Essays on Christianity

Throughout the previous decades, two religions were the most followed by people and that is Islam and Christianity. Each religion differs from the other in several aspects like Qur’an and The Bible. Followers of each religion believe that their religion is the true one since...

There is a multitude of attributes of God, what He is and that any human being can also become. Among these countless attributes or characteristics, we have love. A ‘simple’ characteristic present in some way in the life of all humanity, from the rich to...

According to Christian theology, the world is inherently good, and that the original existence of humanity was also attuned to follow the good. And since God is the supreme manifestation of the ultimate good, we as humans were created in order to follow him. However,...

General introduction During the thirteenth century, the philosophy of ancient Greece was introduced to European scholars through the works of Arabian and Jewish scholars, and the works of Aristotle became available for the first time in Latin translation. Thomas Aquinas synthesized the principles of Aristotle...

The “Summa Theologiae” by Thomas Aquinas is composed of a series of arguments to prove the existence of God by pure reasoning, concepts and experience. Aquinas’s first three arguments from motion/change, efficient causes and necessity are the cosmological argument. The “Summa Theologica” is a strong...

What do we know about God? Who is he? Or is it she? Why have millions revered and worshipped him for centuries? Does he exist? These are questions that some of people have asked themselves at one time or another as they try to understand...

Saint Thomas Aquinas born as Tommaso d’Aquino on January 28, 1225 in Roccasecca Kingdom of Sicily now known as Lazio, Italy, did several things throughout his life. He was a Dominican friar, Catholic priest, philosopher, and Doctor of the church. Thomas Aquinas is one of...

Library has become the house of books and a conducive place for the people who love to read. Collection of the library is growing in terms of print and non-print materials. Ergo, as it grows, it needs someone who can take care of it and...

Introduction Every activity and choices man makes aims at some good. The good in this case is that which all other things are directed to; it can be an activity or a product of some activity which becomes an end in itself. This end is...

Throughout the book Summa Contra Gentiles, there are numerous philosophical explanations made by Thomas Aquinas pertaining to God. One of these explanations revolves around God’s perfection. For this subject, Aquinas claims that God is the most perfect being by using information about God to support...

Introduction St. Thomas Aquinas was catholic preacher within the Dominican order and one of the significant medieval truth seekers and theologians. According to St. Thomas, “God is an intellect and with that it can be said the universe is structured into truth”. Explanation of the...

Aquinas emphasizes that the universe is the first universe intellect. It enables man to strive towards faith. Additionally, it comes through God directly and it is complete and self-sufficient. On the other hand, Aquinas believes that we can never achieve complete or final happiness in...

Aquinas said that everything in existence is moving and to enter an object into motion, it would need something to do enter it. Consequently, everything that is moving must have been set into motion by something else that was moving. Therefore, something must have started...

Since birth I have been raised as a member of the Catholic church. I have always believed in the various scripture, traditions, and rituals that are part of my religion. One of these traditions involves a ceremony which welcomes a new citizen into the kingdom...

”For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world...

The Transforming Vision written by Brian J. Walsh and J. Richard Middleton is a book that explains the Christian Worldview, cultural mandate, the metanarrative of scripture, dualism, the relationship between faith and reason, integration of faith and learning, and so much more. Walsh and Middleton...

A worldview is a set of belief and opinion on how we understand and perceive the world. Everyone has a virus of the world, an understanding of every concepts. There are many concepts that influences one’s perspective of the world. For instance, religion, parenting education...

Life as we know it, began when the Creator revealed Himself in Genesis 1. But today, centuries later our world is slowly falling apart. What once was this perfect, sinless life leaves us all either experiencing losses, facing pain, tragedies, or disappointments that are hard...

Justice Justice is a concept based on numerous ideas and theories coming from many different fields, viewpoints, and perspectives. Simply stated, justice means to be fair to all, or to set things right (Pomerleau n.d.). Although this definition seems simple it sparks important questions such...