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7 hours ago · Early Christian perspectives on sin, as examined in this article, contrast with Pauline and Augustinian views. The Apostolic Fathers believed sin was acquired through personal choices rather than being an inherent condition. They emphasized human reason and moral effort to overcome sin, differing significantly from the idea of inherent sinfulness and helplessness. This analysis highlights the ...
7 hours ago · Prior to the Schism the Patriarchate of Rome was Orthodox, and fully in communion with the Orthodox Church. As Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco +1966 said “The West was Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable Liturgy is far older than any of her heresies”.
1 day ago · The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [9] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse, but also has entered Academic discourse. [10] [11] However, the term has also been criticized to be uncritically adapted. [10]
7 hours ago · The first populist wave occurred during the Jacksonian period as a reaction in part to the failures of the elite Federalists. As post-Civil War America emerged as an industrial machine, the ostensibly limitless influence of the banks, oil companies and railroads were challenged from the bottom up via a populist wave called the Farmers Alliance in the late 19th century.
7 hours ago · The musings and meandering thoughts of a crotchety old man as he observes life in the world and in a small, rural town in South East Nebraska.
1 day ago · In 1054, the Great Schism between the Western and Eastern churches began over rival claims of universal pre-eminence. In 1965, 911 years later, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I met to declare an end to the schism. In 1439, kissing was banned in England to help prevent the spread of germs.
7 hours ago · ‘Racism’ or ‘racist’ are not terms that I use. They are too broad in their reach, and they are too often applied as unfair and unwarranted labels of abuse.
