Essays Tagged: "Apostles"

BARNABAS

as Barnabas?II. Where is he first mentioned in the Bible?III. Barnabas' introduction of Saul to the apostlesIV. His mission work with PaulV. His departure from PaulVI. Barnabas as a writerVII. His Dea ... a, the dispersion of Jews outside Palestine or modern Israel. He was originallynamed Joseph but the apostles called him Barnabas, he probably acquired this namebecause of his ability as a preacher. Th ...

(4 pages) 36 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Research of and visit to a Mormon church - includes visit info, and works cited

red claims to combine restoration of primitive Christianity as it had been lived in the time of the Apostles with modern revelation from on high" (O'Dea 2). Here it is evident that Smith was seeking t ... ch that was suggested from a higher power, the Lord, and to have the church community live like the Apostles of Jesus did. Smith had become disturbed by the religious controversies that occupied the p ...

(6 pages) 88 0 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

What does the Church mean to you?

lain to us.God tries to explain what the Church should mean to us in the Bible passages through the apostles and people he has sent down to proclaim His word. During the Last Supper, Jesus took the br ...

(5 pages) 56 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

System of Globalization. We are the Leaders in this post Cold-War system

ns, it is not--unfortunately--to many others around the world" (Friedman 382)."We Americans are the apostles of the Fast World, the enemies of tradition, the prophets of the free market and the high p ...

(3 pages) 78 0 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Renaissance Art and Architecture (Robert Campin & Massacio).

the most famous of these scenes, the Tribute Money, Masaccio invested the figures of Christ and the apostles with a new sense of dignity, monumentality, and refinement. The Brancacci Chapel became a t ...

(3 pages) 133 1 3.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Define Puritanism and Democracy and show how they were a mixed legacy.

emocracy. To be a Puritan was to be a member of "simply the most important body of people since the Apostles" (pg 23). Puritans felt it was their job, their divine duty, to establish a pure society ba ...

(4 pages) 38 0 3.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Catholic Scripture: Divine Revelation and Literary Forms

one, from his messages to the people of the Old Testament, through records of Christ's life, to the apostles of the New Testament.Whilst most of the bible was created in written form, many of the bibl ... rule are contained in the written books...; which have come down to us, having been received by the apostles from the mouth of Christ himself, or from the dictation of the Holy Spirit. (cited in Brown ...

(13 pages) 119 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Great Moments in the First 100 Years of the Catholic Church

Religious Education?On Pentecost Sunday in approximately 33AD, the Holy Spirit came upon Mary, the apostles and hundreds of disciples of Jesus Christ and the Christian Church was born. On that day, t ...

(9 pages) 91 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

A Brief Discussion and Review of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Jesus Christ Super Star'

ters. One sees Jesus interacting with Judas, Peter, and Mary Magdalene quite a bit, among the other apostles and people. Two key events are shown, first, where Jesus tears apart the market place set u ...

(2 pages) 34 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Biography on Alfred Tennyson

d a book of poems called "Poems by two Brothers." Alfred with his new friend became a member of the Apostles that were a group of people with high intellectual interests. As he was in this club his re ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Jesus and the beginning of Christianity

ey reminded the people of what God expects from the people. Jesus traveled on a pilgrimage with his apostles making miracles, spreading monotheism, and teaching people the principles of the Ten Comman ...

(2 pages) 112 0 4.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Saul Becomes Paul.

away from him as we could. His story is found in the book of Acts, a book written by the one of the apostles. Without Saul's conversion to Christianity, thousands would have not been saved. His minist ...

(3 pages) 19 0 1.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

"The Last Supper" by Leonardo DaVinci

due to the sacredness of the parting meal, the traditional Passover meal is what Jesus ate with the Apostles the night before his death. At this supper, according to the Gospels, Jesus blessed bread a ... refer to the Crucifixion he was about to suffer in order to atone for humankind's sins. He told the Apostles, "Do this in remembrance of me." The actions of Jesus at the Last Supper are the basis for ...

(2 pages) 77 1 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Belief Systems: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

n that affirms "the Jews killed Jesus" without acknowledging that Jesus also was a Jew with all the apostles included. Or because Judaism does not seek converts, one can not convert to Jew just by wis ...

(6 pages) 191 1 4.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Baptism in the Orthodox Church

thousand years ago, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth and founded the Church, through His Apostles and disciples, for the salvation of man. In the years which followed, the Apostles spread t ...

(5 pages) 14 0 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

A Mormon experience : The history and fundamentals

red claims to combine restoration of primitive Christianity as it had been lived in the time of the Apostles with modern revelation from on high" (O'Dea 2). Here it is evident that Smith was seeking t ... ch that was suggested from a higher power, the Lord, and to have the church community live like the Apostles of Jesus did. Smith had become disturbed by the religious controversies that occupied the p ...

(5 pages) 41 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Chapter II - Handing on Divine Revelation

t the Lord is whom the full revelation of the supreme God is brought to completion commissioned the Apostles to preach to all men that Gospel which is the source of all saving truth and moral teaching ... th and moral teaching, and to import to them heavenly gifts.2. The commission was faithfully by the Apostles, by their oral preaching, examples, and observances handed on what they had received from C ...

(4 pages) 1108 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

'The Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci

, da Vinci uses mostly geometric shapes to represent the windows behind Jesus, the doors behind the apostles, and the ceiling. Next, lines are all over the painting, like in the borders of the table a ... over the painting, like in the borders of the table and its cover, and many curved lines depict the apostles' clothing. Also, color in this painting represents the different clothes wore by the apostl ...

(2 pages) 122 1 4.9 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

The DaVinci Code: To believe or not? That is the question

hunt down. They respected more John the Baptist than Jesus and considered Mary Magdalene one of the apostles.During the investigation for the presentation, I found some data that I would like to share ...

(5 pages) 38 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Wuthering Heights

with any living man out of his perfect love for his imagined ideal. Imagine what they say about the apostles and Jesus these days. And as Socrates, invented or not, I offer this as my apologia-- I pre ...

(5 pages) 1014 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers