Document Study 1, Ignatius of Antioch Ignatius of Antioch is also called Ignatius Theophoros, meaning “God Bearer” (Greek). He was the second Bishop of Antioch in Syria at the time of his arrest- 107A.D. He is mainly known from seven highly regarded letters that he wrote during a trip to Rome, as a prisoner condemned to be executed for his belief and is believed to have died c.110, in Rome by martyrdom during Trajan’s reign (AD. 98-117).
What are some people that helped the growth of Christianity? Christianity is the part of the five main religions, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Jesus Christ inspired Christianity. Christianity was created by Paul. Poor people were turning to Christian because it is a religion that is open to anyone, even the poor.
There are not many people that changed history and specifically Christianity, that we know of today. Thomas Cranmer was born in Nottingham, England on July 2, 1489. His parents were minor gentry which means that they were the poorest of the rich. Cranmer’s father only had enough land to give to Thomas’ older brother, so Cranmer didn’t get anything. Thomas then left his family and went to school at Cambridge to start his holy life and become a priest.
Melissa Moody The Church Fathers The church fathers Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome were they main figures in creating the rise of the church. Each church father was very important to the church and creating order and structure to the church. The church fathers knew each other and communicated with each other although they lived in different parts of Roman Empire.
His rigorously critical attitude towards modernism and liberalism brought his a lot of trouble and misunderstanding. However, when the Liberalism and Naturalism were so prosperous in his era, the whole Christianity needed a leading legend to protest against Christianity from falling too far from the Bible and traditional orthodoxy
2nd Century Through Modernity Irenaeus was a wise church father that many might say saved the Orthodox Church from heresies, Gnosticism being one. He played a crucial role in the upbringing of Christian theology—being instrumental in taming Gnosticism within the church, and being one of the first Christian thinkers to work out, as stated by Roger Olson, “theories of original sin and redemption.” Both Christians and Gnostics fought for their points of faith. The major difference, as stated above, are the view of Christ and his divinity. For the many Christians, Christ had to be fully human and fully divine to have the power to save humanity from eternal damnation.
Classical theory is a philosophical theory based on reason and born of the Enlightenment period or “Age of Reason”, in which its’ “scientific” worldview was a challenge to the theologically based worldview and authority of the Catholic Church (Bohm & Vogel, 2011, p. 13). With this, came a dramatic source of knowledge, especially in areas pertaining to personal observations, where rationalism was used by thinkers to reason from the general to the particular or to apply theory to a particular case as they believed that people could understand the world through science (Bohm & Vogel, 2011, p. 14). Beccaria is credited with ending legal torture throughout Christendom by criminal law historians; as his book had a great practical effect during
The Church biggest idea that brought up so many questions and confusion which
Reuther states that the overall hierarchical structure of the Christian religion is God-man-woman-the physical world. Most of the Church Fathers
Thomas Aquinas was an important part of history. Born around 1225, in Roccasecca, Italy, Thomas Aquinas supported new ideas from people like aristotle, Albertus Magnus (St Albert the Great), and many more. In 1256 he was named the master of theology in Paris. That’s just one of his many accomplishments. Before his work, religion was viewed differently.
He is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Church and his writings have had a profound influence on Catholic theology and spirituality. St. Augustine's life and work exemplify the mark of One because of his commitment to the unity of the Church and his belief in the power of faith to bring people together. St. Augustine's
These people were tremendously diverse, but each one had unique way of making a difference. Some of these people include Constantine the Great, who was the emperor of the Romans. Another person who helped construct and aid in the expansion of the religion was the Apostle Paul, a Roman born missionary who preached his ideas amongst others. Paul was one of the most important people in the history of Christianity. This was due to the fact that he was one of the original missionaries and it was said that Jesus had came to
They were paramount in helping call attention to what was going on in the Church. However, their followers still remained largely suppressed at this time. It was the change in the intellectual and political climate
Augustine of Hippo was a Christian philosopher who played a big part and impacted Christianity greatly. Augustine helped Christianity by helping the Church by finding answers to questions that could have damaged the Church if they went unanswered. He explained to the Church original sin, the Trinity, and clarified the concept of predestination. Augustine was the bishop in the city of Hippo located in North Africa. He was the son of the famous Saint Monica, but despite his mother being a devout Christian his father believed in paganism.
Young children usually don’t comprehend the flawed world they live in for various reasons. For instance, parents tend to shelter their children from traumatic events; however, at some point children are forced to grow up and become involved in real world problems. In her novel, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi experiences a numerous amount of events that shape and develop her perspective throughout the novel. Her perspective influences her presentation of loss of innocence, social classes, and gender roles. These things all alter the way she acts towards her family, friends, and God.
