General Epistles. CRU. Retrieved December 2‚ 2013‚ from http://www.cru.org/training-and-growth/classics/10-basic-steps/10-the-new-testament/08- general-epistles.htm Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry‚ (n.d.). Gnosticism. Retrieved December 3‚ 2013‚ from http://carm.org/gnosticism Got Questions Ministries‚ (2013) http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-3-John.html Grace to You‚ (2011) http://www.gty.org/resources/Bible-Introductions/MSB62/1-John King James Bible‚ (1990) Wallace‚ Daniel‚ B.‚
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When one compares the Jehovah’s Witnesses view on Christ and that of the early church one will find the similarity of Heresy and Gnosticism‚ whereas the beliefs are on the same level. Heresy and Gnosticism had played some major roles in the Doctrine of Christ for example in the person‚ nature and the work of Christ. Jehovah’s Witnesses believed that the Watchtower Society positions indisputably are correct and any opinions to the contrary are wrong.[1] Their beliefs are similar to what is been taught
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THE PORTRAYAL OF JUDAS ISCARIOT: If there is one thing that modern literature and films do well it is to expose the villain. In the New Testament‚ Judas is represented as the betrayer of Jesus Christ. He is one of the twelve Apostles‚ the one who sold Jesus Christ out for thirty pieces of silver‚ and identified him with solely a kiss on the cheek. Later‚ crazed with guilt‚ Judas was said to have hung himself (Gospel of Matthew). He is the ultimate symbol of treachery and betrayal. Christianity
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permission. footnote numbering appears as in original. The Greek View Until we can reconstruct with some confidence the emergence of Gnosticism‚ it is highly speculative to speak of the influence of Gnostic ideas on the emerging Christian faith. There is‚ however‚ a body of Greek literature that contains a view of man and the world very close to that of developed Gnosticism‚ namely‚ those Greek philosophical and religious writings that reflect the influence of Platonic dualism. These are writings that
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Ecofeminism: an introduction Tuesday‚ February 12‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION * R. Radford Reuther “ecofeminism: symbolic and social connections fo the oppression of women and the domination of nature” * Ecofeminism: combines “deep” ecology and feminism * Deep ecology: combines biology with symbolic‚ psychological‚ and ethical patterns‚ to seek a life affirming culture * Ecofeminism points out the connection between domination of nature and women * Reshape/revise religious beliefs
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a reflection of God. All truths are all God’s truth‚ wherever it is found. “Holmes‚ 17” If it is true in any subject then it is God’s truth. Learning and reasoning is meant to merge with Gods truth. Our role is to be ambassadors of Christ “. Gnosticism doesn’t exist. Everyone had the power to know all. Lines between secular and sacred are nonexistence in a Christian. Secular colleges focus of education only. Secular colleges are only institutes for education. The rarely focus religion and are
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textual translation generations in the Bible‚ such as Traditional Text as King James Version and Critical Text as NIV‚ ESV and etc. However‚ both of Bible translations have a different history. Bible-Believing churches adopted traditional Text while Gnosticism applied Critical Text instead. The issues continue as more people ask the truth of God’s Word over the Bible. However‚ God said in Proverbs 30:5 Matthew 4:4 that God has preserved His Word in Scripture because “Every word of God is pure” and we
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Some people have had a tremendous impact on the Christian religion. Being responsible for shaping and to help and create its growth throughout time. Some people have been key in the creation and growth of Christianity holding responsibility for shaping the religion. These important figures are Luke‚ Ignatius of Antioch and Clement. Regardless of the consequences presented to them‚ they continued to be true too men and stay faithful though-out everything that looked dreary and bad. Never were they
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underlying symbolism‚ special effects‚ and Visual style to create one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. The Matrix contains many instances of symbolism that range from religious to philosophical. Gnosticism is the main religious influence in the matrix; (Gnosticism as an "offshoot" of Christianity‚ in which knowledge instead of faith is what its followers strive for). In The matrix‚ the main group of characters has "broken free" from the illusion of the matrix. In essence‚ "knowledge"
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CHRISTOLOGICAL HERESIES I. Ebionism. This heresy is the view that Jesus was in nature just a man‚ denying his divinity altogether. The Ebionites were an offshoot of the specifically Jewish form of Christianity‚ which was a potent force in the apostolic age. The rapid spread of Christianity among the Gentiles diminish its influence and the dispersal of the Christian community from Jerusalem to the Transjordan on the outbreak of the Jewish War (A.D. 66) isolated it completely. The Ebionites rejected
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