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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut print from the Apocalypse of Albrecht Dürer (1497–1498), Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Eschatology (/ ˌ ɛ s k ə ˈ t ɒ l ə dʒ i / ⓘ; from Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos) 'last' and -logy) concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself. [1]
Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman was born in 1907 near Concordia, Missouri, where her father was mayor. [1] She was one of four children to German-American parents Joseph Adolph Kuhlman and Emma Walkenhorst. [2]
1846 – Near La Salette-Fallavaux in southeastern France, shepherd children Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud reported a Marian apparition, now known as Our Lady of La Salette (statue pictured). 1940 – World War II : Polish resistance leader Witold Pilecki allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to Auschwitz to gather ...
Steven Kenneth Bonnell II (born December 12, 1988), known online as Destiny, is an American live streamer and political commentator. He was among the first people to stream video games online full-time and received attention as a pioneer of the industry. [ 5 ]
By 1945, the church reported 226,000 members in the United States and Canada, and 380,000 elsewhere; the budget was $29 million and enrollment in church schools was 40,000. [24] In 1960 there were 1,245,125 members worldwide with an annual budget of over $99,900,000. Enrollment in church schools from elementary to college was 290,000 students. [25]
Predestination of the elect and non-elect was taught by the Jewish Essene sect, [5] Gnosticism, [6] and Manichaeism. [7] In Christianity, the doctrine that God unilaterally predestines some persons to heaven and some to hell originated with Augustine of Hippo during the Pelagian controversy in 412 AD. [8]
The Black Church in the African American Experience. Duke University Press: Raleigh, 1990; Official Manual with the Doctrines and Discipline of the Church of God in Christ. Memphis, Tennessee: Church of God in Christ Publishing House, 1973. Owens, Robert R. Never Forget! The Dark Years of COGIC History. Xulon Press: Fairfax, 2002. Robins, R.G ...
Catholic social doctrine is rooted in the social teachings of the New Testament, [12] the Church Fathers, [13] the Old Testament, and Hebrew scriptures. [14] [15] The church responded to historical conditions in medieval and early modern Europe with philosophical and theological teachings on social justice which considered the nature of humanity, society, economy, and politics. [16]