Essays Tagged: "New Testament"
Who wrote the Gospels and Why?
Who wrote the Gospels and Why?The new testament contains four (4) accounts of the story of Jesus' life, death and resurrectionas prese ... s (non-Jewish) become Christians ,directly or did they convert to Judaism firstbefore adopting this new Christian faith.Statement was translated to mean that when Christians were forced with the quest ... rized. They were to be used as living words that would eventually guide Christiancommunities in all new situations.Third Stage:The oral traditions about Jesus were written down.If Marks gospel was alr ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Was Paul a male chauvinist? Cite particular passages in his letters to support your view. New Testament.
under scrutiny and raised cause for debate over the intent and meaning of certain passages with the New Testament.The time period of his letters and writings were around the turn of the first century. ... llowed the traditional role of women held during this era. It was, in fact, the church of the early New Testament, that encouraged women to take a greater role in society and contribute to the spreadi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Is Capital Punishment Biblical?
for the death penalty on many occasions, whereas; many of the teachings of Jesus and others in the New testament readily denounce it. Therefore, both advocates ands opponents of capital punishment ha ... ortant here than the preservation of criminals.Capital punishment is never used legitimately in the New Testament. Jesus' constant preaching of love and forgiveness shows his contempt for the harming ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Atonement
using the King James Version, appears seventy seven times in the Old Testament and only once in the New Testament. In Leviticus, atonement appears fifty one times, more than any other book of the bibl ... iticus is that during that time period priest were intercessor's between the people and God. In the New Revised Standard Concordance, atonement appears eighty seven times. Out of those eighty seven ti ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Shipping in the Book of Acts
t BibliographyShipping in the Book of ActsThe account of St.Paul's ill-fated journey to Rome in the New Testament's Book of Acts provides some useful insights into shipping practices during the first ... ers to a boat from Alexandria which was bound for Italy. The first leg of their journey aboard this new ship was difficult as the winds were against them. It took several days to reach Cnidus. With th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Christian Church and crimes against Paganism
The Christian Church and crimes against Paganism1When I started this report I knew that paganism existed as a religion beforeChristianity. I suspected that if Christianity develop ... wouldhave adopted some of the paganistic practices to attract followers. From myprevious studies I knew there had been some form of propaganda against thepagan religion. Through out my life, my person ... ross.According to the Christian bible, the old testament, God giveth and God takethaway. Yet in the new testament God gives and the devil takes away. (3) Which isa contradiction of terms.2There were s ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Arianism. A heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
ze thecreed by stripping it of mystery so far as the relation of Christ to God wasconcerned. In the New Testament and in Church teaching Jesus of Nazarethappears as the Son of God. This name He took t ... and as arrayed in alldivine perfections except the one which was their stay and foundation. God alonewas without beginning, unoriginate; the Son was originated, and once had notexisted. For all that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Origin of Marriage
love presupposes an appreciation for the covenental dimensions of the marriage relationship.In the New Testament, all three Synoptic Gospels record Jesus affirming the permanence of marriage. In both ... th life but in the binding together of man and woman in a covenant of mutual self-giving.That these new insights have contributed to an enriched appreciation of the sacrament is evidenced in the succe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
comparison of theme betweeen William Blakes poems The Tiger & The Lamb
lamb is also calls Himself a Lamb. With this he brings religious significance into the poem. It the New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth is referred as God's Lamb.There are a few themes developed in 'The ... iddletown, NY: N&N Publishing Company, 1988)3. Literature; The English Tradition, Prentic Hall, New Jersey, 1991.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Evil of Isolation. Essay on "The Scarlet letter"
In the New Testament it states that 'the wages of sin is death.' Though thepenalty of sin in The Scarlet Le ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Book: Historical Jesus - The essay states all the important facts of the book.
g added from the author. This makes the most sense when we consider that the word gospel means good news, and the idea comes out that good news must evolve with the time and be updated to deal with a ... updated to deal with a certain time periods unique set of circumstances.Another discrepancy of the New Testament is that consistent changes can be seen from author to author that shows us certain pie ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The definition of God, for Christians
d Testament of the Bible. However, there are some things about God that can be ascertained from the New Testament through Jesus, like the first part of the definition.In the Catholic religion, we beli ... the word "omnipotent" is never actually in the Bible, his power is described throughout the Old and New Testament. In the book of Romans, one can find insinuations at the great power that God possesse ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Old Testament: Fact or Fiction?
theologian nor a scholar, but I do have an accurate knowledge of the scripture of both the Old and New Testaments. I do know that the Old Testament is prophecy and the New Testament is the fulfillmen ... prophecy and the New Testament is the fulfillment of that prophesy. Without the Old Testament, the New Testament loses much of its importance. To say that the Old Testament is exaggerated, is to say ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Book of Revelation and the Interpretation of the Three Angels
nd the Interpretation of the ThreeAngelsThe last of the Johannine writings and the last book of the New Testamentis the Apocalypse. Literally meaning "revelation", it is the strangest book of theNew T ... ans inmany ways. An example is "Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, witheverlasting good news to announce to those who dwell on earth, to every nation,tribe tongue, and people. he said in a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Biblical refernces in the book, "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton.
eflects the Bible; furthermore, several characters and episodes are reminiscent of stories from the New Testament and teachings of Christ. Thus, Alan Paton, as a reformer and the author of "Cry, the B ... ton, as a reformer and the author of "Cry, the Beloved Country", gives the people of South Africa a new, modern Bible, where he, like Christ, teaches to "love thy brother as yourself" in order to help ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Marinetti's futurist manifesto: epigraph of pre-war Europe or the New Testament of 'Modern Europe'?
HISTORY- DOCUMENTARY ANALYSISMarinetti's futurist manifesto: epigraph of pre-war Europe or the New Testament of 'Modern Europe'?NB: Situating the manifesto in its historical context and its impli ... the century; as the traditional ideals of the church and Christianity were being abandoned for the 'new' hedonistic endeavors of mechanical grandeur and social rejuvenation.The manifesto also envisage ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
What Would Jesus Think of Us Now?
What Would Jesus Think of Us NowAfter reading the chapters in the book on the new testament I decided to address the question of had Jesus presently come to the twentieth century ... erson develops he/she brings into the next relationship all the "lessons learned" in hopes that the new relationship will not be plagued with the same issues. These lessons can be gained in a traditio ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The sadducees and the pharisees.
iscuss their position in society, religious beliefs, traditions and practices with reference to the New Testament and the writings of Josephus.The Sadducees were a Jewish group of the Second Temple pe ... are known on the basis of three sources: the writings of the first century historian Josephus, the New Testament and rabbinical writings. No extant writings can be traced to the Sadducees themselves. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
"Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton.
eflects the Bible; furthermore, several characters and episodes are reminiscent of stories from the New Testament and teachings of Christ. Thus, Alan Paton, as a reformer and the author of "Cry, the B ... ton, as a reformer and the author of "Cry, the Beloved Country", gives the people of South Africa a new, modern Bible, where he, like Christ, teaches to "love thy brother as yourself" in order to help ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Analysis of 6 poems on the topic, "Hidden messages". contains poems by hughes, mcauley, strand, dobson, yeats, williams.
has stood in, such as the two slaughter of Innocents (i.e. the murder of infants from both Old and New Testament Bibles), and settings such as 'the Garden' (of Eden). The ignorant speaker who recalls ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry