How Do We Gain Eternal Life?

How do we gain/have eternal life?  Simple, we can find this out reading our Bibles.  However, let’s say that we live in the 1300s and Bible haven’t been published yet.  So, where do we go to find out how we can gain/get eternal life?  Let’s look in a book, called Little Flowers.

Augustus and Christianity

Augustus had a specific view of Christianity’s role in history.  We Christians are supposed to fear God.  We are supposed to not fear opposition from persecutors.  Christians are to obey God’s Law.  Augustus tells us this, and he’s not far off from what the Bible tells Christians to do.

Paul, Justin Martyr, God, and You

Both Christians, both believers in God, Jesus, Ten Commandments, Paul and Justine shared the same rules of God’s law.  Paul, the writer of most of the book in the New Testament, wrote in the Bible what God wanted the Romans, Ephesians, Thessalonians, Galatians, Corinthians, Colossians, Philippians, Hebrews, and Philemon, Timothy, Titus, and, finally, more importantly, us to know.  Justin, likewise, wrote his own book, First Apology, confirming what we should do that God wants us to do.  Now, let’s compare two similar parts from the Bible and First Apology.

The Church and the Gregorian Reform

In the tenth- and eleventh- centuries, the Church become under what is known as Lay Control.  Lay Control is when authority takes control over some business, agency, etc.  In this case, the local lords controlled the Church.  This led the Church to become a part in the feudal system.  Then all of this signals Pope Leo IX to take a stand and do something.  Later in the eleventh-century, we then see St. Gregory VII, whom the Gregorian Reform was named after, in a fight with the emperor of Germany, Henry IV.  And finally, Christendom and its meaning.

Jesus Vs. Zeus

Jesus and Zeus are different. Zeus is a god, whereas, Jesus is the God. Each have their stories; each is different. Zeus is a jealous, quick to anger, and a punishing god. Jesus is somewhat similar; He punishes sinners, but He controls His anger. Jesus loves man; however, Zeus does not. Here is their ethical teaching and behavior.