Books one through nine chronicles his life, in which he describes episodes of his life where he can find parallels to the Old Testament and other parts of his life that exhibit god's grace. ... The last two books are a study of scripture where he concentrates heavily on Genesis and the methods of god's creation of the earth. ... It resembles this story because Augustine's heart is "restless till it finds its rest in God"; he brings his story to an end, after his struggles to free himself from pride, sensuality and other sins, with his return to his home at Tagaste. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Heaven is interpeted as a glorious place, free from pain, disease, sexual activity, depression, where everyone will live in new spiritual bodies in the presence of Jesus Christ. ... The earliest books of the Bible described Sheol : an underground cavern where all people, good and bad, spent eternity after death, leading a thirsty, shadowy, energy-less existence isolated from God. ... Basing their beliefs on the some main biblical passages in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) and the 14 books of the Apocrypha, the Roman Catholic Church teaches that most individuals ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Two major themes emerge from the study of these brilliant books and the lives of the women they feature: controversial events in the lives of each woman created a sharp divide among the members of each faith tradition; and their alleged adulterous backgrounds originated from and were crystallized by fearful male-dominated hierarchical societies. ... " These conflicting characterizations are rooted in certain features of Mary's persona, namely, her witness to Jesus' resurrection and the seven demons of which Jesus freed her. ...

• Word Count: 3461
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate