Religion
This section covers a wide range of issues that are crucial to understanding the doctrine and basic principles of religion. This section also contains historical information about religions all over the world.
2,159 Essays on Religion. Documents 1,561 - 1,590
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Saint Augustine of Hippo
As one of the most prominent figures of the early church, Saint Augustine is not only recognized for his leadership but also for his knowledge and influence on the thinking and doctrine of the Christian Church. As a priest, he was an important leader of the early African Church; as a philosopher, he brought a new approach to Church Doctrine through the ideas of pagan philosophy (TeSelle 892). These accomplishments put him among the
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Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Catherine of Siena was born in 1347 in Siena, Italy. She was the youngest child of a very large family and grew up an intelligent, cheerful, and intensely religious person. At age six, she began having mystical experiences, seeing guardian angels as clearly as the people they protected. Saint Catherine was very in touch with God, even as a child. When Saint Catherine was twelve, her parents thought of engaging her in marriage.
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Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: Compassion and Willingness to Love God
Introduction: Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton’s most important element in her life was teaching young girls. The writer will explain to you how and why Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton is such a saintly figure not only in their life but in many other peoples lives as well. One will be more able to have a true sense of the many different obstacles that Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton had to overcome to come to
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Saint Joan’s Topicality
A topicality of Saint Joan’s example Saints are always different from everyday people, thus no one understands them in their lives, only a lot of years after their death. Joan of Arc was a saint like this as well, she was too far ahead of her times and was killed by her fellow men, because they didn’t know what else to do. She was canonized in 1920, after 489 years of her death. In my
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Saint John Bosco
John Bosco was born on August 16, 1815, to a poor farming family in Becchi, a small suburb of Turin, Italy. The child grew to be the “Beloved Apostle of Youth”. One of John Bosco’s earliest recollections occurred at age two. He remembers his mother telling him upon his father’s death , “You have no father now”. Although he stated that he could not remember what his father was like , his death must have
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Saint Luke
Luke was a doctor by trade, and an evangelist by fate. Contained within this gospel we see how much care to detail was taken in transcribing this gospel. A good deal research and energy were put into the minute details of this gospel. This can be attributed to the fact that he was a physician. His attention to detail was so great that his gospel contains Luke’s gospel contains 14 of the 20 miracles the
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Saint Stanislaus
St. Stanislas Kostka Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about October 28, 1550; died at Rome during the night of 14-15 August, 1568. He entered the Society of Jesus at Rome, October 28, 1567, and is said to have foretold his death a few days before it occurred. His father, John Kostka, was a senator of the Kingdom of Poland and Lord of Zakroczym; his mother was Margaret de Drobniy Kryska, the sister and niece
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Saint Therese of Lisieux
Therese Martin, future Saint Therese of Lisieux, was born on January 2, 1873 in Alecon, France. By the age of 15 she had decided upon becoming a cloistered Carmelite after wanting to follow in the footsteps of her sisters but was refused by the Carmelite superior because of her young age. After also being denied entrance by the bishop, Therese even approached Pope Leo XIII while on a pilgrimage with her father and sister. After
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Saint Thomas Aquinas' End for Which Man Is Made and the Suicides of Dante's Inferno.
Saint Thomas Aquinas teaches that the end for which man is made is to be reunited with the divine goodness of God through virtuous behavior as well as the use of rational human intellect in order to know and love God above all. Dante Alighieri composed The Inferno based upon Aquinas’ theological teachings - teachings which were most significantly influenced by Aristotelian philosophy but had an overall theological theme. Instead of Alighieri exemplifying man’s
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Salvation
Salvation Salvation through the redemptive suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the process of avoiding sin and loving one another by leading a Christian life according to the teachings of Jesus, which gains for us a share of everlasting life in the Kingdom of God. Belief in the Salvation has been one of the central tenets of the Christian Church from the earliest centuries of its existence. Salvation can be considered as relief
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Salvation - Langston Hughes
"Salvation", Langston Hughes Langston Hughes paints a picture of himself as a little boy whose decisions at a church revival directly reflect mans own instinctive behavioral tendencies for obedience. A young Langston whose congregation wants him to go up and get saved, gives into obedience and ventures to the altar as if he has seen the light of the Holy Spirit. Hughes goes on to say: " So I decided that maybe to save further
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Salvation Through Faith and Reason
Salvation Through Faith and Reason The concepts of faith and reason hold opposing view points when used in the context of religion. Faith by definition is the firm belief in something for which there is no proof (“Faith,” def. 3). On the contrary reason is defined as something that supports a conclusion or supports a fact (“Reason,” def. 1c). Though faith centers on the abstract and reason focuses on the concrete, St. Thomas Aquinas argues
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Same Sex Marriage Religion
“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” For decades and decades and still even in the present, the term ‘marriage’ has been only a heterosexual term through legislation and most religions. However past traditions are changing especially with marriage. Whether or not Same sex marriage should be legal has become a big debate for Canada and the U.S. Religions should not be the
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Samhain
Samhain By Jacey Fisher Samhain is the night to celebrate your ancestors and the coming New Year. Despite that some view Samhain as a night of devil worship the holiday has survived to be changed to modern understanding. The based religion is so complexd it would take years to document the entire different paths pagan, Wiccan, heathen, druid, practical and, hedge witch ECT. The religion that celebrates Samhain the most is Wiccan, a very earth-based
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Sanctification
SANCTIFICATION Introduction - sanctification means to make holy, purify or consecrate; to set apart, to separate - The process of being made holy resulting in a changed life-style for the believer. - examples from the Old Testament: o Certain times are sanctified in that they are set apart especially to the Lord: the sabbath, the various festivals, the year of Jubilee. o The land of Canaan, as well as Jerusalem, was holy to the Lord
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Santa Clause
Christmas, few people stop to think how it originated. Started as a pagan holiday during the time of Romans, it developed in to a Christian celebration dedicated for Christ. People in different age groups, both kids and adults, enjoy the season of Christmas. Christmas has been very big and an inspiring holiday for many families around the world for many centuries. Packed with busy shoppers, jingle bells, colorful lights and Santa Claus, Christmas is thought
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Satan
Satan Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Son of the Morning, the Devil has many names. The Devil is a powerful and mysterious being. Who is Satan? Who believes in him? Where did he come from? There are many questions that I had about Satan at the beginning of this report. Where did Satan come from? According to the Christian Bible it is clearly taught that the Devil and the other demons are spiritual or angelic creatures created
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Satanism
I am hoping I can somehow make this seem like a psychological report without making it lose any of its important details. My goal in writing this paper is to hopefully make people understand and agree that Satanism is not a "Devil Worshipping," animal mutilating, child scarifying cult organization. The psychological thing comes in when people say Satanism is wrong or evil; they hear the word Satan and automatically assume that it must be
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Satanism
am hoping I can somehow make this seem like a psychological report without making it lose any of it's important details. My goal in writing this paper is to hopefully make people understand and agree that Satanism is not a "Devil Worshipping," animal mutilating, child scarifying cult organization. The psychological thing comes in when people say Satanism is wrong or evil, they hear the word Satan and automatically assume that it must be bad.
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Satinism
I am hoping I can somehow make this seem like a psychological report without making it lose any of its important details. My goal in writing this paper is to hopefully make people understand and agree that Satanism is not a "Devil Worshipping," animal mutilating, child scarifying cult organization. The psychological thing comes in when people say Satanism is wrong or evil; they hear the word Satan and automatically assume that it must be
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Saudi Arabia and Islam
Religion and Folklore Religion is extremely important in Saudi Arabia. We have to have a basic understanding of it if we wish to conduct business there. Brief Information on Islam In order to understand Saudi Arabia, one must understand Islam. Saudi Arabia is the cradle of Islam, the second most populous religion on earth. It is the birth place of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam. People who follow his teachings are called Muslims.
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Scandle in the Church
Headlines were captured in February by the tragic reports that as many as seventy priests in the Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, allegedly have abused young people whom they were consecrated to serve. In the wake this news, allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have sprung up nationwide. It is a huge scandal, one that many people who dislike the Catholic Church because of its moral teachings are using to claim that the Church is
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Schone Madonna
Schone Madonna is a German term meaning “Beautiful Madonna”. This image possibly originated as a response to new ways to practice religion, and in particular, worship of the Virgin in a more personal manner. Three examples of this representation include the Roudnice Madonna, the Madonna of Krumau, and the Jihlava Pieta. The Roudnice Madonna, a 35 1/2” x 26 1/4” panel constructed in approximately 1400, effectively shows the focus on amore soft and attractive
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School Prayer
Introduction Every Christian has experienced some type of persecution. We have all gone through trials that perhaps seemed unfair or cruel. Sometimes they are even put upon us by those who love us the most. However, one of the most prominent controversies in America involves persecution from those who should be giving us guidance and wisdom. I am speaking of course about our public school teachers. For years the problem has been whether or not
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School Year
My parents came to the United States 1993 and lived in Wisconsin with my Grandparents for a while until I was born in Green Bay, January 13, 1998. When I was around 1 or 2 year old, we move to live in St. Paul, Minnesota and then move to live in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, when I was 5 or 6 year old. While growing up in St. Paul, I barely see my parents because they
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Science and Religion
Is it possible that in our search for some basic reality, we humans may discover that although religion and science have always seemed to be in different places, the conclusion they will ultimately reach will be the same thing? What is God? Energy, Spirit, Universal Consciousness, Singular, Unilateral? According to David Hume, God is not different from the order that exists in the universe1. Training our thoughts along this line, one might doubt the commonly
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Science of Psychology
In order to answer this question it is important to understand the definitions of both psychology and science. The word 'psychology' comes from the Greek 'psyche' (or soul) and 'logos' (or study), which came to be known as the 'study of the soul'. The American Heritage Dictionary defines psychology as: 1. the science dealing with the mind and with mental and emotional processes 2. the science of human and animal behavior. In its pure definition
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Scientology
Introduction Before we begin, we must determine what Scientology really is. What does the term mean? Where does it come from? What is it used for? And most importantly, is Scientology really a religion? Scientology as described in the book The Fundamentals of Thought by L. Ron Hubbard, is an applied religious philosophy and technology resolving problems of the spirit, life, and thought. It is supposed to make “the able more able”. It is
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Scientology
The Scientology religion deals with the human spirit and its relationship to the universe and its Creator. It teaches that its fundamental laws of life, when used, help people gain a happier and more fulfilling life. Scientology teaches many different methods that soon help with dealing with different life situations and personal belonging. It gives people another way of life. It attempts at bringing joy into peoples lives by being more of a personal counselor
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Scientology
Scientology 1. Scientology is a fairly new religion. Founded in the twentieth-century by a man by the name of L. Ron Hubbard. He began his studies long ago and wrote a book in 1950 called Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. He claimed that this book was one of the first tools used to solve the problems of the mind. This book focused on irrational mind, war, crime, and insanity. Mr. Hubbard designed this
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