Note: This essay is part of a series that I am doing for a class on church history. This part of the series is a summary of some of the reasons the early and medieval church experienced rapid growth. Christianity seemed to defy the odds of a start-up religion… Not only did it survive in [...]
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Note: This essay is part of a series that I am doing for a class on church history. This part of the series is a summary of some of the heresies that plagued the early Christian church. As the church started to grow and spread into various cultures, practices that contradicted the teaching of Jesus [...]
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Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana While it’s not likely that Santayana and I hold the same religious beliefs, his ideas about history do resonate with me. In my pursuit of my degree in Church Ministries from Global University, [...]
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