Neither Luther nor Augustine approached this task as if they had to make up something supplemental, just for the sake of some kind of exposure to generic Christian beliefs in its author's own prospective. Instead, both authors come to the eternal teaching of Christ revealed to the Church by means of the external Word - the liturgy. ... Luther stresses the importance of the usage of contemporary "multimedia", which includes the extensive application of hymns permeating the sacramental nature of the catechesis. ... His catechesis remains grounded in the personal piety of that particular...

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Although the contemporary term for deliberate use of exaggeration in drama/literature is called hyperbole, it is important to recognize that the original users of this style of writing/storytelling had no use for such literary terms. ... It serves the author as an effective tool for creating a vivid picture for the reader. ... Every author's intentions were different. ... One thing is certain though, many of the biblical authors, although separated by time, seemed to share a love for certain styles of figurative and pectoral language. ... (Gabel, Wheeler, & York, 1986, p. 10) This con...

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This is especially true when the authors are unknown. ... Quoting Addison, he points out the more powerful and direct relationship to the divine can be found in the writings of a contemporary poet than they can be found in a passage of The Bible. ...

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Christians like Luke the author of one of the four gospels said, "By this arrangement that man and woman stand together and side by side before God. ... This belief has a profound impact on people in contemporary society such as ours today. ...

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We can find a lot of supernatural symbols in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," which the author uses to apprehend Christian beliefs. ... When looked at as an allegory of Coleridge's life we see more of a personal and contemporary moral on the dangers of addiction and psychological disease. ...

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It has been said by many critics that the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was most likely a monk. ... It is arguably the most important time on the Christian calendar and is just another way that the author incorporates Christianity into the tale. ...

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Finally, Once the version I Irish to defend envisions a period of existence in a disembodied state, I will defend the theory against some of the arguments of those contemporary philosophers who find the very notion of disem bodied existence incoherent.There are several wars in which the basic concept of resurrection sketched in the opening paragraph can be fleshed out, One option is to understand the nature of the human person, and hence the nature of resurrection , in a basically materialist or physicalist way. ... Thus Irenaeus says: "Our survival forever comes from His gre atness, not from ...

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