Not quite. Christianity is an offshoot of Second Temple Judaism which branched off to become its own religion. Rabbinic Judaism (what most religious Jews practice today) is its own separate development which emerged around the same time as Christianity. These are two distinct religions and there...
It's high time we saw a return of such manly virtue. Although the right to duel should be reserved for persons in high office. I would also like to see a return of jousting contests. For too long has the west lacked that aristocratic spirit of old Europe.
Funnily enough, I was browsing the more "esoteric" subreddits not too long ago and I stumbled upon an old post by someone who claimed to have astral projected into a city in the astral world mostly populated by human souls. They claimed the city was filled with restaurants, shops, brothels...
People associate the idea of fixed prayer times with Islam, but the practice goes back not only to the early years of Christianity but to pre-Christian Jewish practice as well.
I never bothered with NPCs. I would hunt down Alliance players and slay them wherever I found them. They picked the wrong faction, so I was justified in everything I did to them.
I had a small piece of salami with my breakfast yesterday completely forgetting that it was Ash Wednesday. It was only after I had eaten my muffin that I realized what I had done. I still feel guilty about it. I'm going to have to make up for it by being extra diligent this Lent.
I ended up restarting my campaign as it was still in early game. This time I paid up and got on the pope's good books to avoid the excommunication. It won't last though as unifying Italy will involve going to war with the Papal States sooner or later. But by then I'll either control the curia or...
I used to get the best of both worlds when I attended an ordinariate parish. The ordinariates are Anglo-Catholics in communion with Rome. They use a slightly modified form of the High Church Anglo-Catholic liturgy which itself is close in form to the Tridentine Mass but in Early Modern English...
What is and is not appropriate in regard to clothing (or the lack of it) is culturally determined. It is simply a reality of most human cultures. My personal theory is that the wearing of clothes developed as a means of protection against the elements. Once a culture gets into the habit of...
This is incorrect. God is three persons with one divine essence. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not of the essence of God. They are God. All three persons are God in their own right.
Christianity does teach that the Trinity is a mystery beyond human reason. But it is not that hard to understand...
This narrative is simply false. Christian division is overwhelmingly Protestant. The most ancient forms of Christianity: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy still exist and comprise the majority of the world's believers. Ancient Christianity has never been lost. It's just not...
Reason would tell you that you cannot be a Christian and deny core Christian claims.
Correct. The Church claims that the pope will never bind the faithful to heresy in either faith or morals. This is due to a divine guarantee given to Saint Peter by Christ. Matthew 16:18-19.
This is why pope...
I was listening to a Larry Chapp discussion on YouTube about pope Francis, Fiducia Supplicans and other related issues. I went on to glance at the comment section and saw a post that struck me as a profound statement on a major issue within the Catholic Church. This is what they posted:
The...
It is one thing to say that Scripture speaks in a way that reflects the culture and understanding of its authors. For example, it would indeed be silly to insist on a flat Earth on the basis that the Old Testament authors assumed it.
It is another thing altogether to insist that we can overlook...
If Scripture is but the man-made reflection of cultural mores of the time and place of its authorship, then there's no reason to accept any of it. Who cares what Jesus teaches if Jesus if but a character in an old, long irrelevant tome.
The Biblical narrative often recounts people doing immoral...