He worked his way through Fordham University as a radio actor and singer, then took a job as a law clerk. Of residents aged 16–74, 16% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared to 20% nationwide.[36]. [158], Catholic theology distinguishes two senses of scripture: the literal and the spiritual.[159]. Riché, Pierre (1978): "Education and Culture in the Barbarian West: From the Sixth through the Eighth Century", Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. Awarded a community licence by Ofcom in late 2019 and due to launch in the next few years. These included the towns of Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Lee, Eltham, Charlton, Kidbrooke and Lewisham. [109][110], In Christian belief and practice, a sacrament is a rite, instituted by Christ, that confers grace, constituting a sacred mystery. The church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission,[361] and that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles. Arguments over death and resurrection claims occur at many religious debates and interfaith dialogues. These include Holy Leaven (Melka) and the sign of the cross. In the 7th century, Muslims conquered Syria (including Jerusalem), North Africa, and Spain, converting some of the Christian population to Islam, and placing the rest under a separate legal status. Mounstephen, Philip. [378] Protestants have developed their own culture, with major contributions in education, the humanities and sciences, the political and social order, the economy and the arts, and many other fields. [480][479], By the 3rd century, criticism of Christianity had mounted. With the Roman invasion, a road network was constructed to connect London to the Channel ports of Dover, Lympne and Richborough. The earliest locomotive-driven passenger-carrying railway in Britain was the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway which opened in 1830. The Christian population is not decreasing in Brazil, the southern United States,[283] and the province of Alberta, Canada,[284] but the percentage is decreasing. [52] William Caxton, who first introduced the printing press to England, was born in Kent; the recent invention was key in helping many Kent dialect words and spellings to become standard in English. "[172] Technically speaking, the grammatical-historical method of interpretation is distinct from the determination of the passage's significance in light of that interpretation. [106] Some denominations such as Confessional Lutheran churches continue to practice 'closed communion'. Evidence of such schools dates back to the 6th century CE. [64], Trinity refers to the teaching that the one God[66] comprises three distinct, eternally co-existing persons: the Father, the Son (incarnate in Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. Kent County Council has the largest education department of any local council in Britain,[74] In the 18th century, for example, Methodism grew out of Anglican minister John Wesley's evangelical revival movement. For other uses, see, Kent (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester upon Medway) (Structural Change) Order 1996, [Kent County Council – Climate Change Risk and Impact Assessment for Kent and Medway. "[38]:111 Also rejecting creeds are groups with roots in the Restoration Movement, such as the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada, and the Churches of Christ. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west. The spiritual sense is further subdivided into: Regarding exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation, Catholic theology holds: Protestant Christians believe that the Bible is a self-sufficient revelation, the final authority on all Christian doctrine, and revealed all truth necessary for salvation. The core of the Gospel of Thomas, in particular, may date from as early as AD 50 (although some major scholars contest this early dating),[153] and if so would provide an insight into the earliest gospel texts that underlie the canonical Gospels, texts that are mentioned in Luke 1:1–2. ), while Protestants and other Christians are on the rise in the developing world. [273] According to Pew Research Center, Africa is expected to be home to 1.1 billion African Christians by 2050.[262]. These books appear in the Septuagint, but are regarded by Protestants to be apocryphal. [377] This split within the Roman Catholic church is now called the Reformation. [243], In the era known as the Great Divergence, when in the West, the Age of Enlightenment and the scientific revolution brought about great societal changes, Christianity was confronted with various forms of skepticism and with certain modern political ideologies, such as versions of socialism and liberalism. At that point, Christianity was still a minority belief, comprising perhaps only five percent of the Roman population. Weber, Jeremy. – The Assyrian Church of the East", "The New Birth by John Wesley (Sermon 45)", "God's Preparing, Accepting, and Sustaining Grace", World Council of Churches: Evangelical churches, "Classification of Protestant Denominations", "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership", "Judaism and Christianity Unite! For other uses of Superman, see Superman (disambiguation). But still, God still existed as three persons in each of these times. Kent is sometimes known as the "Garden of England" for its abundance of orchards and hop gardens. [51] During the late 1930s, Nobel Prize-awarded novelist William Golding worked as a teacher at Maidstone Grammar School, where he met his future wife Ann Brookfield. [17] Christians remain persecuted in some regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia. [218][219] The Second Council of Lyon (1274) and the Council of Florence (1439) attempted to reunite the churches, but in both cases, the Eastern Orthodox refused to implement the decisions, and the two principal churches remain in schism to the present day. [171] The historical-grammatical method distinguishes between the one original meaning and the significance of the text. [84], Trinitarianism denotes Christians who believe in the concept of the Trinity. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. [351] Among its other social services are numerous charitable and humanitarian organizations. [86] Nontrinitarianism reappeared in the Gnosticism of the Cathars between the 11th and 13th centuries, among groups with Unitarian theology in the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century,[87] in the 18th-century Enlightenment, and in some groups arising during the Second Great Awakening of the 19th century. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’", Traditional ecclesiastical jurisidictions of, Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation. [50] With the motorways in the late twentieth century came the M2 motorway bridge spanning the Medway and the Dartford tunnel and the Dartford Bridge spanning the Thames. Jehovah's Witnesses hold to a similar view. The continued resistance of the Kentish people against the Normans led to Kent's designation as a semi-autonomous county palatine in 1067. During the following centuries, competition between Catholicism and Protestantism became deeply entangled with political struggles among European states.[231]. The Second Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (787) finally pronounced in favor of icons. The Kent Cricket League is the top level of club competition within Kent and features teams from throughout the county, including areas such as Beckenham and Bexley which were formerly part of the county. According to Catholic doctrine, Jesus' death satisfies the wrath of God, aroused by the offense to God's honor caused by human's sinfulness. [373], The Assyrian Church of the East, with an unbroken patriarchate established in the 17th century, is an independent Eastern Christian denomination which claims continuity from the Church of the East—in parallel to the Catholic patriarchate established in the 16th century that evolved into the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Pope. The ready supply of chalk and huge pits between Stone and Gravesend bear testament to that industry. The A2 runs through Dartford (A207), Gravesend, Rochester, Canterbury, and Dover; the A20 through Eltham, Wrotham, Maidstone, Charing, Ashford. Kent has three unique vernacular architecture forms: the oast house, the Wealden hall house, and Kentish peg-tiles. Kent has four universities: Canterbury Christ Church University with campuses throughout East Kent; University of Kent, with campuses in Canterbury and Medway; University of Greenwich (a London University), with sites at Woolwich, Eltham, London and Medway; the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) also has three of its five campuses in the county. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames (connected by land via High Speed 1 and the Dartford Crossing), and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. A gradual splitting off of Gentile Christianity left Jewish Christians continuing to follow the Law of Moses, including practices such as circumcision. Partly from missionary zeal, but under the impetus of colonial expansion by the European powers, Christianity spread to the Americas, Oceania, East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Kent County Council Local Education Authority maintains 96 secondary schools, of which 33 are selective schools and 63 are secondary modern schools. [223], The 15th-century Renaissance brought about a renewed interest in ancient and classical learning. [18][19], Early Jewish Christians referred to themselves as 'The Way' (Koinē Greek: τῆς ὁδοῦ, romanized: tês hodoû), probably coming from Isaiah 40:3, "prepare the way of the Lord. [37], Many Evangelical Protestants reject creeds as definitive statements of faith, even while agreeing with some or all of the substance of the creeds. Prominent Reformers included Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, and John Calvin. Jesus will fully establish the Kingdom of God in fulfillment of scriptural prophecies.[89][90]. [396], Links between interdenominational movements and other developments within Protestantism, Historical chart of the main Protestant branches. [121], Other major Christian symbols include the chi-rho monogram, the dove (symbolic of the Holy Spirit), the sacrificial lamb (representing Christ's sacrifice), the vine (symbolizing the connection of the Christian with Christ) and many others. [215] These were a series of military campaigns in the Holy Land and elsewhere, initiated in response to pleas from the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I for aid against Turkish expansion. Catholics further restrict participation to their members who are not in a state of mortal sin. Others claim inerrancy for the Bible in its original manuscripts, although none of those are extant. Cricket has traditionally been a popular sport in the county and Kent is considered one of the locations in which the game first developed. [166] He advocated for "one definite and simple understanding of Scripture". [140] The reformer Huldrych Zwingli admitted that he had offered prayers to the saints until his reading of the Bible convinced him that this was idolatrous.[141]. [349] The church teaches that through consecration by a priest, the sacrificial bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. [80] The Kent Women cricket team has won the Women's County Championship seven times since it was established in 1997. Sebanyak 154 Juta Jiwa Warga Dunia Telah Terpapar COVID-19 Sebanyak 154 Juta Jiwa Warga Dunia Telah Terpapar COVID-19 – Penyakit. On the other hand, groups such as the Anabaptists, who often do not consider themselves to be Protestant, originated in the Radical Reformation, which though sometimes protected under Acts of Toleration, do not trace their history back to any state church. During the Reformation, Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses 1517 against the sale of indulgences. Some of the churches originating during this period are historically connected to early 19th-century camp meetings in the Midwest and upstate New York. What is God's Purpose for the Earth?" A flexible term, defined as all forms of Protestantism with the notable exception of the historical denominations deriving directly from the Protestant Reformation. Canterbury Hockey Club and Holcombe Hockey Club both play in the top division in both the men's and women's England Hockey Leagues. Another new order was the Cistercians, whose large isolated monasteries spearheaded the settlement of former wilderness areas. Cement came to the fore in the 19th century when massive building projects were undertaken. [399] American Millennialism and Adventism, which arose from Evangelical Protestantism, influenced the Jehovah's Witnesses movement and, as a reaction specifically to William Miller, the Seventh-day Adventists. 17 seats were won by the United Kingdom Independence Party, 13 by the Labour Party, 7 by the Liberal Democrats, 1 by the Green Party and 1 by the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association. Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Ashford, and Folkestone are built on greensand,[27] while Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells are built on sandstone. It is used by a number of Christian denominations for both liturgical and catechetical purposes, most visibly by liturgical churches of Western Christian tradition, including the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, and Western Rite Orthodoxy. Nearer to London, market gardens also flourish. (MacCulloch, Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions (2009), Western Esotericism and the Science of Religion: Selected Papers Presented at the 17th Congress, From the Greek ἐσωτερικός (esôterikos, "inner"). The county town is Maidstone. [26] The earliest recorded use of the term "Christianity" (Χρῑστῐᾱνισμός, Khrīstiānismós) was by Ignatius of Antioch around 100 AD. [339] The Nicene Creed (325), however, is typically accepted as authoritative by most Christians, including the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and major Protestant (including Anglican) denominations. Kent's principal river, the River Medway, rises near East Grinstead in Sussex and flows eastwards to Maidstone. Your kingdom come. The literal sense of understanding scripture is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture. Kent's economy is greatly diversified: haulage, logistics and tourism are major industries. The East Kent coast inspired many of his works, including some of his most famous seascapes. These authors are known as the Church Fathers, and the study of them is called patristics. "[142] The Book of Common Prayer in the Anglican tradition is a guide which provides a set order for services, containing set prayers, scripture readings, and hymns or sung Psalms. It was not an entirely new religion in Armenia, having penetrated into the country from at least the third century, but it may have been present even earlier. [14][15], During the medieval and early modern period, Kent played a major role in several of England's most notable rebellions, including the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, led by Wat Tyler,[16] Roman persecution ended in 313 AD with the Edict of Milan. [104], Nearly all forms of worship incorporate the Eucharist, which consists of a meal. In the Catholic branch of Christianity, those who die in a state of grace, i.e., without any mortal sin separating them from God, but are still imperfectly purified from the effects of sin, undergo purification through the intermediate state of purgatory to achieve the holiness necessary for entrance into God's presence. 2002. David Stoll, "Is Latin America Turning Protestant?" [481][482] The Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry wrote the fifteen-volume Adversus Christianos as a comprehensive attack on Christianity, in part building on the teachings of Plotinus. Christianity has had a significant impact on education, as the church created the bases of the Western system of education,[426] and was the sponsor of founding universities in the Western world, as the university is generally regarded as an institution that has its origin in the Medieval Christian setting. 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