But the theological practices being what they were in the Roman Church, there was little chance at that time for any great variations to occur within its folds. ... But none of the others who protested against the Roman system were able to break through it. ... The power of the Roman clergy could not exist if Luther's concepts were to be accepted. ... There are two criteria for this: if it is only for the faithful, then it is only an action. ... For the theory of transubstantiation, it is there all the time. ...

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Only Noah and his family were free from defect and sin and "found favor in the eyes of the Lord" (Genesis 6:8). ... If they chose to obey His law, they would be blessed overwhelmingly, "Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (Genesis 19: 5-6). ... According to Allen, "Its perfect law manifested sin in the earth by establishing a standard which however, none could keep. This revealed that none could be justified through...

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However, this view also holds this; if one does abandon the faith and turn away from God, then they were never actually apart of the body of Christ and were indeed never ultimately guaranteed salvation through Christ. ... If we are not eternally secure then how can one be the bride of Christ? ... In 2 Peter 2:20 Peter fears for those who have begun once again to sin after getting out of it, for they will be in a worse state then they were prior. ... First, since there are several other passages stating we cannot lose our salvation, then we must not take these verses to mean we can. ... Third...

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None of the answers are simple to these hot button topics; for the most part they are complex and hover in a grey area of morality, tradition, and history. ... Then it is not as harmless. ... The answer is easy, if Catholic teens truly were Catholic and up held the Catholic ideologies given to them then they would control themselves or at least be safe about the decisions they make. ... The debate over, "the use of contraceptives is not a new controversy," (Locke) says Journalist Laura Locke, this means that contraceptives have been used for years, in fact, "scrolls [were] found...

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If translated directly into the English language, its meaning is: "The process by which a man or object is completely immersed in water and then withdrawn from it again." ... In light of the fact that in scripture the apostle neither added or took away from baptism, then Weizsacker's statement holds to be true. The traditions of the early church followed all five of the above mentioned requirements with none of the apostles adding ...

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While Minjung Theologians certainly were not the only ones active in the democratization movement and were not a dominant or even significant portion of the Korean Christian church, their actions themselves are significant enough to warrant attention. ... Ahn was part of a generation who were inspired by the Christian leadership of the March 1st 1919 movement and sought to develop a systematic approach to do what the past generation was not able to do: truly liberate the Korean people. ...

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There are many ways it might be understood, of course, and perhaps more than one is coherent and even from a Christian point of view plau sible. ... There are three main aspects of temporary disembodiment that require discussion both from a philosophical and a theological perspective. ... And the third is the notion that the body will then be transformed into what is called a "glorified body."The first main claim of temporary disembodiment, then, is that after death the soul temporarily exists without the body. ... But beyond this point there are...

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