical World It's often assumed that the religion of Christianity perhaps greatly and generously impacted the classical age; after all, it was in this period that its foundations were established and it ultimately became the formal religion of the classical age. But corroborating this understandable supposition isn't easy. One might realize the fact that Jesus's religion was a considerable progress from the paganism followed
This also means that it is the Sovereign God and not just Lady Luck that is the Lord of Israel. Since God is sovereign by nature, it means that His sovereignty even extends to the allocation of Gods to tribals and to pagans, and this also means that God did not simply hand over His very representation of Himself as the Father and as the Son and as the Spirit