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The Slidell Mission To Mexico, John H. Walker

Graduate Thesis Collection

Historical events are very likely to make impressions upon contemporary writers of their history quite different from those upon the historians of later times. The intervening years are essential for the proper perspective, the appreciation of their significance, and the separation of associated events. A more accurate view of any historical event should come to those whom time has carried beyond it. In case the event be the result of governmental policies, political bias will then be less influential. The original researches and secondary complications of later writers of American history have resulted in a much better understanding of the …

The Works Council, George J. Bottkol

Bachelors’ Theses

The Works Council idea is somewhat of an innovation in American industry. It received its greatest impetus during the World War and has sinoe been adopted by many of our largest industries. Although all Works Council plans aim at the fundamental principles of joint management, employee representation, and collective bargaining, the forms or constitutions of the various private Councils vary in detail.

Balaam And His Prophecies, Carl Manthey-Zorn

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The subject of this paper is "Balaam and His Prophecies". We intend to divide the discussion of this subject under two main heads as already indicated in the title, "Balaam and His Prophecies". The first of the two will be a study of the character of Balaam, while the second will be a comprehensive exegesis of his prophecies.

The Neo-Stoicism Of Seneca, Emily E. Ruetz

Bachelors’ Theses

Before endeavoring to formulate certain decisions of the Neo-Stoicism of Seneca it will be most advantageous to discuss fundamental Stoicism. Stoicism was that system of philosophy which gripped the worlds of Greece and Rome for a number of centuries and claimed many eminent men among its followers. The doctrine set forth by the Stoics was essentially a practical one since it laid most stress on a proper mode of life.

Die Identitaet Der Person Des 2, 3,7,12-16 Geweissagten Davidssamens Und Gottessohns Mit Jesu Christo Aus Dem Neuen Testamente Erwiesen, Henry E. Proehl

Bachelor of Divinity

The testimony of the New Testament not only justifies that Bible-believing exegetes, the interpretation of the Old Testament passages to seek in the words of the evangelists and apostles, but rather, drives and compels him to do so.

The Influence Of Virgil's "Aeneid" On Subsequent Literature, Mary Gertrude Quirk

Bachelors’ Theses

In a study of the lives of great men it is interesting to trace the circumstances that have affected them most deeply. And we generally find that the most powerful influences in moulding their characters were the friends that they had made. This flows from the very nature of friendship, which entails a mutual sharing of another's thoughts and feelings, interests and aspirations. Moreover, when men are united in any undertaking, howsoever insignificant, a bond of sympathy is established among them. Common ends and common purposes create a feeling of comradeship, an esprit de corps that lends grace to the …

Free Verse And Some Modern American, Leila Gabourie

Bachelors’ Theses

Free Verse and Some modern American Poets Free verse i s the poetical upstart of the twentieth century. Prom the first time it reared its head in the literary world as a distinct form, literary men and women have been talking about it—criticizing it, condemning it, defending it, analyzing it, and attempting to give an adequate definition of it.

A History Of The Origin And The Development Of Blank Verse, Margaret E. Willaert

Bachelors’ Theses

The range of human thoughts and emotions greatly transcends the range of such symbols as man has invented to express them; and it becomes, therefore, the place of art to use these symbols in a double way. They must be used for the direct representation of thought and feeling; but they must also be combined by so subtle an imagination as to suggest much which there is no means of directly expressing. And this can be done: for experience shows that it is possible so to arrange forms, colours, and sounds as to stimulate the Imagination in a new and …

The Moral Justification Of The Principal Wars Waged By The United States, Cyril O. Vollert

Bachelors’ Theses

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The Social And Historical Background Of Eighteenth Century English Neo-Classicism, Thomas A. Byrne

Bachelors’ Theses

It is almost a platitude to say that literature is a reflection of life and that authors are the spoksemen of the age in which they live. Literature is the mouthpiece of a nation, a mouthpiece which speaks the commonest reflections and the highest meditations of a people. Else if this were not true why should scholars regard as valuable historical evidence the comments of contemporary writers? To the literature of the Greeks and Romans we owe what knowledge we have of the life and thought of those ancient races. This is not the less true of our modern nations. …

The Compatibility Of Church And Science, John H. Casey

Bachelors’ Theses

The intellectual fashion, if such there be, obtained quite a few years ago to maintain that there was no such a thing as compatibility between religion and science. Like all fashions, it has passed out of vogue and the inherent and foolish fallacy behind it has been repeatedly an effectively exposed. However, it has exhibited another characteristic of all fashions by returning and finding favor in some quarters. Fortunately, its second inaugural is not so auspicious or general since the original style, while it caught the popular fancy, was too unmercifully denounced and derided to allow for a second successful …

St. Peter, The First Bishop Of Rome, Roberta Helz

Bachelors’ Theses

From the beginning of Christendom, when Christ Himself designated Peter as the rock of invincible strength, and the chief foundation atone of the Apostolic Church, Matthew 16: 18, 19, up to the Reformation, the Primacy of St. Peter had met with no opposition. After the Reformation a partisans spirit in the interest of orthodox Protestantism against the Roman Church called into question this fact so universally admitted. The leading opponents were U. Valerius (1520), K. Flaccus (1564), Blondel (1641), and later Baur (1831), all champions of the Reformation. They further contended that Peter never resided in Rome, nor could that …

Protestantism In China, Yaotong C. Lee

Graduate Thesis Collection

The religions of China and the works of Protestantism have been written by many scholars both American and European but most of them were incomplete in mind or written with a special interest of a certain denomination. The aim of this thesis is to present (1) the religious conditions of China before the entrance of Protestantism (2) the historical facts of Protestantism and (3) the present condition of the Chinese Christianity. Special attention will be given to the beginning, the growth, the persecution and some characteristic facts of Protestantism. The materials are almost all mined out of the Chinese records …

The Offerings Of The Old Testament, Otto P. Schmidt

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The idea or offering is a universal one. It is embodied in every religion under the sun. Almost every religion is built up around the idea or offering. But as the religions vary. so also the nature and purpose or the offering. And as men were led farther and farther away from the truth, they were also led farther and farther away from the true idea and purpose or offering.

Colonel Fielding Lewis, Emeline Lee Stearns

Honors Theses

There is a two-fold reason for the assertion that to the student of American History, and especially of those chapters dealing with the Old Dominion, a study of the life of Fielding Lewis should prove one of value and intense interest. First, there is the contribution which this colonial patriot made to the Revolutionary cause. To too great an extent we associate heroism in a time of strife with courage on the battlefield. The life of Fielding Lewis is a story of courage on the side lines, a courage none the less true because it lacks military glory as a …

The Christology Of Acts, George F. Horn

Bachelor of Divinity

The book of Acts was written mainly for history so we would not expect to find much doctrine in it. And yet it is full of doctrine. For this we must thank the Holy Spirit who has preserved it to us by inspiration. St. Luke was inspired with the information necessary to the recording of the speeches we find in the book. These speeches are the chief sources of doctrine in this book though not the only ones. A study of the book for any one doctrine reveals incidentally many other doctrines. This is brought out especially clearly when we …

Chronology Of The Life Of St. Paul, P F. Plunkett

Bachelor of Divinity

Though properly an historical rather than a theological problem, the chronology of Paul's life is important in the field of Bible study, and is closely related to several theological questions, including that of the reliability of Scripture and the authenticity of several books accepted by the church as canonical. Its treatment is historical, but much of the freedom for specualtion indulged in by the average student of history is denied the scholar who treats this subject. Anything which cannot be established with reasonable certainty must be left an open question, and the integrity of the Scripture must remain unmolested.

The Trichotomy (Of Soul, Mind, Body) According To Scripture, Richard Albert Jesse

Bachelor of Divinity

It was therefore as a consequence of this controversy that the latent heretical tendencies of the trichotomous doctrine were for the first time fully discovered, and dichotomy was urged by the Church not only as true doctrine, but also as the antidote for this specific heresy. Especially has dichotomy been championed by the Western Church, whose teachers have been, as a rule, advocates of the two element view. This is true also of Luther and the older dogmaticians. While the question is today scarcely a burning issue, yet it seems still to have champions for each side.

A Compairison Of Dr. Carl Ferdinand Wiilhelm Walther And Dr. Joseph Agusustus Seiss As Preachers, E H. Buchheimer

Bachelor of Divinity

In making a comparison between Dr. Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, (1811 - 1887) and Dr. Joseph Augustus Seiss,(1823 - 1904) as masters of sacred rhetoric in the American Lutheran pulpit, we must, in order to come to a clear understanding of these men as preachers, take into consideration their early training and the times in which they lived, when the Lutheran Church was just beginning to take root in this country and when preachers and sermons played a different part in congregational life, than they do today.

A study of the early years of their lives shows that a divine …

Mormonism And The Bible, Edwin G. Guebert

Bachelor of Divinity

The inception or Mormonism took place in 1830, when on the 6th of April of that year Joseph Smith Jr. organized the “Church of Jesus Christ or the Latter Day Saints" at Fayette, Seneca County, New York. In November of the same year Sidney Rigdon, a preacher of the Reformed Baptists or Campbellites at Mentor, Ohio, joined the new sect with the majority of his congregation. Since the West seemed to the Mormons to be the land of their future destiny, Smith and his followers moved in that direction and settled at Kirtland, Ohio. This took place in the year …

Die Eschatologischen Grundgedanken Der Thessalonicherbriefe, Walter Buszin

Bachelor of Divinity

The basic eschatological ideas of the letters to the Thessalonians

The Power To Appeal To The Emotions, Joseph E. Skwerski

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis, we shall attempt to show, that the power to appeal to the emotions gives a book permanent interest and consequently literary quality. From the very outset of our discussion, we shall deal entirely with ·the emotions in general and the elements involved in emotion. After this consideration we shall spend some time upon the literary emotions and their appeal, the sense to beauty, the power to appeal to the emotions as exhibited in the works of Poe and Pope, and gradually arise to the proof, that the power to appeal to the emotions gives a book permanent …

The Subconscious Mind, Stuart Johnston

Bachelors’ Theses

The Subconscious Mind exerts a powerful influence over human activities, mental and physical. This we will endeavor to show in the following study of the most authentic material available, at the present day concerning this little known but vastly important subject.

Miracles Are Not Only Possible But Have Actually Occured, Ralph J. Altstadt

Bachelors’ Theses

Miracles! What are they? Are they possible? Do they actually occur? Can they be explained?

The Doctrine Of The Sacraments In The Apostolic Fathers, Louis Breitenbuecher, Louis F. Brighton

Bachelor of Divinity

What is the teaching of the Apostolic Fathers concerning the sacraments? What do they teach of Baptism and of the Lord’s Supper? Is the number of sacraments restricted to two or is there reason to believe that the Romish Church finds in these writings ground for its teaching of seven sacraments? In treating first on Baptism and then on the Lord’s Supper these questions will be taken care of.

The Doctrinal Contents Of Acts, Walter G. Dippold

Bachelor of Divinity

Our aim in this work shall be, to present Luke's stand on the main heads of christian doctrine and at the same time, to show that his teaching is wholly in harmony with the other New Testament writers. As was stated in the opening words of our thesis, the source on which we shall base our discussion is solely and specifically, the book of Acts. It is therefore selfevident, that when limited to one specific book of the Bible, not every detail in the field of christian doctrine can be treated. In accordance with the limitation of our theme, we …

Christian Doctrine According To The Book Of Acts, Arthur William Klinck

Bachelor of Divinity

The first point which strikes the reader of this book is that it purports to have been written by the author of a "former treatise” (Acts 1:1) addressed to the same person, Theophilus; a treatise which gave an account of all the Acts and words of the Lord from the beginning to the conclusion of His earthly ministry, terminated by His ascension. There is only one Gospel which this description will fit, the Gospel of Luke, which is dedicated to the same man, Theophilus. The progress of thought from Luke to Acts is quite logical. Luke ends with the ascension …

The Family. The Evolution Of The Family As Illustrated And Explained By Herbert Spencer Is False, Desmond T. Mccarthy

Bachelors’ Theses

The family is the foundation of society and the state. As such it possesses a prominent position in our sphere of things. The family in a philosophical discussion may be observed from many points of view; ethical, sociological, biological, religious and economical. Each of these views may be equally interesting. They are all important and excellent papers could easily be written on any one of them. By research and investigation into these various topics personal information and interest are increased. In what ever view is taken, it is sometimes difficult to remain in one's own field without transgressing to another …

Brook Farm And Margaret Fuller, Genevieve Teske

Bachelors’ Theses

Communism as an ideal for human society is a dream that many a philosopher has cherished and striven for. Some there were who theorized upon it, who sought to circumvent and direct the passions and activities of human nature by artificial barriers towards what was better and truer, though themselves holding aloof and leaving it to others to conduct the experiment; and some there were, who boldly led the way in person, setting an example to the followers they had gained; some again there were, who held the neutral role of spectators at a drama, observing the experiments made, observing …

The Power To Appeal To The Emotions, Joseph E. Skwerski

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis, we shall attempt to show, that the power to appeal to the emotions gives a book permanent interest and consequently literary quality. From the very outset of our discussion, we shall deal entirely with the emotions in general and the elements involved in emotion. After this consideration we shall spend some time upon the literary emotions and their appeal, the sense of beauty, the power to appeal to the emotions as exhibited in the works of Poe and Pope, and gradually arise to the proof, that the power to appeal to the emotions gives a book permanent …