The liturgical calendar of Advent focuses on the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. Each year, Advent will begin on a Sunday between November 27th and December 3rd. Here are the Advent Sundays for this year, 2024: First Sunday of Advent- December 1st (Start of Advent 2024) ...
All of this raises some fascinating questions about the meaning of ekklesia in early Christianity, and why the early Christians chose this particular word to describe their meetings. I’ll try to answer these questions in my next post. When a Church is Not a Church, Part 3 “Freedom of Spe...
This year, Lent will begin on Wednesday, February 14th, 2024, and you are following the 40-day tradition, Lent will end on Holy Saturday, March 30th, 2024. Ash Wednesday falls after Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday, traditionally a time of confession and indulgence before fasting...
· The Final Judgement will take place after the thousand-year reign of Christ, after which eternity will begin. Historical Premillennialism “Historical” premillennialism is so called because it is the earliest Christian view of the end times. The majority of early church fathers had a histori...
The numeric decline of American Christianity has been the most publicized religious story for my entire life. In recent years, more and more stories have focused on congregational closures. Just a few weeks ago, I featured Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition ...
The assertion that all citizens are fundamentally equal probably originates in early Christianity. 在18世纪的启蒙运动中,它明确地成为政治哲学的一部分。 It became explicitly part of political philosophy in the Enlightenment movement of the 18th century. 从1789年法国大革命开始,平等作为一项原则在西方引发...
which shares a history with the equivalent word from Old Norsejól. Both these words referred to a midwinter festival centered around thewinter solstice, which traditionally marked the halfway point of the winter season. After the solstice—the shortest day of the year—the days again begin to ...
Roman Republic Government | History & Fall from Chapter 11/ Lesson 19 11K Learn about the rise and fall of the Roman Republic. Understand the system of government that was in place during the Republic and how it changed after it fell. ...
God must rule us...those who actually set up America, and drew up the laws were people who did not favor Christianity. Christians living during that time disagreed with those in power or rather the founding fathers. They saw them as ultra liberals, and of course, they were....
Christianity it has also turned my face into a Mer woman blue face with scales and purple eyes I’ve been transformed a few times in real life it continues to manifest on me and it has been controlling my life not in a positive direction it has killed my dogs it tries to control the...