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NEW TESTAMENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIESTHOOD: A SUMMARISED ANALYSIS

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ACCORDING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT UNDERSTANDING, WHAT IS A PRIEST AND WHO DESERVE THIS TITLE IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST? WERE THERE OR NO SOME FORM OF RITUAL APPOINTMENT TO AUTHORITATIVE OFFICE OR ROLES IN THE CHURCH   INTRODUCTION When one looks at the edifices of such a city as Rome, one may immediately think of how all these came into existence. Same thing applies to the Catholic Church and process of her evolution. Most times when we do not put on a critical lens to observe the practices in the church, there is great tendency to think that the structure (physical, political and organizational wise) of the Church has always been as we have it today. The fact remains that the growth of the church is evident in the historical achieve of her evolution and development. Part of this is lucidly pictured in the New Testament Scriptural documentation and other historical Church documents. Our interest in this short easy is on the question of priesthood in the New Testament.   WHAT ...
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PHARISEES OF MATTHEW

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ANAYLYSIS OF MATTHEW 23: 3 IN THE LIGHT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PHARISEES AND WHO THE MODERN PHARISEES ARE. TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION. 2.0 WHO ARE THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES? 2.1 PHARISEES AND SCRIBS OF JESUS’ TIME. 2.2 MPORTANCE OF THE PHARISEES OF JESUS' TIME. 3.0 ANALYSIS OF MATT. 23,2. 4.0 THE MODERN PHARISEES IN CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 5.0 EVALUATION. CONCLUSION. REFERENCES. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Most past and even recent writings or documentations on the Pharisees and scribes have dominantly presented limited facts as regards their origin, nature and function. A good number of today’s oracles of these groups construe them in a very negative and pejorative way. These undesirable conceptions evolve primarily from the biblical accounts of the gospel. The biblical conception of the Pharisees and scribes has paradoxically made them and their function or responsibility in Jewish traditional religious societ...
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND EVOLUTION

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND EVOLUTION INTRODUCTION For over a long period till now, there has been a tension between science and religion in general and particularly the Catholic Church, which is epitomized in the evolutionary theory of Darwin. Much ink has been spilled concerning this Darwinian Theory by many philosophers, theologian and scientists. A number of objections to evolution have been raised since evolutionary ideas came to prominence in the 19th century. When Charles Darwin published his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, his theory of evolution by natural selection initially met opposition from alternate scientific theories, but came to be widely accepted by the scientific community, but then its tension with most religions is obviously felt till the present century. Thus, the resultant creation-evolution controversy has been a focal point of recent conflict between religion and science. The emergence of Pope Pius XII encyclical letter concerning evolution is one of such i...
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INTRODUCTION There are cultural and religious affinities between Nigerians and the rest of the black Africans. In view of these, while the main thrust of this book is the NTR yet it must be seen against the background of Africa as a whole. In other words, NTR as treated in the book is in the context of African Traditional Religion. The book is divided into two major parts namely: 1 Nigerian Traditional Religion: Beliefs and modes of coping with uncertainties of life. 2 Thematic features in African Traditional Religion. CHAPTER ONE. Difficulties In The Study Of ATR The author highlights the difficulties as follows: 1. Lack of Sacred Scripture: The lack of sacred scripture has made it difficult to judge the theology of the religion. 2. Unfair Comparison: Scholars who study ATR normally use their own religion as a yard stick. 3. The Stay-at-Home-Writers: They base their writings on the researches of the traveler-writers. This lead...
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