Ecumenical council

For the first eighteen years of my life I was raised in a conservative Southern Baptist church. During my journey at Seattle Pacific University, I have been attending different church traditions in order to find my own individual faith. One church that I have attended is Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church. Since the Orthodox practices seemed abundantly different from the services that I grew up with, I was hesitant but also excited and interested in their faith. Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church

issuance of both The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, established in 1870, and The Doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in 1950. Not to leave out one of the most significant happenings in Christian History, the eighteen years of The Council of Trent, we covered a span of more than 400 years of Church History. There were primarily two things that stood out for me. One being the absence of any presentation or even mention of the incredibly voice of the Church Magisterium condemning racial

forbidding all manner of murder, even that of children in the womb. The Fathers of the Church unanimously maintained the same doctrine. In the fourth century the Council of Eliberis decreed Holy Communion should be refused all the rest of her life, even on her deathbed, to an adulteress who procured the abortion of her child. The Sixth Ecumenical Council determined for the whole Church, that anyone who procured abortion should bear all the punishments inflicted on murderers. In all these

Back in the cell, Murfon was first to speak. “Did you notice that all those council members were very old? I thought everyone was reclaimed after their allotted number of cycles.” “It seems that rule only applies for us common folk. Besides, I’ll give you one guess as to who made up the rule in the first place.” Volgon replied. His mood was quite dark now having been reacquainted with Sargon. His hatred of him and his council ran deep. Werten was very worried. “What are we going to do? Either way we

organizations or government, or even attending the meetings that plan those events. For Example, attending a local holiday event in one's community or a city council meeting where they make choices that potentially affect everyday life. After personally attending and participating in a holiday event, a school activity and lastly two city council meetings, I have gained insight on the importance on participation in local government and community service. I definitely enjoyed helping out at my school

This article explores the production of religious images by the Baroque movement as a mass production of icons and superimposing images. Although, this piece of work focuses mainly on this art movement and is effects on Mexican culture, it also describes how the appropriation of certain symbols can influence culture, religion, and politics of other societies. The sculptures, paintings, and churches influenced by the Baroque period are described as symbols that can evoke magic and transcendence which

In order to understand the Counter Reformation one must consider the political factors and motivators behind them as well as the belief factors when examining clashes with the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church during 16th century experienced a reformation that was both politically and belief driven. The Catholic Reformation also known as the Counter Reformation allowed the church to clearly define its position, eliminate unchristian practices and examine its role in world. This paper will address

core ideas. In order to rectify this, Constantine organized the First Ecumenical Council—the First Council of Nicaea—in 325 CE. He had invited nearly 2,000 bishops from all of Christendom to come to Nicaea to see if agreements could be made over old disagreements and unite all of the Christians under one, united Church, with Constantine himself acting as a mediator as much as a host. Many of the issues brought up at this council were of an organizational and structural nature as to how and when and

Redintergratio in 1964, it signalled the Catholic Church’s official entrance into the Christian ecumenical movement. Historically, the ecumenical movement began when the World Missionary Conference first convened in 1910, establishing two ecumenical organs: Life and Works, and Faith and Order (Textbook). Prior to the promulgation of Unitatis Redintergratio, the Catholic Church’s view of the ecumenical movement was defined by Paul VI’s predecessors Leo XIII and Pius XI, who insisted that the Catholic

well-known for the development of their famous ecumenical council meetings that help determine the future of the church. Numerous Councils have been conducted throughout the course of history, but none more significant than the most recent, the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II. The Catholic church was operating as if it was still the medieval period and desperately needed to be modernized. Consequently, the following will reveal the Second Vatican Council and the ramifications of the agenda, history