The Relationship between Faith and Works
It is a Christian belief that we are justified by faith. Justification means that God declares a sinner to be righteous. When the si...
C.S. Lewis is best known for his fantasy novels The Chronicles of Narnia. These novels were popular from the beginning of his career, and now 100 million copies and 2 film ren...
"We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." (Hebrews 10:10) Devout Christians should be familiar with those words as they revolve...
Christianity is the most widespread of the worlds’ religions. Christians believe there is the one and only God, the creator. It is a God who loves his people with forgiving...
Saint Augustine was born to a pagan father and a Christian mother. He lived a life of immorality until his early thirties when he suddenly took a new path that would eventuall...
is an epic poem about an Anglo-Saxon hero, and the deeds that he performs during his life. A question that is commonly raised is whether or not Beowulf is, overall, a...
In the 16th century, during the Protestant Reformation, many faith groups split away from the Roman Catholic Church. This destroyed the relative unity of Christendom in wester...
A hero is a person renowned for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked, or sacrificed, his life. Beowulf demonstrates these characteristics, a...
Augustine’s Confessions
What makes me Catholic? If we are destined for God, how can we be with God? These are the main questions for the confused yet intelligent Augustin...
The most prominent feature of the Renaissance is arguably the art. In many ways, it was primarily an artistic movement. Sculpture, architecture, and painting became even more...
Differences are more common than similarities when Beowulf is compared with Sir. Gawain. The Similarities are small things like both lead characters are renound heros, both c...
The religion known as Mormonism is a fairly new religion in comparison to other Christian religions. It is believed that in 1827 the man Joseph Smith Jr. received golden plate...
is the central rite of the Catholic religion, in which bread and wine are consecrated by an ordained minister. The Eucharist is then consumed by members of the cong...
So far in my coursework I have looked at the ways in which the first Christians were persecuted and how they were given encouragement by the early church. The issue of weather...
Book 1, Chapters 1-5
Summary
Augustine opens with a statement of praise to God; to praise God is the natural desire of all men. In calling upon God, Augustine shows faith,...
As a kid growing up in the Soviet Union, I was taught that there is no evidence of God’s existence in the space and therefore there is no God. But this kind of outlook on th...
Paulo Coelho novel “The Alchemist” can change people by making them fulfill dreams and believe in destiny. “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes l...
Scholars in today’s society do not operate in a psychological vacuum, but within the frameworks of their communities, traditions, and beliefs. Their scholarship, even when s...