What that spirit and attitude were we can best understand if we see more precisely how it contrasts with the communist tradition with the longest continuous history, the one which reached Christianity by the way of Stoicism through the Church Fathers of Late Antiquity.

We have aligned ourselves with that `` liberal '' tradition in Protestant Christianity that counts among the great names in its history those of Schleiermacher, Ritschl, Herrmann, Harnack, and Troeltsch, and more recently, Schweitzer and the early Barth and, in part at least, Bultmann.

Because Christianity teaches not only salvation in history, but salvation by the history of Christ, such an interpretation of death would require a drastic revision of the Christian understanding of the work of Christ.

This article is intended to present facts related to the role and history associated with abbots in Christianity.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

Because it was a minority church of widely differing traditions in a non-Christian culture ( except in Kerala, where Christianity has a long history ), practice varied wildly.

A short world history of Christianity.

The second noteworthy characteristic is that the country borders on very different parts of the African continent: North Africa, with its Islamic culture and economic orientation toward the Mediterranean Basin ; West Africa, with its diverse religions and cultures and its history of highly developed states and regional economies ; Northeast Africa, oriented toward the Nile Valley and Red Sea region ; and Central or Equatorial Africa, some of whose people have retained classical African religions while others have adopted Christianity, and whose economies were part of the great Congo River system.

During the sixth century, some of the most significant names in the history of Irish Christianity studied at the Clonard monastery.

The novel, which won the 2009 International Prize for Arabic Fiction and will be published in English under the title Azazeel, is set in 5th-century Egypt and Syria and deals with the early history of Christianity.

In the Judaeo-Christian religions — Judaism, Christianity, Islam — history is taken seriously, and linear time is accepted.

The central dispute in the letter concerns the question of how Gentiles could convert to Christianity, which shows that this letter was written at a very early stage in church history, when the vast majority of Christians were Jewish or Jewish proselytes, which historians refer to as the Jewish Christians.

For much of the written history of Christianity, episcopal government was the only known form of church organization.

His efforts left a significant impression upon the missionary history of India and, as one of the first Jesuit missionaries to the East Indies, his work is of fundamental significance to Christians in the propagation of Christianity in China and Japan.

" The history of other cultures ' interaction with the religious category is therefore their interaction with an idea that first developed in Europe under the influence of Christianity.

The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, its followers and the Church with its various denominations, from the first century to the present.

Throughout its history, Christianity has weathered persecutions, schisms and theological disputes that have resulted in many distinct churches.

During its early history, Christianity grew from a 1st-century Jewish following to a religion that existed across the entire Greco-Roman world and beyond.

The figure of Columba looms large in any history of Dál Riata and his founding of a monastery on Iona ensured that the kingdom would be of great importance in the spread of Christianity in northern Britain.

In Christianity, the term historicism refers to the confessional Protestant form of prophetical interpretation which holds that the fulfillment of biblical prophecy has taken place throughout history and continues to take place today ; as opposed to other methods which limit the time-frame of prophecy-fulfillment to the past or to the future.

Statues in the round were avoided as being too close to the principal artistic focus of pagan cult practices, as they have continued to be ( with some small-scale exceptions ) throughout the history of Eastern Christianity.

Falwell called Bakker a liar, an embezzler, a sexual deviant, and " the greatest scab and cancer on the face of Christianity in 2, 000 years of church history ".

The First Test at Lord's was convincingly won by Australia, but in the remaining four matches the teams were evenly matched and England fought back to win the Second Test by 2 runs, the smallest victory by a runs margin in Ashes history, and the second-closest such victory in all Tests.

First, he explains that in all of history there has never been a miracle which was attested to by a wide body of disinterested experts.

* 1972 – First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history.

The centrepiece of Solomon's reign is the building of the First Temple: the claim that this took place 480 years after the Exodus from Egypt marks it as a key event in Israel's history.

The early history of the synagogue is obscure, but it seems to be an institution developed for public Jewish worship during the Babylonian captivity when the Jews ( and Jewish Proselytes ) did not have access to a Temple ( the First Temple having been destroyed c. 586 BC ) for ritual sacrifice.

First, slavery existed throughout China's history and has never been the primary mode of production.

Cyril of Alexandria became noted in Church history because of his spirited fight for the title " Theotokos " during the First Council of Ephesus ( 431 ).

* Lewis, Bob. Devo: The First Postmodern Band, essay on Devo history at Kent State

Tisha B ' Av is a fast day that commemorates two of the saddest events in Jewish history that both occurred on the ninth of Av — the destruction in 586 BCE of the First Temple, originally built by King Solomon, and destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

The club is the third oldest of its kind in the country and has spent the majority of its history, with the exception of the 2006 – 07 season, in the top flight First Division ( known as Serie A since 1929 ).

Considered a traitor by most Jews, he recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish – Roman War, including the Siege of Masada.

Nephi, the writer of First and Second Nephi, forged the plates to keep a record of the history of his people, to write down prophecies and spiritual teachings, and make a record of Jesus Christ.

First baseman Prince Fielder made history in 2007, becoming the first Brewer and the youngest player ever to reach the 50 home run mark in a single season.

During the First World War, the Egyptology department was out of action and so Murray turned her attention to another subject, the history of witchcraft in Europe.

The Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy ( Discorsi ) nominally discuss a classical history of early Ancient Rome.

* 1917 – World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.

The history textbook controversy centers upon the secondary school history textbook Atarashii Rekishi Kyōkasho (" New History Textbook ") said to minimise the nature of Japanese militarism in the First Sino-Japanese War ( 1894 – 95 ), in annexing Korea in 1910, in the Second Sino-Japanese War ( 1937 – 45 ), and in the Second World War ( 1939 – 45 ).

The First Test in Brisbane ended in the first tie in Test history, which came about after Benaud and Alan Davidson, rather than settle for a draw, decided to risk defeat and play an attacking partnership, which took Australia to the brink of victory.

Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s ( First Wave ), the English 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s ( Second Wave ) and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s ( Third Wave ) and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s.

First Miami defeated the Kansas City Chiefs ( winners of Super Bowl IV ), 27 – 24, in the longest game in NFL history with kicker Garo Yepremian's game-winning field goal after 22 minutes and 40 seconds of overtime play.

Alex Salmond ( leader of SNP ) has since made history by becoming the first First Minister of Scotland from a party other than Labour.

* First to develop an academic hospitalist program ( and coined the term " hospitalist ") ( Robert M. Wachter ); the field is the fastest growing specialty in modern medical history