Describe the principle beliefs of Christianity Over the years, Christianity has organised its principle beliefs into a systematic theology. These principle beliefs have been discovered through scared text and writings and traditions of the Church. The principle beliefs include; Jesus as human and divine, Death and resurrection of Jesus, The nature of God and the Trinity, Revelation and Salvation. The divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ was easily understood in the time of the Roman Empire, as those could understand that a man could become a God. Athanasius suggested that Jesus was a God and also fully human at the same time and this theory was adopted as the correct teaching of the Church by the Roman Emperor Constantine.
Jesus was crucified; he died on the cross for our sins and was resurrected, enabling us to be saved from sin. This is a major part of the concept of Salvation and is demonstrated in John 3:17: “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” Jesus’ death gives Catholics an opportunity to experience eternal life in Heaven with God. Salvation is a doctrine that is often mentioned throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testament. This core belief is first revealed in the Bible in Book one, demonstrating its importance to Christian life. In the Old Testament, Genesis 49: 18 states, “I look for your deliverance, Lord,” and in the New Testament, Acts 4:12 states, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” There are 3 main sacraments that ensure Salvation.
In detail we will discuss the relationship between inspiration and inerrancy. And then, before concluding this paper we will discuss how the answers to these questions provide structure to how we as Christians should live our lives. To a Christian who has accepted God as their personal Lord and Savior the Bible has authority. The same should not be said for someone who hasn’t made that confession. As a Christian we have accepted that the Bible contains the true Word of God written by apostles who received divine inspiration to guide the recorded works.
Research Question: Compare and contrast the Christian views of salvation versus the Islam views of salvation. With much candour and respect given to religion and the study of religion, over the years, humankind has searched for the need to belong and be a part of something big. Salvation is that which has brought the commencement of such an activity. The word salvation is one taken from the Latin word salvatio; the Greek word sōtēria and the Hebrew yeshu'ah. The significant connection in all three words is in its meaning, which the Oxford Dictionary has defined thoroughly, “preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss; deliverance from sin and its consequences.” The essence therefore is to be saved, salvaged, or redeemed.
Some have criticized James in that they thought he was teaching that salvation was by works alone, but in reality he is complementing Paul’s teaching of salvation by faith. The two go hand in hand. Salvation by faith results in holy living (Harper, 1967). The book is included to help believers put their faith into action. It is not enough to talk the talk but to also live it (James 2:14, New Living Translation).
Augustine replies back to him which kind of evil is Ev talking about: the evil that men do and the evil that men suffer. Ev responds to him saying, “I want to know about both kinds of evil.” Aug begins to define while conversing with Ev by explaining that God gives justly to the righteous and the wicked what they deserve. The explanation is clear. God gives the righteous their rewards and the wicked he punishes justly, but the way we experience His justice is through suffering. He further explains that the evil deeds that we perform are of our own accord, and that we are punished by God’s justice because they are done out of our own free will.
As much of Christianity cannot be proven and may not be accepted on faith alone, one must be brought to understand Christianity. The compelling arguments in the Bible are used by Biblical apologists who employ the art of persuasion to defend the Christian faith. The role of an apologist is to study, practice and demonstrate the truth of Christianity in an effort to bring a non-believer to the table of believers with the hope that those converted will also share the gospel of Jesus Christ. There have been many notable apologists since the first century, all of whom had a historical impact on how Christianity is perceived today. This writing will note the reason apologetics proved to be necessary, provide a brief history of selected apologists and describe their literary contributions to the Christian movement.
Adam would have died nevertheless because all humans will die. Only Adam suffered a physical and spiritual death. Evil There is evil but are we born with it? Augustine Augustine believes evil is found outside and inside of us. We are born with this capacity to do
Introduction Salvation is widely defined as the “preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin or loss”, though when defined in a theological sense, salvation is deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ”6 (definitions taken from the Oxford dictionary online edition 2014). In the Catholic tradition, the term Soteriology is used when dealing with the question of what salvation (taken from the Greek word soteria) is, more specifically, what is “salvation and how it is acquired”, which in conjunction with the aforementioned theological definition, compromises of the ‘study of the ways in which salvation is conceived and especially the manner in which it is connected with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ’ (McGrath4, 2011). The New Testament is comprised of twenty-seven books attributed to eight different writers, and from these books content Edwards, 5 writes that they contain five concepts that deal with the “transformation of human existence through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus”. These five concepts “express the meaning of Jesus for us”, the fifth and perhaps the most important of the concepts is salvation. When summarising salvation in the New Testament at the conclusion of his five concepts, Edwards writes that that “the very diversity of the New Testament theologies of salvation, and metaphors for salvation, both speak of the vitality of the early Church’s experience of God’s saving action, and also makes clear that for the New Testament church no one image or theology was absolute”.
Teresa Wood Grand Canyon University- (BIB-354) 08-15-2015 Instructor Schwisow Pauline Epistles Reflective Essay This essay will examine the major themes of three of the Pauline epistles, and explain how they apply to our personal and church life. In Ephesians, Paul shows the righteousness of Christ as the head of the body which is the church, and the believers the body which is under Christ. In Philippians there is the theme of joy and unity that the believer has in Christ, and in Colossians again Christ is seen as the head of all power and principality. Saint Paul teaches in Ephesians 1:22-23 (LASB), God has put all things under the authority of Christ and made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. 23.