Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In Roman Catholic theology as it has developed since the Scholastic period c. 1100–1500, the essence of God can be known, but only in the next life; the grace of God is always created; and the essence of God is pure act, so that there can be no distinction between the energies or operations and the essence of God (see, e.g., the Summa ...
Closely connected to the competing missionary efforts of the Roman Church and the Byzantine Church was the spread of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts in Eastern Europe. [4] The majority of Orthodox Slavs adopted Cyrillic, while most Catholic Slavs adopted the Latin, but there were many exceptions to this general rule. [ 4 ]
One major change between Civilization V and Civilization VI is that both leaders and civilizations have a benefit. The Aztecs, led by Montezuma I, was a pre-order DLC until becoming free to all players on January 19, 2017. City improvements such as military installations are now built in separate tiles from the main city tile in Civilization VI.
The first documented use of the description of Saint Peter as first bishop of Rome, rather than as the apostle who commissioned its first bishop, dates from 354, and the phrase "the Apostolic See", which refers to the same apostle, began to be used exclusively of the see of Rome, a usage found also in the Acts of the Council of Chalcedon.
Missio Dei is a Latin Christian theological term that can be translated as the "mission of God", or the "sending of God".. It is a concept which has become increasingly important in missiology and in understanding the mission of the church since the second half of the 20th century.
History also connects Christianization with opposition to colonialism. Historian Lamin Sanneh writes that there is an equal amount of evidence of both missionary support and missionary opposition to colonialism through "protest and resistance both in the church and in politics". [351]
A Pew Center study about Religion and Living arrangements around the world in 2019, found that Christians around the world live in somewhat smaller households, on average, than non-Christians (4.5 vs. 5.1 members). 34% of world's Christian population live in two parent families with minor children, while 29% live in household with extended ...
1955 – Donald McGavran publishes Bridges of God; [369] Dutch missionary "Brother Andrew", founder of Open Doors makes first of many Bible smuggling trips into Communist Eastern Europe; 1956 – U.S. missionaries Jim Elliot, Pete Fleming, Edward McCully, Nate Saint, and Roger Youderian are killed by Huaorani Indians in eastern Ecuador.