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…of Origen that the phrase became evident in use among Christian thinkers to define knowledge of God. The word theologia continued to be an infrequently used term in the Christian world. It was only during the time of Thomas Aquinas that it entered common usage…

…nymphomaniac" (41). By releasing The Last Temptation of Christ, the studio positions Jesus, God and Christianity below these prominent figures in history because it is portraying Jesus and other religious figures in uncharacteristic situations that would never…

…-Christian civilization in mortal combat against modern, secularized, godless humanity. The pledge of allegiance seems to me to commit this theological implication that is fundamental to the American way of life. It should be “One nation, indivisible, under God…

…burial of corpses appear as very important to Christians; as in the Graenlendinga saga, when, after Thorvald Eiriksson dies and is buried in the newly discovered Vinland, Thorstein is "eager to go to Vinland to fetch back the body of his brother…

…, and Christianity, as well as primal pagan ones, such as the Greek and Roman mythology, although quite different in basic fundamentals of belief, all attempt to give its followers an explanation of the world on the other side of life.         In Greek and Roman…

…in the same ways. Their actions differ, and that is what makes them the ideal figures of a good Christian and a bad Christian. The materialistic society described within Vanity Fair centers on Becky Sharp, Amelia Sedley, who are good-natured but naive boarding…

…After the death of Charlemagne, king of the Franks, in 814 and the following collapse of his empire, Christian Europe was under attack and on the defensive." The Magyars, nomadic people from Asia, ravaged eastern and central Europe until the 10th century…

…keep in mind that the three works were written in vastly different time periods, for different audiences, and for different purposes. Beowulf was intended to convert people to Christianity. It cannot be a true story, since it takes place in the sixth century…

…power. Each religion helps explain what man cannot. Since Emperor Constantine changed the Roman Empire to Christianity, the faith has dominated western civilization. Voltaire, one of the most prominent philosophers of the Enlightenment, deals…