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  • instance, speak of the doctrine of Justification by Faith, which has a specific ... In Protestant theology, the concept of Justification by Faith is an ...
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  • IV. Concerning Justification—the doctrine of Justification by Faith ... and defense of the doctrine of Justification by Faith. XXI. Concerning ...
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  • Opinions are divided both as to its authorship—whether by James ... against the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith alone. ...
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  • emphasis on natural law, eternally planted by God in creation. Hooke argued ... did not believe in the doctrine of justification by faith, they could not be ...
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  • is the major Reformation topic of justification by faith. The articles in ... Lutheran doctrine of sola fide (justification by faith alone) articulated ...
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  • that reason is irrelevant to religious faith. Fideism can be both a response ... truth, which must instead be accepted only by faith. The philosopher Alvin ...
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  • authority of the Scriptures and justification by faith, no concession whatever ... Luther's doctrine of "justification by faith alone." ...
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  • power based upon a certain legitimacy, justification, and the right to exercise ... is recognized as legitimate and justified by both the powerful and the powerless ...
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  • doctrine that the adherents of a particular faith, or group of faiths, will ... that only those who adhere to the true faith will reach Heaven, while ...
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  • of a project which is halted pending action by another person. In literature ... of two dogmatic principles of Catholic faith, that all humans are born ...
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  • only individuals who personally confess faith in Jesus, therefore excluding ... Most Christians baptize their baby by either pouring water (affusion ...
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  • This progress of thought takes place by thinkers' radical renewal ... position that certain truth can be reached by the application of an appropriate ...
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  • is a common philosophical term and is used by many philosophers. The meaning ... an attempt to describe what is transcendent by negating what is finite and ...
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  • and primarily within the Christian faith. The "Ecumenical Movement ... total of seven ecumenical councils accepted by both Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
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  • that Christians are "justified by faith" and are "no ... The churches of Galatia were founded by Paul himself, together with ...
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  • ; it was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher, James ... notions, such as truth, belief, and justification. It also deals with the ...
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  • of an inward (invisible) grace, instituted by Jesus Christ” (Baltimore ... his chosen people. This event is interpreted by some Christians as a foreshadowing ...
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  • Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) is the application by ... The Wager is described by Pascal in the Pensées this way: ...
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  • the laws of ethics or morality as presented by religious authorities. Antinomianism ... . However, his doctrine of justification by faith has been accused ...
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  • seventeenth centuries and was coined later by non-Catholic historians to ... The Counter-Reformation greatly revived faith and piety, but it also had ...
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  • to have been his experience of justification by faith. So, Wesley wrote ... adhered to the doctrine of justification by faith alone. But, we have ...
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  • בן יוסף גאון ) also known by his Arabic name Said al-Fayyumi ... of the first century. Saadia emphasized this by naming his son Dosa. A statement ...
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  • for one's sins or wrongdoings, by being set free from guilt or ... sacrifice of animal or vegetable offerings, by which a person who had sinned ...
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  • religions. This position is characterized by the belief that while one set ... frameworks for understanding other faith perspectives. Jainism and ...
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  • fable of "The Fox and the Grapes" by Aesop, on failing to reach ... on the person. This theory, first proposed by Leon Festinger, states that ...
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  • responsibility based on an existential faith in the transcendent God. ... of Chicago where he was influenced by the social psychology and philosophy ...
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  • rationalist skepticism to fervent Christian faith, and applied his training ... Sermon: "Justification by Faith." [http://www.charlesgfinney ...
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  • allowed the gospel and did not claim to rule by divine right," whereas ... of Aristotle. But he was chiefly influenced by his great-uncle, Johann Reuchlin ...
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  • Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... of all believers, the doctrine of justification by faith alone, and a belief ...
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  • thumb|250px|right|Painting of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (1545), National ... the centrality of scripture and justification by faith and moved away from ...
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  • take a passive form, as expressed by the Jewish sage Hillel: "What ... quot;) whereby decisions are made primarily by considering one's duties ...
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  • forgiveness before the person could atone by bringing an offering to the ... of both individual and collective sins by the Jews as an important part ...
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  • From antiquity, lying has often been rejected and even condemned by ... not a sin, because it is sometimes possible, by telling a lie, to do service ...
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  • their husbands and be "cleansed" by them. Ephesians was also used ... began on this occasion was carried forward by Apollos, Aquila, and Priscilla ...
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  • is published in some fleeting form, as by spoken words or sounds, sign ... in pecuniary loss, which may be compensated by damages, but in the personal ...
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  • be either a legal or religious process. Justification for annulment is that ... # The marriage is prohibited by law due to the relationship between ...
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  • had a mission to initiate a new cultural age by uniting the Roman Catholic ... of thirteen, he had renounced his Orthodox faith and embraced materialism ...
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  • Gettier-style problems and those posed by skepticism. This highly influential ... to a broader public, explores love, death, faith, reality, and the meaning ...
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  • Justification by faith: Paul had several major impacts on the nature ... when Paul spoke about "justification by faith," he was referring ...
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  • follow the religious traditions developed by the established Church of England. and in the Roman Catholic form of the faith brought to England by Augustine ...
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  • This philosophy would later be applied by the Nazis in their Final ... before he was a year old, and he was raised by his grandmother in France. ...
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  • Cannibalism in Brazil in 1557, as described by Hans Staden.]] ... The ethical issues raised by this practice are complex, just as are ...
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  • a century, surviving numerous persecutions by the new Christian Roman Empire ... great persecution of the Christian church by Emperor Diocletian in 303-305 ...
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  • God through Mary's intercession. By all accounts he was a deeply ... Bernard's desire to enter a monastery, however, was opposed by ...
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  • Locke was a pious man. He defended a faith based on reason rather ... was a capable student, Locke was irritated by the undergraduate curriculum ...
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  • interaction between people of different faith communities, mostly following ... The rise of interreligious dialogue has been made possible by the ...
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  • destroyed what has been a society marked by remarkable religious tolerance ... and the use of Spanish as the lingua franca by millions. ...
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  • gates of Heaven. This doctrine was accepted by the fathers of the Church and ... allows for the expiation of sins committed by the elect. For them, the Reformation’s ...
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  • the rational study of the meaning and justification of fundamental religious ... the possibility of a relationship between faith and reason, between experience ...
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  • were no longer being martyred for their faith meant that burgeoning religious ... seen as an essential imitatio Christi: “by following [Christ] into the ...
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  • " was coined in Christendom by William Tyndale, the maker ... that were precisely defined and agreed upon by the early ecumenical councils ...
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  • providing a cogent defense of his new-found faith, also contain numerous biographical ... #039;s religious beliefs, as attested to by the fact that he speaks of ...
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  • of as the fundamental principles of its faith, usually resulting in a denouncement ... to the "fundamentals" of Biblical faith, and who stressed the literally ...
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  • did see the inconsistency between justification by faith alone and some of ... to show that the doctrine of justification by faith alone (sola fides ...
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  • of God, and the real existence of evil—by negating or qualifying one ... of God." The term was coined in 1710 by the German philosopher Gottfried ...
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  • solutions to some of the questions raised by Catholic doctrines, often startling ... Brescia and Pavia, where he had been invited by the Duke of Milan, Ludovico ...
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  • is accepted as part of the biblical canon by Catholics and Eastern Orthodox ... Wisdom of Ben Sira was translated into Greek by Jesus ben Sira's grandson ...
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  • a no-win situation, particularly one created by a law, regulation or circumstance. satirists. Although he is remembered mostly by his landmark Catch 22, his ...
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  • philosophy which was built upon Christian faith. In the sphere of the theory ... and its presuppositions were further exposed by phenomenologists after Husserl ...
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  • called "units of concresence," by which he meant the coming together ... quot; on page 88 of the corrected edition by David Ray Griffin and Donald ...
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  • truth about the whole of reality. Emboldened by the revolution in physics commenced ... its fruits. Its political thought developed by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), ...
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  • unity of normative ethics can be explored by understanding that the moral ... This is what John Rawls (1921-2002) means by the "independence of moral ...
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  • dialectic, it essentially means a process by which a person gradually comes ... and the scholastic tradition initiated by Aristotle, the dialectic refers ...
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  • to as "cults" or "sects" by governments and media became ... belongs to a culture which is conveyed by the language they speak and ...
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  • by the Methodists, such as Justification by Faith, and of the constant ... warmed” may have been over-exaggerated by some followers, but it has ...
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  • Latter Day Saint movement. It is regarded by most, if not all, Latter Day ... as part of the canon of sacred scripture by The Church of Jesus Christ ...
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  • Different theories on the origin of sin have been proposed by world ... some misfortune in the present life, or by being cast into Hell. All religions ...
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  • the nineteenth centuries, the ideas posited by these sociologists continue ... claim roughly 10 million Christians in 1900, by the beginning of the twenty ...
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  • pillar of monarchy in Europe, supported by the Holy Roman Empire. Considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all ...
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  • year 457 B.C.E., when the command was given by Artaxerxes I to rebuild Jerusalem ... the resurrection of the dead and justification by faith. There are, in addition ...
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  • Muslim usage, jihad is commonly followed by the expression fi sabil illah ... order for a general war could only be given by the Caliph (an office that ...
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  • and the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. By 1525, however, England’s ... and his wife Joan. His father is reported by various later sources to have ...
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  • ordered to explore a ford was carried away by the current, the King plunged ... prosperity which it had never before known. By the end of Louis' reign ...
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  • of metaphysical properties cannot be tested by empirical means and must therefore ... theism. Evolutionary science, supported by a large body of paleontological ...
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  • expression. In some cases, it is exercised by governing bodies but it is ... a hand-written confirmation of that decision by the local "Solidarność ...
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  • Chapter Three. Steiner was also influenced by Goethe's phenomenological ... the disputed area of Upper Silesia (claimed by both Poland and Germany.) His ...
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  • During the Shang, fate could be manipulated by the great deity Shang Di (Chinese: ... When the Shang were overthrown by the Zhou Dynasty, a new political ...
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  • agenda. That said, it is estimated that by December 1945, as many as 140 ... The intentional killing of civilians by the Allies of World War II—who ...
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  • life. The term “Utopia” was coined by Thomas More from the Greek ... of society. It is usually characterized by optimism that an ideal society ...
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  • Initially founded in 1789 by anti-royalist deputies from Brittany ... By the March on Versailles in October 1789, the club, still entirely ...
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  • Anne's life was marked by many crises, both personally and relating ... Anne's Lady of the Bedchamber, and, by Anne's desire to mark ...
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  • document, but it has been quoted in opinions by the United States Supreme Court ... that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class ...
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  • The meaning of the word truth extends from honesty, good faith, and ... , all from a Proto-Germanic *trewwj- "having good faith." ...
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  • War II, the classical pragmatism represented by these philosophers became unpopular ... sought to validate objective standards by evaluating what worked efficiently ...
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  • were men and women of profound Christian faith who took their convictions ... b.c.e.), who wrote, “it is manifest that by nature some are free and others ...
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  • Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs, by J. M. W. Silver, published in 1867]] starting out as a simple system of revenge by the individual, family, or ...
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  • English Reformation, initially triggered not by theological but political reasons ... Although Henry's personal life was no model, by claiming headship ...
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  • thinking.” At the same time, as expressed by its Greek etymology, philosophy ... assumptions and no leaps based on faith or pure analogy. Different ...
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  • the legal code of Bavaria and was knighted by the court. Ludwig’s eldest ... the Gymnasium in Ansbach he was introduced by his tutor to the speculative ...
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  • German idealism with scientific mechanism by asserting that scientific laws ... His two early books remained unnoticed by the reading public, and ...
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  • The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes by which ... those who opposed slavery also found justification for their opposition ...
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  • Zwingli arrived at similar conclusions by studying the scriptures as ... gone out to defend Zürich against an attack by an alliance of Swiss Catholic ...
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  • of affairs. Terms associated with conflict by people from over 60 countries ... the challenge of all people to resolve this by training the body with discipline ...
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  • terms such as fiqh (jurisprudence), deen (faith), and ilm (knowledge) were ... extracted based on principles established by Islamic lawyers and judges ...
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  • Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... people. The world has been shaped and molded by the creation and break-up of ...
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  • versions, his text was distinguished by its reliance on the Greek, ... Jerome is recognized as a Saint and Doctor of the Church by the Roman ...
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  • pro-revolutionary "New Whigs," led by Charles James Fox. Edmund Burke’s ... Burke was taken up by the literary and artistic circles of London ...
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  • This faith in rationality emerged early in Hook's life. Even ... of the American Workers Party, led by the Dutch-born pacifist minister ...
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  • His interest in mission was stimulated by reading accounts of the exploration ... have influenced Hindu reform. He was rebuked by the Secretary of the Baptist ...
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  • casting contempt upon the cause of reform by exposing the ignorance or weakness ... Reformation doctrine, that of justification by faith, though not in fully ...
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