Documents tagged with early church

Early Heresies: Arianism and Sabellianism

The Arian Controversy revolves around Jesus Christ’s beginning (how he came to be), being (ontology), and eternity (co-existence with the Father, in or before time). The dispute focuses primarily o...
  • Matthew1034 published this 10 / 23 / 2009
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History of Infant Baptism In The Church

Infant baptism developed out of an entirely different circumstance in which Christianity found itself when society departed from pagan practices. In other words, the problem of infant baptism arose...
  • vicchenyo published this 07 / 17 / 2009
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Saint Perpetua Teacher's Course Book

A Teaching Plan for the Animated Saint Perpetua Story 1. Preview The Saint Perpetua Story before showing it to your students. (Watching the documentary “Saint Perpetua: Martyr of the Faith” is ...
  • thingscatholic published this 07 / 09 / 2009
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Saint Perpetua Children Activity Book

Saint Perpetua Children Activity Book from the animated DVD The Saint Perpetua Story. “Catholic Heroes of the Faith” is a new, animated DVD series which presents true stories of people who have...
  • thingscatholic published this 07 / 09 / 2009
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The Wisdom of the Desert

During the fourth and fifth centuries, thousands of Christian men and women withdrew to the deserts of Egypt and Palestine. In these remote locations, they led lives of rigorous discipline and soli...
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  • scriptoriabooks published this 06 / 01 / 2009
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Summary of Acts

An Overview and Summary of the book of Acts
  • Jaybird632 published this 05 / 30 / 2009
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From Prophecy to Bureaucracy

Argues the pre-Constantinean Christian Church evolved gradually from an authority structure based in prophecy towards a rigid, linear hierarchy.
  • chase.nordengren published this 05 / 11 / 2009
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Goddess Worship in Hinduism

A long article /essay on why worship a goddess or female deity,early western attitudes and Christianity against Mother Goddess,forms and modes of worship of Goddesses in Hindu religion, historical ...
  • Srinivasan nenmeli K published this 02 / 10 / 2009
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npnf213:Gregory the Great (II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat

A SELECT LIBRARY OF THE NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SECOND SERIES VOLUME XIII. Gregory the Great (II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat.
  • quatrocoqui published this 01 / 25 / 2009
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npnf211:Sulpitius Severus,Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian

A SELECT LIBRARY OF THE NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SECOND SERIES. VOLUME XI Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian.
  • quatrocoqui published this 01 / 24 / 2009
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npnf209:Hilary of Poitiers

A SELECT LIBRARY OF THE NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SECOND SERIES.About Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus.
  • quatrocoqui published this 01 / 24 / 2009
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anf06: Fathers of the Third Century: Gregory,

About ANF06. Fathers of the Third Century: Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius, and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius
  • quatrocoqui published this 01 / 20 / 2009
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anf05:Fathers of the Third Century

About ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius,Novatian, Appendix
  • quatrocoqui published this 01 / 20 / 2009
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anf04 Fathers of the Third Century

About ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second
  • quatrocoqui published this 01 / 20 / 2009
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anf03. Latin Christianity: Its Founder,Tertullian

About ANF03. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian.
  • quatrocoqui published this 01 / 20 / 2009
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Montanism: Heresy or Healthy Revival?

The Montanist movement is often cited in arguments about spiritual gifts. This article article looks at evidence we have for the Montanists and their teaching.
  • robibrad published this 12 / 31 / 2008
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The Genealogy of Christ and Other Problems

Two Church manuscripts on the family of Christ compared. One is purported to be early, the other medieval. They may not be the most faithful of texts but they potentially provide some much-needed c...
  • amadeus published this 12 / 13 / 2008
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