THE 1000C Lecture Notes - Secularism, Taoism, The Nice

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28 Jul 2022

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St. John's University

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Theology and Religious Studies

Course

THE 1000C

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The catholics adopted the diocean model of the roman empire period. Religion is derived from the latin religio which refers to a binding or special obligation. Modern concepts of religion can be found with 2 15th century christian platonist thinkers. Scriptures historical account, rules to follow. You univocal the word means exactly the same thing in both of those sentences. One is a noun, other is a verb. Equivocal= either no relation between the words or there is a relation. The decalogue- the 10 commandments begins with i am the lord you god. God is not solidarity a. k. a. isolated because god is triune. An apostle is one who is sent on a mission or with a message. Apostolic as an adjective is primarily a description of the church"s relation to god in jesus. Humans are social beings and culture is what transforms our identity and vision.

Related Questions

In a 3 - 4 page paper, exclusive of any front and back matter, respond to the following prompt:

"The United States is a predominantly Christian county, which means that Christianity, and to a lesser extent Judaism, explicitly and implicitly influences its culture and the structure of life. For instance. our holidays are Christian holidays rather than, say, Buddhist ones. For the purposes of this paper, pretend you are a religious minority in the United States of you already are one, you can use your own experience. Choose one specific religion from your book (it can be one we haven't discussed, because of time-constraints), other than Judaism. Christianity, or lslam, and write about your experience being a religious minority. In other words, what would it be like on a day to day baxis to practice a religion other than Christianity, Judaism, or istam in the United States. Some questions to get you thinking about this. What aspects of my religion would I need to adopt, if any? What conflicts may arise between my religion and societal norms? What cultural assumptions make it difficult to practice my religion?