They get people from the crowd to carry the wine up to the priest. ... Finally all the money is placed in the basket and is carried to the front of the room and is placed in front of the priest. ... Announcements are the things that are happening around the community that next week, and if anybody has anything else to say they have the right to say it. ... priest for mass and other people talk each other and plan things out for a bar-b-que that night for dinner. I find the Catholic Church real interesting especially the singing parts and the peace offerings they do a lot of god things in c...

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The New Testament includes several different Greek words that can be translated to the English word "love," each carrying a slightly different meaning. ... He knew "the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God" (John 13:3). ... In doing so, God's love flowed through them by means of the Holy Spirit to all who bore witness to them, and they too experienced this unconditional love in return. ... Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provok...

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The scribes believed they were working with sacred text. ... His Word Your predecessors have inserted in the scriptures of our Lord many things, which, although they carry His name agree not with His doctrines. This is not surprising, since that we have often proved that these things have not been written by Himself, nor by his apostles, but that for the greater part they are founded upon tales, upon vague reports and put together by I know not what, half-Jews, but with little agreement between them, and which they have nevertheless published under the names of the Apostles of our Lord, and...

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So, they also have places in public where they can carry out their rituals. Pure Satanists are in Difference to Anti-Christians not an opposite of an already existing religion, they are a "religion" by themselves. ... They also perform bloody rituals which are usually sacrifices. The things sacrificed can vary from small animals, to a real human being. ... So the practices and worships are done everywhere they can be done in secrecy. ...

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The first documents to be discussed contain allowance for war or discuss details concerning the carrying out of war. ... These quotations provide guidelines for carrying out war but do not ban war for their followers. ... " This verse says that if a person regards things such as victory and defeat equally then their sins will not count. ... " Earlier in his dialogue he mentions that all things are a reflection of himself and all beings are to be "happily nestled in an infinite loving heart.... The first is religions that take a neutral stance on war with restrictions on how ...

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What: Mary is sing a song about God and the things that are to come and the special events that are about to happen in the world. ... I know in my life the Lord carries me through the hardest times of my life. ... I feel that the Lord carries everyone sometime in his or her lives. ... They are not happy with their lives and a big part of this is not having the Lord as their savior. ... It will bring hope into their lives and a better sense of happiness that they haven't felt before. ...

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His intended purpose, to shed light into the world of the Medieval Ages and the Renaissance, was carried out well. ... Though he mainly spotlights on the bad things of the Western Civilization, Manchester still manages to point out many accomplishments of many great idols such as Leonardo Da Vinci. ... All in all, I think his theme, the Western Civilization, was carried out well thought, organized, and perceptively. ... For example, Manchester describes the wild and despicable parties they had. ... I also agree with his statement that Magellan is a hero because, in my eyes, I feel that...

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Dauphin then has a priest look over Joan to test her to see if the voices are evil, but the priest finds that they are not. ... Joan and her voices together accomplish incredible things. ... On a different view, one could also be repelled by Christianity because they read that Joan had done all of these wonderful and courageous things that God told her to do and then she is burned for it. A person that does not know much about the Christian religion would probably be confused on how God could let Joan die after she supposedly carried out so many of his commands. ... There are many questions li...

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The 10 commandments were seen as way to teach people the basic things that should not be done. With those commandments we see the 10 major things the Lord did not approve of. ... Both sets carry powerful messages into and throughout our lives. ... Jesus with the Sermon had just given the disciples everything they needed to know to gain access in the kingdom of God and he wanted that passed on to the people by the disciples. ... They both have given us spiritual laws to abide by in which we walk the earth. ...

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Like Jesus of Nazareth, Santiago teaches his knowledge to others, displays deep faith in things greater than himself, and consciously endures suffering. ... Like Jesus" conversations with his disciples, Santiago's conversations with Manolin carry the rhythm and simple question-and-answer structure of religious instruction. ... Christ instructed his listeners not to fight back, even if they were attacked. ... According to Matthew, Mark and Luke, after the Last Supper, Jesus prayed in agony, knowing the things that were to happen to Him. ... But first, according to Gospel of John, Jesus...

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With the knowledge that the initial purpose of the Methodist Church in England and America was not to establish a separate church, with the bringing to light the fact that the early works of both Philip Embury and Thomas Webb showed deep sympathy towards those who no doubt were not welcomed in the established churches, one can be led to believe that not only did the Methodist Church allow Negroes to attend their meetings but they welcomed them. ... There are no records available of what the Negro actually did or thought to the spiritual things of life. ... While his missionary work was not c...

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One of the most important things in her life was not poetry but religion and the love for God. ... Father and husband rose to prominence, and served governor of colony after they went to Salem which later became Massachusetts Bay Colony. ... Even though it was a very up lifting movement they were disliked by Protestants and Catholics, they finally got away from the discrimination and went to Jamestown then moved to Salem, and made a company called Massachusetts Bay Company. They carried eleven ships over to America. ... The most puzzling thing is that they publish it six ye...

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Although the Anglo - Saxon people, the original English people, fought a great deal, they had a common language, and a set of common values. They also had a set of ideals that they attributed to their hero's and warriors. Beowulf, the great heroic epic, displays theses values and the qualities they expected of a hero. ... The adventure in '"'The Seafarer'"' is that the man wants to go to sea because in the crummy little town that he lives in there's not much to do so at least if he's at sea he can see practically the world, and learn new things everyday. ... ...

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They relate so well that most of them have a resemblance in the way they talk about the adventures and life of Abraham and his people. ... In the Torah and Genesis they both state this major turning point in his life. ... Another promise was that he would have kids to carry on his beliefs and the Jews. ... The stories that have passed on explain many things about Abraham. ...

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A disciple is a person who learns of a preacher everything that he needs to know and once they know it all they have to go and preach to the people what they have learnt. ... If they are welcomed to a place they can stay at the same house until you leave. ... This was carried out by the disciples as they were asked to do. ... To be a disciple you have to do many things but nowadays it is a lot harder to be a disciple for there are so many distractions. Christians today should get more involved in things that would help the poor or please God. ...

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Lewis uses a dream as the vehicle to carry his ideas. ... In heaven, these people become ghosts because they are not strong enough to endure the substantive things of this world. ... They are self-righteous people who deny the grace of God. ... When we understand others" positions it does two things . ... They don't have a clear picture of the eternal happiness they will miss or the everlasting separation and darkness they will endure. ...

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They learned that they must always trust and depend on God. ... "Almost daily she carried a large jar of water from the town well for washing and cooking the well still supplies modern Nazareth today and is called Mary's Well"(Charles 27). ... When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds had to say. As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart" (Luke 2:1-20). ... She stood on the road as Jesus passed by carrying his cross. ...

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If we had no freedom we wouldn't be able to do the things we love most, or choose what friends we hang out with. ... If you don't, then you ought to hear me out so you know in the future what they mean. ... This is where a lot can go wrong and things get turned upside down. ... Some schools mistakenly support some segments of the religious community when they permit (unconstitutional) state-sponsored prayer, such as allowing coaches to pray with their teams, as long as they excuse students who do not want to pray. ... One to carry on generation after generation. ...

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When he shoots the grandmother in the chest, he simply wipes his glasses and carries on like it was a trivial event. ... He is implying that if he actually saw Jesus with his very own eyes and if he had seen the things that Jesus has done, he would have been a believer and live a good life. ... Many do not believe in Jesus because they did not personally witness his life and see firsthand weather or not he did all those things that are told in the bible. ... Also when Christians or Catholics pray, they refer to God as the Holy Father or Father in Heaven. ... She is always talking about how thi...

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They say unto him , the Son of David. ... This tells us that Gods purpose is fulfilled despite the tragedy of sin, and the death that sin brings with it, for from the beginning was to be born Solomon who was to carry on God's promise to the future, and enough for David to say I have sinned. ... We could use that as an example, that when bad things happen we are to stand and believe God, but if it does not turn out like we want then it is still our place to move on with God, and His plan for our lives. ... God promise if keep seeking the Kingdom of God all things will be added according...

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All over the world we can see the beliefs of individuals as they vary. ... When different lands and continents were discovered by conquerors, they came upon the natives of these islands and place who had a much different way of worship than they did. ... In the colonies, at the time of Columbus's discovery they believed in the symbols of dreams and they used animals as a way of guiding their every action. ... In some case they did succeed in the conversion. ... The area of itself is totally populated by black spanish decendants.footnote) The fact that the priest...

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What is going on within Mary when she witnesses these things happening? ... People do crazy things when they are in love... They saw, immediately believed, and then went home. ... They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" ... How can a little woman carry a dead body anywhere, and especially one that has been covered and wrapped in 75-100 pounds of spices? ...

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When they recieve their vocation they spread the christian gospel throughout the world. ... They both faced opposition. ... In the places he evangelised he did not change people's culture; he became "all things to all men", adopting his message to suit different audiences. ... He converted many and had quite a number of decendants who carried on his message, for example Aiden of Lindisfarne, who was a hugely successful missionary in Northern England. ... Paul always visited the Jews first because they were God's chosen people, then, if rejected, they turned to the gentiles. ...

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What they were interested in was conveying a message that they felt so passionately about sharing that they were willing to risk a certain amount of misinterpretation. ... They were in the middle of the desert for one thing. ... He implies impossibility of eternal life for the wealthy and then in the next verse turns around and says "But with God all things are possible." ... He knew, even then, the probabilities of human nature to make money and material things our God. ... (Gabel, Wheeler, & York, 1986, p. 10) This concept can be carried over to include the sometimes abstract and c...

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In Israel Jews and Arabs have been in conflict for hundreds of years because they both share religious grounds in Israel. ... The word crusade is taken from the Latin word crux (cross) this is a reference to the biblical injunction that Christians carry their cross. ... In 1829 Catholics were not suitable for schools throughout Ireland they were only suitable for Protestants. ... A splinter group of mostly Catholic I.R.A. known as the "Real I.R.A," claimed responsibility for the attack Religions the main factor of war, people fight, kill because of different beliefs different celebrations,...

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