Explain how Christians make moral decisions. (25 marks) Christians have different ways of making moral decisions. Some rely on pure Biblical teaching, others on the Churches leadership, and others on their own conscience and others on Thomas Aquinas’ Natural Law. People of the Catholic Church believe Jesus gave His authority to Peter, and it has been passed down ever since, currently lying with Pope Benedict. The Catholic Church has a magisterium - its teachings have a God-given authority that is equal to the authority of scripture.
Source: Johann Tetzel his experience and observations Purpose: Johann Tetzel wrote this document in attempt to enlighten people as to the Catholic church's position concerning the indulgences. Also to stress the importance for the mortal soul to divulge in these indulgences to assure their safe ascent into heaven. Summary: Johann Tetzel in his depiction of "How Many Sins Are Committed in a Single Day?" attempts to inform his readers with a detailed explanation concerning how the indulgences operated. Tetzel also implores his readers to become a part of these indulgences to assure their ascent into heaven.
In an effort to promote Christianity the Peyote Religion incorporated in 1918 to form the Native American Church. This is the church that uses a psychedelic as a sacrament, an alignment with bread and wine. In the articles and text I’ve read, the one-sidedness of Christian dominance, instruction and conversion is very clear. One article written by a Catholic priest, A Cross-Cultural Approach to Catechesis Among Native Americans, depicts the steps necessary to blend the hold out traditional Native Americans with Christianity to a new breed of Christians. “Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their
Antonio’s parents are unsure of their son’s future. His father hopes he will become a vaquero like him, and his mother hopes he will become a priest. Antonio is happy with the amount of time he gets to spend with Ultima. One night, he witnesses the death of Lupito, a soldier who recently returned from World War II. Lupito is shot to death by a mob after he kills the sheriff in a moment of post-traumatic delirium.
Till this day, Catholics believe in the concept that impure souls may go to purgatory to be cleansed suggesting that the belief is living. However other Christian denominations are not in full agreement with the idea of purgatory (Coleman, 2006), implying that the belief is dynamic due to the different interpretations of the concept.
John’s coming of age begins when he says goodbye to his father, and runs away from Texas with his friend Rawlins. It started by rebelling from the family. As the novel progresses, John also finds an unexpected love, Alejandra, and perhaps most importantly when he came of age, is that through Alejandra, he lost his innocence without becoming disillusioned. He ends it with a stoic refusal to leave Mexico without his horses, and his acceptance of the death of Abuela, his last connection to his old life. John’s coming of age also influenced his becoming
The poem had to appeal to Anglo-Saxons and his fellow Christians precisely because they were attempting to merge their own beliefs and at times during the poem those beliefs appear to amalgamate. Actions and events will expose both beliefs as they appear distinct from each other throughout the story. The Christian influences were combined with early folklore and the heroic legends of the German tribes. As Christianity and paganism are intertwined in the poem Beowulf reveals both Christian and pagan influences. Therefore, it would be understandable to suggest that the original pagan scop, who sang of this epic poem, was influenced by Christian beliefs but then a Christian monk finally put it on paper.
Luther’s views toward the sacraments were highly revolutionary compared to that of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church had previously enabled seven sacraments that were required in order for a person to reach salvation. Luther established that the only sacraments that were needed were Baptism and Communion. Luther also disagreed with the Catholic belief of transubstantiation. Transubstantiation is the belief that the wine and bread present at the Communion physically became the blood and flesh of Christ.
Antipas replied to Luke saying, “If the goal of your narrative is to demonstrate Jesus’ claim to honor, it will have a lot of ground to cover” (Lost Letters of Pergamum 63). Naturally, curious Antipas was very interested in Luke’s words about Christ, and even though these new ideas were against his faith at the time, and it seemed that it would take eternity to learn all about them, he engaged in the monograph provided by Luke. Luke started to tell first about Jesus and his influence and the kind actions on Earth. The apostle told about how Jesus healed another apostle Peter’s mother in law and many other ill people, how he calmed a huge storm, and how he taught one of the most important lessons, “Ask, and it will be given you,” for people (Matthew 7:7). Luke then continues on teaching how a true believer should live his or her life and how to distinguish who is a real Christian and who just calls him or herself as one.
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is commonly interpreted within the context of the Theatre of the Absurd, Existentialist literature, or Christian allegory. This essay analyses an approach to the Christian Elements in Waiting for Godot, including the biblical imageries and allegories. The play is full of references to Christianity. There are also direct allusions to crucifixion and to Jesus Christ. Though the tree can be universally symbolic, it is easy to see the solitary tree as the representation of the Christian cross or indeed the tree of life.