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A Comparative Study Of Protestant Sex Education Literature Past And Present, Donald Becker
A Comparative Study Of Protestant Sex Education Literature Past And Present, Donald Becker
Bachelor of Divinity
The way in which this challenge is being successfully met through the current sex education materials of various Protestant denominations compared with the way in which this challenge was not met in the sex education materials of the past is the focal point of this research project. The main purpose or intent of this thesis is not that it be a critical analysis of those materials which have been published or used for the teaching of sex within the church in the past. Instead, in view of the fact that the more recent sex education materials represent a number of …
The Doctrine Of Christ's Exaltation In Luther's Theology, Gerhard Galchutt
The Doctrine Of Christ's Exaltation In Luther's Theology, Gerhard Galchutt
Bachelor of Divinity
If we, us Lutherans, are within Western Protestantism, it would hardly be possible for us to escape the influence of this milieu. And this writer believes this influence and its effects are readily found also within or own church body. There may be no traces of this influence in our doctrine and theological discussion, but it might become manifest already.in our cultus and then in some of our religious publications and devotional art for popular consumption. If so, this thesis has a very “practical” bent. It tries to set forth Luther's doctrine of the exalted Christ as a corrective for …
The Divergent Views Of Catholicism And Protestantism On The Old Testament Apocrypha, Henry L. Lieske
The Divergent Views Of Catholicism And Protestantism On The Old Testament Apocrypha, Henry L. Lieske
Bachelor of Divinity
However, of this one-third, or 680,000,000, about 475,000,000 are members of the Roman and Greek Catholic Churches, and about 205,000,000 belong to Protestantism. Now it becomes evident that the above-mentioned theme is a study of great importance, when it is stated that even in Christianity there is a difference of opinion, there are divergent views, as to what constitutes the Bible, the Word of God. In the Roman Catholic Bible are found certain books that are not found 1n the Protestant Bible. This fact has often given offence to that two-third non-Christian population, and also to that one-third in the …
Ecclesiastical Union Verses Christian Unity, Theodore Moeller
Ecclesiastical Union Verses Christian Unity, Theodore Moeller
Bachelor of Divinity
The tendency of Protestantism to split up into various sects has not infrequently been noted and variously explained. Roman Catholics, especially, make the most of this situation and point with pride to the unity of their church. “If once you permit individual judgment to be pitted against authority all the followers of the revolter will, in turn, claim the same privilege against him. The result is obvious. Even before the revolting church had made its position secure against the church of Rome disunion and separatism had come into its ranks. "This condition has often been deplored and the cry of …