The Roman Catholic Church traces its history to Jesus Christ and the Apostles. Over the course of centuries it developed a highly sophisticated theology and an elaborate organizational structure headed by the papacy, the oldest continuing absolute monarchy in the world. The number of Roman Catholics...
eachcommunity, though the appearance of the bishop as the individual leader of the local church—the monarchical bishop—was a fairly early development.Ignatius of Antioch—whose letters, written aboutad107, provide an early description of the Christian community—was clearly a monarchical bishop, ...
Nurture a personal relationship with Jesus through prayer, worship, sacramental life and community. Recognize individual strengths and talents as gifts from God. Display empathy, compassion, charity and a commitment to serve others – being the hands and feet of Jesus to those in their community ...
The description of the Sixth Seal is longer than any of the previous Five Seals: {6:12} And when he had opened the sixth seal, I saw, and behold, a great earthquake occurred. And the sun became black, like a haircloth … Continue reading → More Galleries | 4 Comments 6) Re: th...
Roman Malek, editors. The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ.(Book review)Shan, Patrick Fuliang
ain the Christian religion, the mother of Jesus Christ, and the most important of all the saintS. She was the wife of Joseph, but Christians believe she was a virgin (=someone who has never had sex) , at the time of Jesus's birth, because the father of Jesus is not a human being...
As you take part in the sacraments, you receive grace from the storehouse Jesus won. Now, that’s quite different from the simple Biblical description of grace. That’s because this doctrine is not only derived from the Bible, but it is the result of various scholars and Popes over the ...
The first mention of Christians from a perspective of Roman government intervention occurred under Claudius. The limited description is provided by Suetonius, the somewhat gossip-oriented historian of the 'Twelve Caesar's": "Since the Jews were constantly causing disturbances at the instigation of Chr...
even within a single Christian communion. Most modern interpreters of the New Testament would agree to a description of faith as the personal knowledge of God revealing himself inChrist.Yetit is doubtful whether the post-Reformationtheologyof any Christianchurchhas presented faith simply in these term...
John VII was the pope from 705 to 707. Elected March 1, 705, John was noted for his devotion to the Virgin Mary and for his energetic restoration of Roman churches. John did not recognize the decrees of the Council of Trullo (Constantinople, 692), submit