Thesis Statement: Christian schools are better equipped for educating the future leaders of America than state or liberal schools because: their moral values are stronger, their academic curriculum is better goal oriented, and the overall experience is easier to enjoy and appreciate. ... Although there are some students, even at Christian schools who participate in such activities, they are usually punished in order to discourage them from doing such things again. However, a state school would not care unless, perhaps, the activities of the student endangered another's health or threate...

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To what extent is this a problem for Christian belief? ... Secular Humanism is now being taught in schools and Christianity is not as popular as it once was with many people now claiming to be athesist or agnostic. ... Christians are finding it an increasing problem to keep the religion alive in their children as when their children are at school a variety of religions are now studied in religious education and educations such as sciences are taught in a secular way saying that it has been proved that there is no such thing as god. "Education is thus a most powerful ally of Humanism, ...

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By the end of the 2nd century the Christian catechetical school in Alexandria, the major city of Hellenistic Egypt, headed by Clement of Alexandria had already acquired great fame. Origen, the founder of Greek Christian theology and biblical science, followed Clement as head of the school. ... Today the Coptic Christian population of Egypt constitutes a substantial minority of about 7 million, although official government statistics reduce this figure. ... With a flourishing monastic tradition dating from the early Christian era, the church has, in recent times, encouraged the development of a...

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The key for this academic understanding, at least from a Catholic point of view, is through Christian interreligious dialogue and the Catholic Theology of Religion. ... I can speak from personal experience that after 12 years of Catholic teachings in primary and high school and even physically visiting and studying in the Vatican, that I continue to struggle with the topic of studying merely Catholicism. ... The Theology of Religion aims to look through the ideals and beliefs of other religions for implications of Christian relevance and to give concrete Christian definition to those character...

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There are things in schools we cant do because it may offend people and there are things in public we cannot do because of it, no matter what you are being controlled by someone's religion. ... Through offering after school programs and day care for individuals who could not afford quality care for their children, churches promote employment and a better standard of living. ... A President who created the Department of Education, who has served as a Sunday school teacher throughout his life, and who was, and is, a true champion of human rights. ... The Moral Majority postulated Democrat...

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Jerome Augustine, lived in modern day Algeria, was a philosopher of Neoplatonism and early Christian theologies. ... 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. ... As the shift from cults to religion started to take place, a lot of heat towards the flourishing Christian faith broke out. Because the Christians were peaceful and open to everyone, they appealed to the vast majority of people, not just the poor. ... Emperor Constantine ...

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Until 1962, state-mandated prayers in school were considered legal and just. ... However, Americans against prayer in schools have a completely different opinion of the situation. ... They believe this could cause potential harassment and school violence to increase. ... The first four commandments refer theologically to the Christian and Jewish religions. Thus, non-Judeo-Christians may possibly be offended by the presence of the Commandments. ...

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What really caused a spike in this campaign was the routine prayer and religious statues in public school classrooms. After multiple law suits against the school board, the case finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court and prayer was banned from public schools "much to Christians' displeasure. Around this time the evangelicals Jerry Falwell and Ed Dobson preached to convince Christians they had a higher calling than to protest in the Civil Rights Movement. ... In 2006 Obama addresses, "Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Musli...

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Over 70 percent of the Australian population is Christian and the most popular branches of Christianity are Catholicism and Anglican. ... On 3 February 1788 he conducted the first Christian service in Australia under a gum tree. With his wife, Mary he administered to 1,100 convicts, soldiers and settlers of several religions and many denominations of Christianity, financed the first church building completed in 1793 and established the colony's first school near Circular Quay. ... For instance, it is rarely for a Christian follower to go to Church on every Sunday week. ... Instead of go...

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These families' circle of acquaintances consists mainly of persons from the church and it is not unheard of that the families send their children to Sunday school before the actual worship session, then send them to youth group on Wednesdays and the adults themselves go to bible studies on Monday evenings, often hosted by one of the church members. ... It is folly to classify America as a Christian nation just because some religious authorities may call contemporary America one. Though created by men living in a society that was driven mostly by Christian morals, the American Constitut...

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These Jewish Christians began the first churches, in Jerusalem. ... Doctrines and Practices In Christian teaching, Jesus is the supreme preacher and exemplar of the moral life, but for most Christians that does not fully justify significance of his life and work. ... Another fundamental component of the Christian faith and practice is its community. The community of faith in the church is the primary setting for Christian worship, although Christians of all traditions have placed a strong emphasis on private devotion and individual prayer. ... The 700s and 800s saw the emergence of the first m...

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While some organizations would be able to refuse it would be mandatory for many organizations including: judges, police, prosecutors, public daycare workers, teachers, school employees, hospital workers and municipal personnel. ... Although Canada does not have an official religion 75% of Canadians claim to be part of a Christian religious group. Many experts say Canada is in post- religious times, as many Canadian Christians are now becoming pessimistic and have stopped displaying their Christianity. ... With the Muslim community constantly growing they will soon be the majority in Canada rel...

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Christians believe in a living Christ, not a dead hero and items such as the crucifix and the cross have become important symbols of the suffering Savior and the risen Lord. ... Those who are Christians therefore believe that not only are they saved from their sins but also look forward to the day where Jesus will come again and judge all the living and the dead and those that have been faithful and good will ascend into heaven. Until that day Christians believe that the Spirit of God lives in them, and guides and strengthens them in their pilgrimage on earth. Whether in a Church, Building, ...

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As a young man, Luther had the opportunity to be formally schooled, and even obtained a university degree (Daniel-Rops, 558). ... Luther also began raising public eyebrows by adamantly proclaiming that any Christian who was truly repentant had "the right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without indulgence letters" (Luther, 525). ... He questioned the religiousness of the pope, and urged Christians to become educated in biblical matters, without submitting to the papacy (Luther, 531). ... In his address to the Christian nobility of the German nation, Luther compared the battle aga...

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While the most recent scholarship has tended to emphasize pagan and Jewish, as well as Christian, forms of Gnosticism (beginning in the first century), the major gnostic impact was made on the doctrine and structures of the Christian church in the second and early third centuries. Its critics, both Christian and Pagan, seem to have regarded it primarily as a Christian heresy. In addition to numerous scattered groups, two main schools of systematic gnostic thought seem to have existed in the second century the Basilideans and the Valentinians, the latter divided into Eastern and Western bran...

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In the second-century, the Christian Church strained for identity while being persecuted by the Roman authorities, confronted by Jewish and pagan hostility, and challenged by the internal dilemma of Gnostic adaptation. ... Colossians, a letter addressed to Christians of the ancient city of Colossae, anticipated the second-century conflict between the church and Gnostics, and is fundamentally concerned with alerting the Christians against an erroneous religious teaching which stressed knowledge rather than faith. I Timothy largely focuses upon organization, doctrine, and Christian behavior, but...

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Education was very important to the Catholic Church, and in 1852 in South Australia the government withdrew state aid so the Catholic Church was forced to pay for its own schools. In 1866 there were still only 19 lay staffed schools paid for by local parishes. ... She devised a system of education admirable suited to the basic needs of literacy and numeracy for "Bush" children, with priority given to character formation as young Christians, responsible for contributing to a better society for Australia The establishment of the order was not without its drama. ...

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Etymologically speaking, the term heresy originates from the Greek word "hairesis"," [Oed] which derives from the "act of choosing", manifesting the ideas of "choice" and the freedom in which individuals position themselves within differing schools of thought"" [McGrath: 2009, 37]. ... Evan argues that the expression "heresy" was initially introduced into the Roman Catholic sphere in order to disrupt any possibility that the Christian faith would "fragment into a thousand different forms"" [2003, pg. 7]. Thomsett elaborates on the early stages of the term heresy: "By the definition employed wi...

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Luther's decision to break away from the church enabled him to spread his teachings, which were primarily: salvation is achieved through faith, not money, the bible is the source of truth, and every town should be able to have a school of its own so that children would learn how to read, write, and think for themselves. ... From there, he attracted the attention of many people, especially the poor, and argued that going to heaven is achieved not by buying indulgences, but by simply having faith and leading a good Christian life. ...

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