Emperor Alexius I Comenus has asked Pope Urban II to help aid in the defense of the Byzantine Empire in 1095. The Pope has agreed and is meeting with the Council of Clermont in hopes of uniting the lords across Europe. We have updated information that military action will be taken to regain control of the Holy Land from who the Pope refers to as the "infidels". A French monk by the name of Peter the Hermit has responded to Pope Urban II 's call of arms. With a ragtag army of peasants and soldiers we moved east to Constantinople in what is being called the People 's Crusade.
7. Arius believed that since Jesus is called the son of God, he cannot be equal and identical to God the father. Jesus was more than man but less than God. 8. The Council of Nicaea was a meeting of Bishops (a convention of Clerical bureaucrats) to decide on a definitive interpretation of the Trinity, and setting a date for Easter along with many other important issues.
Theophilos son of Dositheos, Philistion son of…, and Timaios son of Telouphis” (CPJ No. 21). All five names are Greek and two,
Jesus (the Logos) is existed before the creation together with Father (the Theos). Jesus is God itself. He is begotten from God, the Father. While the Father is not begotten from whomever. The Father and The Son have a special relation and in fellowship with each other, the perfect love between them radiates The Holy Spirit.
The argument between Arius and Athanasius was about Jesus Christ and how he was related to God. Arius believed that God’s son was made out of nothing while Athanasius believed that God’s son was “begotten” by his Father. Arius and Athanasius disagreed on many other beliefs. Arius also believed that Jesus Christ was a lesser God while Athanasius believed that Jesus Christ was human and equal to God himself with the other Holy Trinities. During this time, Constantine held the first Council of Nicaea to settle the controversy.
A series of religious conflicts known as the Crusades were started, encouraged, and occasionally even led by the Catholic Church. The initial argument began over who had control of the holy land but was escalated by Pope Urban ii, in his Speech at council of Clermont in 1095. Urban ii’s speech was to excite his followers to be prepared for the crusades and the destruction they may cause. He stood in front of them and gave his words of encouragement to them but had secretive intentions to motivate them to fight. His followers then listened to him and fought for their beliefs as Pope Urban ii suggested and amounted to an export of violence.
The shocking alternative is that Jesus Christ is the same God who created the universe and all that’s in it and has been with God since before time began. He spoke for God, forgave sins, healed the sick, performed miracles, raised the dead, and fed the multitudes. Furthermore, Christ demonstrated His deity by rising from the dead following His crucifixion. “You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon, or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God.” (Lewis, 1980).
He goes as far as to account for almost all forms of imagery saying that he and him are like all of the beauties of earth and the space around them. Examples like water, the sun, the moon, and rainbows. Then going on to say that they are like the earth and that the stars and the planet orbit around him and his son. And to even claim as much as that the definition of A.D (Anno Domini) was actually (Anno Dombei and son) really shows how important and highly he thinks of his son. And showing his true care and love towards him, to exaggerate to that
Athanasius defended the Trinity, which is one of the biggest beliefs and a core element in Christian faith. The Trinity is the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, all three united as one. During the fourth century, Arius went around teaching that Jesus the Son was different in divinity to God the Father. He points out many Scriptures proving that Jesus is saying that the Father and Son are clearly different, showing that they
The initial attempt for Romans to create a code of laws was the Laws of the Twelve Tables. The laws, were said, to have come about in order to eliminate tension between the patricians (privileged class) and the plebeians (common people). The Twelve Tables included Laws relating to debtors, inheritance, marriage, rights of a father, property, will and testament, and women. What rights did Roman citizens have according to the Twelve Tables? Roman citizens could not be sentenced to death unless they were found guilty of treason.
Mr Pozoglou, I firmly agree with your bold statement regarding how significant individuals and events have built and formed the development on the Orthodox church. As if these events did not happen to occur at this time the knowledge of Church History how would we be able to study our religion and become more so familiar with our Christian Orthodox faith? Zoe, I also agree with your opinion that Arius is one of the most important individuals involved in the build up of Orthodox church history. Arius made a large impact of positive effects in church history but also quite a few negative ones to help impact the developing church history. Another highly known individual in the Christian church today is Saint Paul.
This is the point when they put forward the Creed of the Church but Constantine also added the homoousios, which was to affirm that God the Son and God the Father are of one substance. This certainly didn’t sit well with Arius. The issues Arius had, and which was the cause of the Arian controversy was how to understand the meaning of the Trinity. His belief that the Son cannot be the same as the Father as in substance or be as one did not sit comfortable with him, and for this others would call what he was describing heresy.
It is wise to start with Roman law. Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, and the legal developments which occurred before the 7th century AD - when the Roman and Byzantine state adopted Greek as the language of the Empire. Laws before the Roman Empire were primarily based on centuries of customs which means that laws were not written. Roman law through its development carries more than a thousand years of jurisprudence. Roman legal history is framed by two codifications, the Twelve Tables and the Corpus Juris Civilis.
John present to us that who Jesus is at the very center of the Gospel of John. Carson tells us that the “Son of God” can roughly serve synonymn for “Messiah”. All the Synoptic Gospels wrote that Jesus is the Messiah, and the Son of God. Salvation:
The Edict of Milan (313) was a milestone document promising “to give both to Christians and to all others free facility to follow the religion which each may desire”. Although on the surface it appears that the Edict of Milan was a genuine attempt to give equality before the law to Christians, who were severely persecuted under the previous Emperor Diocletian (r. 284- 305), in reality, a number of political, social and ideological influences on Emperors Constantine (r. 306- 337) and Licinius (r. 308- 324) reveal further motivations for the creation of the edict; primarily among these factors- their political cunning. The political context of the time period gives reasoning to Constantine’s conversion to Christianity, and thereby his motives for the creation of the edict. The Edict of Milan was written in 313 CE; directly following a victory by Constantine at Milvian Bridge in 312, which Constantine attributed to a sign from the Christian God.(1) Constantine believed the Christian God to be the most powerful of all the Gods; to not show support for the Christian God could mean to incur his wrath, but to make peace with him was to have a
