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If the church were to be persecuted, it would win sympathy among the masses, for persecution would remind them of the almost forgotten days when there was an association between religion and the defence of national freedom; it would strengthen the antisemitic movement; and in general it would mobilize all the vestiges of an ideology which is ...
The line dividing church and state interests was not always clear. [12] The church also ruled its own territory directly in the form of the Papal States. [citation needed] The most notable instances of the church exercising influence over the kingdoms were the Crusades, when it called the Christian kingdoms to arms to fight religious wars.
In actuality, we do not need the manuscript of Jesus’ sermon from that day to know what we need to do. We are a people possessed by dogma, ideology and privilege.
The painting Bolshevik by Boris Kustodiev depicts a Bolshevik revolutionary, bearing the red flag, glaring at an Eastern Orthodox church As a revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin said that a true communist would always promote atheism and combat religion, because it is the psychological opiate that robs people of their human agency , of their volition ...
"We do not need…to believe in an ideology. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities. The need for a sense of universal responsibility affects every aspect of modern life." — Dalai Lama [55] "The function of ideology is to stabilize and perpetuate dominance through masking or illusion." — Sally Haslanger [56]
draw on the resources of the Christian tradition to address some present situation or perceived need [6] education in Christian philosophy, especially in Neoplatonic philosophy [7] [8] Christian theology has permeated much of non-ecclesiastical Western culture, especially in pre-modern Europe, although Christianity is a worldwide religion.
The acceptance of Peter's teachings on church growth by churches across the world was due in part to the use of Fuller Theological Seminary as a platform to spread the message. [6] Together, both McGavran and Wagner led the Fuller Evangelistic Association to continue to spread the message of church growth. [6]
Benedict's view of the church, ecclesiology, places much emphasis on the Catholic Church and its institutions, as the instrument by which God's message manifests itself on Earth: a view of the Church's universal worldwide role which tends to resist local pressure to submit to external social trends in specific countries or cultures.