The Imperialization of Christianity
Discuss the transformation of the early Jesus movement into an Religious Empire after 325 CE.
Write a 300 word response giving your reflections about upsides and downsides of the Imperialization of Christianity in the Roman Empire under Constantine and his successors.
- Give a brief review or summary of the information from the textbook.
- Give you own reaction to the transformation of Christianity into Christendom. Do you agree with the textbook? Disagree? Do you think that becoming the official approved religion of the Empire was helpful and healthy for Christianity? or harmful?
- Support your argument with evidence and examples.
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Compare Medieval Christianity with Early Christianity
NOT RATEDCompare Medieval Christianity between 500 and 1000 CE to early Christianity.
Write a 300 word response analyzing Medieval Christianity and comparing it to early Christianity. Discuss and …
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History - World history persuasive assignment
NOT RATEDWrite a "thesis-based" persuasive esay of at least 1000 to 1200 words, related to some aspect or theme from the first half of our course regarding: 1) The Early Church, or 2) The Medieval Church.
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Hesychasm
NOT RATEDHesychasm emphasized the importance of not being distracted by worldly thoughts; positively, it emphasized the importance of the “Jesus Prayer” – “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on …
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Renaissance and Reform
NOT RATEDThe Renaissance emphasized 'ad fontes' - a return to the original sources; For philosophy that was classical Greek sources such as Plato and Aristotle; for Christianity, that would be the New …
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Martin Luther
NOT RATEDAfter reading the chapter on the Reformation in the textbook, and watching the film "Luther" (2003, with Joseph Fiennes), write a 300-wordpostdiscuss how key elements of the …
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Vocation and Work Ethic
NOT RATEDThe Reformation emphasized the idea of calling to normal work in the world, in contrast to a monastic vocation that withdrew from the world; The textbook outlines Luther's view of vocatio, and …
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Enlightenment Europe
NOT RATEDSee pages 220 to 221 of the McGrath textbook on the rise of Enlightenment in Western Europe, especially in Protestant areas, especially in Calvinist areas. At the same time, Enlightenment did …
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