Some believe that the exact wordings stated in the Constitution are the rules to follow in a strict manner without any compromise. ... However, the Supreme Court was incorrect with their ruling because they took a loose interpretation of the separation of church and state, when they should have taken a stricter interpretation because by stating that there is a clear wall of separation between church and state affairs, a public school and a Catholic should not be sharing state money that was given by taxpayers, and therefore violates the Establishment Clause. ... The loose interpretation tha...

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Although the first letters concern somewhat antagonistic disagreements regarding scriptural interpretation, most of the subsequent ones chronicle their serious and friendly discussions of religious issues and controversies. ... During his years in Palestine, Jerome had worked to perfect his knowledge of Hebrew, which gave him access to a larger range of Biblical commentaries and interpretations. ... The Vulgate Bible remains at the center of critical acclaim for Jerome's accomplishments for the sensitivity and lyricism of its style as well as the breadth of his research into scriptural in...

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The Evidence In the Christian and Islamic religions, there are many different denominations that have different viewpoints and interpretations as far as the status of women. ... Islam One of the hardest things to decide about where Islam women stand is the fact that there are many different interpretations of the Koran. ... The treatment is based on one's own interpretation and whether the religion is strictly followed, or less traditional. ... I believe that referring to the Bible and Koran only instigates more problems than the issue at hand because the text and interpretations are so...

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While Plaskow is progressive, Foh is more conservative and very strict on her views. ... Unfortunately, the Qur'an was infiltrated with patriarchal interpretations causing conflict and problems within the religion against women. ...

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There have been many theologians who have studied Christianity and created doctrine of their own interpretation of Scripture. ... Arminius was once a strict Calvinist who studied under John Calvin and later studies led him to doubt and reject many of the Calvinistic doctrines. ... PART TWO Arminianism "Relating to Jacobus Arminius and his doctrines opposing the absolute predestination of strict Calvinism and maintaining the possibility of salvation for all....

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The aim of the essay is to so prove that denying a women's ordination is unjust and discriminative of the church An individual's interpretation of the Bible may be that it was women's fault that sin was brought in to the world due to the fact of Eve eating from the tree of knowledge. ... It could be argued that in having a strictly male priesthood the church is merely mirroring the actions that god took by using a male to communicate spiritual gifts. ... The debate of ordination is down to interpretation. ...

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In the Islamic and Jewish religions, strict monotheism is practiced and the oneness of God and his being "alone" is very important and highly stressed. ... However, a popular interpretation of this is that during creation, God designed humans to be able to reason and express free will. ... Reform Judaism's interpretation of the teachings of the messiah has been taken symbolically instead of literal. ...

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The way humans were created has always been something questioned in a person's mind. The people who lived in the early civilizations came up with their interpretations of how life came to be. All the civilizations had a different take to the story, but they all expressed that gods created humans and...

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Whereas Orthodox Christianity strictly believed that there was only one God and that the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was equivalent to the hierarchy of Church leaders, Gnostics conversely argued that neither the Church nor the bishops held importance in the matter of obtaining salvation. ...

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THE BIBLE"S WORD: "GOSPEL" INTRODUCTION There are few words that harness such spiritual magnitude as the word "gospel." In fact, the gospel of Christ "is the power of God unto salvation" (Rom. 1:16).# In essence, it is God's dynamite# which is used to clear away the rubble of sin so that we might "have access by one Spirit unto the Father" (Eph. 2:18). Such an important concept demands careful attention, study, and application. However, the concept of the gospel has been grossly abused and misunderstood throughout the ages. Within this study, the effort is put forth to consider th...

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