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What do these laws reveal about Roman attitudes towards the deceased?

Read The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE. Answer and discuss the accompanying questions: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/12tables.a… 1.What kinds of issues do these laws address? Which appear most important and why? Is there any overarching theme to these laws? Why was it important for plebeians to have a written law code? How might it have protected them? Why were […]

Provide an extensive rationale for your explanation, including citations from the class text, scripture, and other scholarly sources.

Read Peterson: Chapters 6-7, Borchert Chapter 6-8,10, Romans 12, Colossians 3:1-17. After reading the text and scripture, and viewing the presentations for this module, discuss your understanding of Romans 12 as it relates to the worship of God. Provide an extensive rationale for your explanation, including citations from the class text, scripture, and other scholarly […]

Did Augustus manifest the ideals and flaws of the Romans or the Greeks?

For your first post: Consider whether Augustus created a successful state or an unsuccessful state. Include both his impacts during his lifetime but also anything you think is a consequence of his reign in the Empire up to 284 C.E. but not beyond that date. You can weigh both specific actions and structural changes. Preparation: […]

Do Christians have to keep the Law today?

Debate Question: Do Christians have to keep the Law today? Students are assigned differing perspectives on this question based on the first letter of their last names, with A-M defending the proposition “Yes, they do,” In your thread, you should discuss what Paul meant by the term “Law.” You should also discuss both the traditional […]

Write an essay on what characteristics of these earlier cultures were adopted and for what purpose by the Romans

Roman Art influenced. Write a 500 words in your own words about the following topic. : The development of Roman art was strongly influenced by their contact with other cultures, such as the Greeks and Etruscans. Write an essay on what characteristics of these earlier cultures were adopted and for what purpose by the Romans. […]

Do you agree with the pacifist claim that taking up one’s cross and following Christ includes renouncing deadly violence? If not, how should we interpret the first three passages above? How can we reconcile Paul’s teachings in Romans 12 and 13? Are Christians allowed to serve in the military? Can they work for the government? If so, are they subject to a different set of rules, norms, and values than their non-Christian counterparts?Explain

Do you agree with the pacifist claim that taking up one’s cross and following Christ includes renouncing deadly violence? If not, how should we interpret the first three passages above? How can we reconcile Paul’s teachings in Romans 12 and 13? Are Christians allowed to serve in the military? Can they work for the government? […]