Even after predicting his death and resurrection several times, the disciples never truly understand him; " he was teaching his disciples, and telling them, ˜The Son of Man is now to be handed over into the power of men, and they will kill him; and three days after being killed he will rise again.' ... He is then given final trial and sentencing by Pontius Pilate who, after optioning the crowd for His release, condemns him to beaten, mocked and crucified on a cross (Mark 15: 19-25). His final words before were "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? " before He "gave a loud cry ...

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Christianity focuses on the belief of life after death as a central and indispensable tenet of their faith, however a wide range of ideas exist. ... The Bible is seen as authoritative; it is believed to give a consistent vision throughout of life after death. ... Borrowing some ideas from the Zoroastrian religion, some later Jewish writers saw the faithful being resurrected and leading long lives in a purified earth before dying a second time. ... In the special case of newborns that die before being baptized, the church is ambivalent. ... Why all Christians believe in God, they all have dif...

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The Eucharist is a mystery, one of the aspects of the salvation of humankind; it is through this God revealed himself to all humanity.1 From the origins of the Church until present time, the manner of the celebration of the Eucharist has varied, but it has always had the same essence: to celebrate the memorial of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the salvation of all people, but with a variety of traditions which continue to live in the Church now.2 Before the sixteenth century Reformation of the Catholic Church, the theology of the Eucharist was based on two elements: transubstantiation and t...

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Transcribed in 1436, two years before Kempe's death, the autobiography takes place in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. ... After the birth of her first child, a nervous breakdown incurs, causing her to see hideous devils around her. She later recovers after having a vision of Jesus Christ and from then on continued to experience many spiritual visions. ... Kempe has to convince her husband to live a life of celibacy with her, which she accomplishes after having fourteen children. ... Margery returns to the household, after spending many years apart from him on her pilgrimages, to care...

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When Cesira and Rosetta encounter French officers after leaving the church, Cesira screams, "Do you know what they've done . . . in a church, under the eyes of the Madonna . . . they've ruined her for good and all, a daughter who was an angel and now it's worse than if she were dead- (Moravia 284). ... After agreeing to baptize him along with the sinners, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and pointed him out as the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world- (Jn 1:29). ...

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(Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 1295) In the Methodist church there is no need for an initiation in which a spiritual seal is placed upon a person, because it is the belief of the Methodist church that the Holy Spirit enters a person's body after baptism and it is the Holy Spirit that lives within us which separates us from non-Christians. ... My mother and stepfather were baptized at the church they were married at after they had married. ... The Catholic Church has this sacrament after baptism because they feel that one must be baptized first to understand the true me...

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Yancey decides to reexamine these traditional views after he encountered some confusing experiences of the imagery that was portrayed as Jesus throughout his life. ... Before beginning his ministry, Jesus faced three temptations: Satan asked him to turn a stone into bread, bow down to Satan in exchange for power over all nations, or jump from a great height and allow God to save him. ... Yancey quotes several modern authors on Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper and first communion with his disciples, and Judas's betrayal of Jesus; Jesus' personal struggle in the garde...

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After he sucks upon the erogenous necks of his innocent victims, they are forever his in body and mind as an unconscious collective. ... This is a similitude of sexual repression because of his willingness not to do what is most natural to him, drink blood; just as sex before marriage is forbidden inside of Mormon culture. ... The LDS church is not wrong to perceive sex before marriage an unclean act; even in today's society women and men who engage themselves in highly promiscuous acts are given names subject to what they have done and are remembered for having participated in something ...

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He entered into Christianity before 197 and rendered his services for illustrating and defending the orthodox principles of the Christian faith. ... The Doctrine of the Church The understanding and views of Tertullian about the doctrines of the church changed significantly after he joined the Montanism group. ... However, his after thoughts differ in this respect as he states that the church is the place of spirit, therefore a bishop is no better than a spiritual man, and a person does not need a representative if he or she has the knowledge about the religion. ...

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Before reading the bible, Augustine was avid follower of the Neoplatonic views, but his accomplishments are best realized through his ability to intertwine the values of both the Neoplatonic ideologies with the Christian counterparts. ... Augustine moved on from Manicheism to Neoplatonism and after entering the school of Plotinus, he began to believe that everything in one's life involves God, and things are unable to exist without Him. ...

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This covenant promise of land frames the entirety of the Hebrew Bible as is evidenced by the fact that, after it is first given by God to Abraham, it is notably repeated to each of the successive patriarchs. ... I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you'" (Genesis 17:4-7). ... This urgency is so great that after God first tells Abraham that he will have many descendents, Abraham, under Sarah's insistence, turns to Hagar to carry on his family (Genesis 16:1-4). ... Hannah, on the other hand, displays her deep need for a child by praying to God so fe...

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Islam originally encouraged religious education of Muslim women, however these ideals soon changed, particularly after the colonial era, and women began to be discouraged from seeking knowledge from public schooling. ... Women are not obligated, however, to share the money they receive from working or any inheritance they received before marriage with their family because it is not their responsibility to provide for the family. ... Jesus held women to a very high standard, even having women be the first be witness that he had rose from the dead after his crucifixion. ...

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I previously viewed all Renaissance paintings with an uneducated eye, solely viewing them as religious works, which I had no interest in, based upon my lack of understanding of the narratives involved, the stories of patronage or even the difficulties of the techniques used to paint them. I was that...

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They think that this world is a test and the real life is life after death. ... An individual does not converse him or herself into history but he or she is destined to unite with God after death in a state of happiness which tends to be eternal. ... Through Holy Spirit the believer can rejoice the blessings of God before the eternal happiness that the believer will get at the end of this world (Lanham, 2014). ...

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