Eucharist
.... He gave himself up
for us, and how we experience Him through His body.
History of the Eucharist
The Eucharist is a Jewish Ritual of worship. It dates back to the
Last Supper, where Jesus celebrated a typical Jewish community meal with
His friends. Sharing a meal with family, (very important to the Jews) also
dates back to the Passover Meal. This is called the Liturgy of the
Eucharist, and the early Christians added Jewish synagogue service and then
became the Liturgy of the Word. 1
The Eucharist is a sacrament, and is also a ritual. It is a repeated
sacrament, and is the most frequently used among all sacraments. .....
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Essay On The Intrinsic Flaws Inherent In Christianity
.... of the resurrection of the saints, Matthew is the only person to
mention this occurence in the Bible. Surely other first-century
Christians would have used this as further proof of Jesus' divinty. It
would fall to reason that Paul and the gospels would have mentioned it.
This is not, however, the case. Nowhere else in the Bible is this
mentioned or even hinted at. These events are then, at best, highly
unlikely to have occured. The fact that Matthew is alone in writing of
the resurrection of the saints leads us to believe that certain writers of
the Bible had differing views on christianity.
The christian Bible is highly .....
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Paul's Letter To The Galatians
.... to the
gentiles. Perhaps he thought that gentiles would accept Christianity more
easily if it was natural to their lifestyle --I'm sure that the thought
of circumcision, and strict dietary laws scared gentiles from
Christianity! It seems that the "Judaziers" preached a God that was hard
to please.
Paul's major problem confronted in his letter to the Galatians is the
preachings of the Judaziers. Apparently, men who preach circumcision and
the Law had been trying to "pervert" the Galatians, and change their
beliefs away from Paul's preachings (Gal 1:7). Paul is so angered that
the Galatians are so easily convinced (G .....
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God Speaks Through The Mouths Of Poets
.... Aren't we stronger than any other animal upon this earth? I
think that God would tell us "No," for it is He who gives us life strength,
as Blake says in the next few linesą Gave thee life & bid thee feed, By
the stream & o're the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest
clothing wooly bright, What strength could man have without the gifts of
God: life, food, clothing. We would have none! And Jesus said to them, "I
am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who
believes in Me shall never thirst." John 6:33 William Blake saw that the
individual man was so removed from Nature and his Creator. As science
p .....
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Who Was Jesus?
.... Jesus' actions, however. Jesus never (as far
as I know) says to ignore to commandments of God in the Hebrew Scriptures;
however, constantly breaks the Sabbath (Matt 12:13 and others), and gives
VERY flimsy and unconvincing explanations for it. I am not sure what his
message was in those actions. Perhaps he didn't care?
In general, Matthew was a good, entertaining story to read, with a
very dramatic ending, and great character development (a little sarcastic
humor here)!
I was very surprised to find much of the Book of Mark a repeat of
what was written in Matthew, but with a little less detail, and a few
stories omitted .....
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The Wiccan Religion
.... (midpoints between the equinox^Ņs and solstices).
They are called: Yule (Dec 21) Tmbolc (Feb2), Lady Day (March 21),
Beltaine (May 1), Midsummer (June 21), Lugnassed (Aug 1), Mabon (Sept 21),
and Samhain (Oct 31). Actual dates vary slightly from year to year, as
they are based upon actual celestial events. Many Wiccans also celebrate
the Full Moon, of which we have 13 per year.
The basis for Wiccans moral conduct is found in the statement "An Ye Harm
None, Do What Thou Wilt." This is a mock archaic phrase, suggesting that
any behavior that harms none, is morally acceptable. Harm is defined by
anything that takes away, or works .....
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Popes
.... ever assembled or departed
from Europe's shores. Instead, in a twist of irony, the Vatican wound up hosting
an infidel in the form of Prince Djem, the sultan's brother. This arrangement
confused the general public and the papal status fell in the eyes of the public.
Papal status was further weakened by Innocent's successor Alexander VI.
Alexander thrived on simony. He acquired the office of pope by buying out his
chief rivals and openly boasted about this feat. Alexander went on to sell a
total of 43 cardinalships, including to his own family. After the murder of his
eldest son, Alexander was inspired in a proposed Bull to try to .....
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Overview And Analysis Of The Crusades
.... forces in Constantinople and hope to regain control of the city.
The large Christian armies talked to Alexius I Comnenus, the Byzantium emperor,
and agreed to return any of his old land that was recaptured. The armies were
skeptical of this demand but agreed anyway. The first attack by the crusaders
was on Anatolian, the Turkish capital. Meanwhile the Byzantians were also trying
to recapture Anatolian, and later that year, the city surrendered to the
Byzantians instead of the crusaders. The Byzantians were using the crusaders as
pawns to achieve their own goals. The crusaders again met and crushed the
Turkish army. The crusaders .....
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Women And The Bible
.... only about 30 years ago. Before this time, society taught
women from birth to be submissive to men. What does this mean to us today? It
means that although American Society is no longer training women to be
submissive, the problem is still present in our belief system. Many churches do
not believe that women should be part of the clergy. This is because they
interpret parts of the Bible, such as 1 Timothy 2:11-12, as saying that only men
should preach. In 1848, women made a retaliation to these sentiments. At the
Seneca Falls convention, women (including Elizabeth Cady Stanton) signed a
Declaration of Sentiments. In the decla .....
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Ancient Greek Beliefs Of Religion And Death Differs From Other Cultures
.... does not have an emblem that which it is represented by.
The belief is that the god is represented by everything. For example, members
of the Jewish religion believe god is everywhere, in everything, and represented
by everything they do. Another example of the religious differences is how
Ancient Egyptians believed in idol gods which are gods represented in statues.
Ancient Greek beliefs are different from those of other societies because of
differences between how gods are represented in Judaism and Ancient Egyptian
beliefs.
Equally important are the Ancient Greek views of death. Death caused by
human error is widespread .....
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Christianity, Islam, And Judaism
.... beliefs. Then we put up all the spokes
from the groups and reviewed them.
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Voodoo
.... the world into major
communities on Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, Miami, and New York city. Vodoun
has as many as 50 million followers throughout the world now.
Although varieties of this religion occur in different regions there are
some basic tenets common among them. They all believe that the pulse of life
resides in nature's elements like fire or wind. This force is also in union with
the dead and thus fosters a belief that they should be respected through rituals.
They believe that all things are the creation of the loa, and at the same time
part of the lao and are to be servants to them. The loa take part in our world
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