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- to an action being intrinsically wrong as in deontological theories. The ... to 'love thy neighbour' taught in the Bible. He believed that ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 22:41, 29 January 2023
- A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed ... used by Reverend Samuel Peters (1735-1826) in his book, General History of ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 23:53, 11 January 2023
- Sabbath or Shabbat (Hebrew: שבת, shabbāt, "rest"; Shabbos ... Christianity inherited the Jewish tradition of Sabbath, but gradually ...24 KB (3,695 words) - 18:30, 22 December 2022
- was a Christian bishop of Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey) in the second century ... nascent Christian community, Polycarp was martyred in Smyrna. ...21 KB (3,429 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- Fragments, is one of the works found in multiple fragmentary copies ... The document seems to have been written in stages between 175 B.C.E. and ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 22:57, 22 June 2020
- holds Halakha to be binding, but believes in a progressive tradition by ... civil, criminal, and religious law, but in the modern era Jews are generally ...19 KB (2,783 words) - 16:56, 21 January 2024
- In biblical times the shofar was used as a signaling device in time ... manner of playing it is closely prescribed in Jewish tradition, although ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- for the revival of the study of logic in England in the early part of ... clergy. Even more radically, he spoke out in favor of granting of civil ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 01:50, 14 December 2022
- 350 B.C.E.-70 C.E.). The group was founded in the second century B.C.E., ... associated with the leadership of the Temple in Jerusalem. ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- day") is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year ... Pentecost is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, or Whit Sunday in the ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- , or lawlessness (Greek: ανομια), in theology, is the idea that ... one hand, religious rules/laws have been set in motion for the purpose of helping ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 06:34, 31 July 2023
- were given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai in two stone tablets. ... Upon these tablets were listed ten ethical precepts that are listed ...37 KB (5,883 words) - 02:58, 19 April 2023
- I, was the leading Jewish teacher of his day in the first half of the first ... leader who saved the disciples from death in a story in the Book of Acts ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- from the Malabar coast (now Kerala) in South India, who follow Syriac ... such as covering their heads while in worship and holding their ritual ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Creation is a theological notion or position in many religions or ... quot; is part of the purpose of creation in all religions. That purpose ...31 KB (4,834 words) - 01:16, 7 April 2022
- and his disciple, Timothy, to the church in Colossae. It is particularly ... Colossians represents an example of "high Christology," ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:41, 7 January 2024
- to a Jewish movement within contemporary Christianity. Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia ... believe that they needed to be circumcised in order to be true Christians ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- the news of Jesus' death, he "went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved ... Nicodemus, he took the body and wrapped it in the fine linen, sprinkling ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- is the largest English-language daily paper in the country. The newspaper ... the world. It maintains an online edition. In print, the Jerusalem Post also ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 02:34, 1 August 2022
- a rabbi and Jewish religious authority born in Jerusalem sometime before 70 ... The Tannaim were rabbinic sages in Judaism, who over a period of 130 ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 09:06, 30 December 2021
- August 3, 1964) was an American author, born in Savannah, Georgia. She is generally ... classic Gothic archetypes, portraying them in a more modern and realistic manner. ...24 KB (3,778 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- :In keeping with, and seeking to respect the sacred in the tradition ... binding on non-Jews. These laws are listed in the Talmud and elucidated by ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 09:58, 11 March 2023
- The Dönmeh emerged in the late seventeenth century, after Sabbatai ... onward, the largest group of Dönmeh existed in what is today Turkey and Greece ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- that Saturday, rather than Sunday, is the Sabbath. In addition, the group ... freedom of religion. They are also involved in education and scholarship, ...48 KB (7,327 words) - 10:10, 26 January 2023
- Born in Halberstadt in today's Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Jacobson ... cordial relations between Jews and Gentiles in Europe. In 1801 he created ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- In Jewish tradition, a cantor or hazzan is a musician trained in the ... Cantors lead the congregation in song and chanted prayer, and serve ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- sinned could receive absolution. Early Christianity abandoned this practice ... absolution, especially for monks and nuns. In Hinduism an act or rite of ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- famous New Testament parable appearing only in the Gospel of Luke ( ... is such that to be called a Samaritan in Western culture today is to ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- * Genesis (בראשית, Bereshit: "In the beginning… ") ... * Numbers (במדבר, Bamidbar: "In the desert… ") ...24 KB (3,856 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- of the Good Samaritan, are found only in this gospel. The Gospel also ... Scholarship today is in wide agreement that both the Gospel and Acts ...37 KB (5,253 words) - 12:12, 24 January 2023
- They have gained fame in modern times due to the discovery of the ... Whether or not they lived at Qumran, the Essenes also lived elsewhere ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 21:31, 20 March 2024
- He then hosted a feast with his colleagues in Jesus' honor and immediately ... Modern scholarship now doubts that he was in fact the writer of this work. ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- Among Christians, Lent (known as "Great Lent" in Eastern ... the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In particular, Lent is also a ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s. Its roots are firmly ... defiantly counter-cultural stagecraft. In song lyrics, bands such as ...41 KB (6,469 words) - 21:31, 26 December 2020
- recognized as the founder of Reform Judaism in the United States. A skilled ... Born in Bohemia, Wise was educated in Prague and Vienna, receiving ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- or Kata Matthaion) is a synoptic gospel in the New Testament, one of four ... problem), and it appears as the first gospel in most Bibles. Secular scholarship ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- a Confederate general who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and ... Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1806 to Sarah and William ...10 KB (1,572 words) - 08:03, 6 March 2023
- a Christian spiritual movement that arose in the later Middle Ages. The ... Today, there are several active congregations of Waldensians in Europe ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- defense of oral tradition and revelation in response to the Karaite movement ... attributed to him; many of these are used in Jewish liturgical services ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- The Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the books in the New Testament ... need to be made yearly and are ineffective in any case. Only through faith ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- Marranos or Secret Jews were Jews resident in the Iberian peninsula ... Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- between the start of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Concordat of 1801 ... were executed. The church's role in France was permanently altered. ...27 KB (3,836 words) - 09:01, 28 January 2024
- the Jewish people. While far from monolithic in practice and having no centralized ... revealed his laws and commandments to them in the form of the Torah. Jewish ...32 KB (4,804 words) - 20:55, 4 October 2022
- aesthetic purposes and religious worship. In the latter case, the light ... Prior to the candle being ignited, the wick is saturated with the ...26 KB (4,080 words) - 19:18, 25 November 2023
- the core of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible. In Christianity, the Pentateuch ... * Genesis (בראשית, Bereshit: "In the beginning…") ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- is derived from biblical commandments found in the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy ... In Orthodox Judaism, tzitzit (plural: tzitzyot) are worn only by men ...20 KB (3,211 words) - 00:42, 3 May 2023
- the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion ... The holiday is celebrated with processions in which Christians carry ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- its production and consumption entirely. In predominantly Muslim countries ... Most of the biggest supporters in all countries have been women, often ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- In England, Methodist ministers who took their inspiration from the ... ==Camp meetings in America== ===Character=== As large populations of ...15 KB (2,238 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- of Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity. It is the second book ... geography by describing a traveling route in MK. 7:31, "Then he returned ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- sister monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that claim ... while his son Ishmael (Isma'il) is seen in Muslim tradition as the ancestor ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- personal guilt and need for Jesus Christ. In the process he captured a shift ... if not perfect, the self and society. In its wake, converts generated ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- the Nile, to the scene of Moses meeting God in the burning bush, Moses and ... While Exodus is the name assigned to the book in Christian tradition ...26 KB (4,281 words) - 07:28, 17 November 2023
- In ancient biblical times, the Israelites were strictly warned to ... regarding how Gentiles should be treated. In New Testament times, these ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- increasingly strict devotions, culminating in 37 years on a small platform ... ==Context: Asceticism in Early Christianity== asceticism ...22 KB (3,506 words) - 20:42, 21 April 2023
- for the purpose of ritual purification in conjunction with prayer within ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- precursors of Rabbinic Judaism. They emerged in opposition to the corruption ... the Jewish Revolt against Rome resulted in the destruction of the Temple ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- constraints bring them greater freedom in various areas of their lives ... and hermits, who withdraw from the world in order to live an ascetic life; ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- of the Middle Ages. Ibn Ezra excelled in philosophy, astronomy and astrology ... Born in Spain, he spent much of his life traveling in North Africa ...14 KB (2,169 words) - 06:29, 14 June 2023
- a cycle of poems about erotic love, largely in the form of a dialogue between ... The role of sexuality in human experience is undeniably powerful, ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- Semitic mother goddess, appearing also in Akkadian sources as Ashratu ... In the Judeo-Christian tradition Asherah is considered a false Canaanite ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... the Cappadocian Fathers were instrumental in helping to establish it. Later ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. While not strictly ... the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and are significant ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- to Assyria around 722 B.C.E. The exile in Babylon—which directly affected ... While the Jews in Babylon did not suffer greatly in the physical sense ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... as far as India. The churches of Malankara in India trace their roots back ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- A fast may be total or partial, and may vary in duration and frequency. Depending ... since pre-history. The practice is mentioned in the Bible, in both the Old ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- Pentecostalism is a movement within Evangelical Christianity that ... the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- greatest defenders of historical Calvinism in America during the nineteenth ... advocated. Devotion to Christ was foremost in his experience, and it was ...15 KB (2,292 words) - 19:10, 4 December 2023
- principles of its faith, usually resulting in a denouncement of alternative ... Historically, the term "fundamentalism" was first used in ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- annual holiday. It occurs on December 24 in Western Christianity and the ... Christmas Eve is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying ...27 KB (4,071 words) - 21:38, 10 December 2023
- ), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... Jesus clearly is a significant figure in the Qur'an, appearing ...59 KB (9,594 words) - 02:51, 1 August 2022
- Circumcision predates recorded human history, with depictions in stone ... Male circumcision is a religious commandment in Judaism, expected ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- as “The Friendly Islands,” is situated in the Tongan archipelago in the ... as hip-hop and opera singers. Everyday life in Tonga is heavily influenced ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- In Judaism, a Sanhedrin (Hebrew: סנהדרין; Greek: συνέδριον, ... judges biblically required in every Jewish city. [http://www.blueletterbible ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- the true name of God, and he is honored in Jewish tradition as a person ... Hebrew children should be killed by drowning in the Nile River (Ex. 3). The ...40 KB (6,642 words) - 20:52, 26 August 2020
- or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in ... please, versus the state's interest in maintaining order by imposing ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Animal rights is a philosophical concept in bioethics that considers ... awarding recognition of animal rights. In 2002, Germany recognized animals ...32 KB (4,972 words) - 06:14, 28 July 2023
- The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern Pacific ... famed for being the least populated country in the world. ...17 KB (2,562 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order to dedicate himself to ... (Eremitic Monasticism) while others live in a community with like-minded ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- The Temple in Jerusalem was originally built in ancient Jerusalem ... The original Temple was destroyed in 586 B.C.E. by the Babylonians ...30 KB (4,700 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- a hatred of oppression." Although born in Cicero, New York, Gage maintained ... Her awareness that equality in law does not automatically translate ...19 KB (2,944 words) - 16:51, 7 November 2022
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon ... while modern secularists regard belief in demons as superstition. Demons ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- writer of children's literature in nineteenth-century Britain ... to India, she converted to evangelical Christianity and began to write for ...47 KB (7,022 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- In the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms are counted among the "Writings ... scholarship generally doubts that the Psalms in their current form could be ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- intervention, or to the work of a demon (as in the case of Simon Magus). The ... fraudulent, others (such as the Paschal Fire in Jerusalem) have not proven ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- foundation for the development of Christianity in the West and the East ... the Jewish group of ascetic hermits in the Egyptian desert that Philo ...29 KB (4,517 words) - 04:00, 24 November 2022
- Hippo, was one of the most important figures in the development of Christianity ... Born in what is present-day Algeria as the eldest son of Saint Monica ...65 KB (10,155 words) - 19:07, 21 August 2023
- of "scholars with advanced degrees in biblical studies, religion ... One of the most active groups in biblical criticism, [http://www.religioustolerance ...36 KB (5,268 words) - 08:35, 3 April 2024
- Once considered to be a lost text, the Didache was rediscovered in ... before, some reject it, and others place it in the canon." ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- Society of Friends (or Quakers), originating in Manchester, England in the ... shaking, singing, and glossolalia (speaking in strange and unknown languages ...23 KB (3,664 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- to the Greco-Roman world and culminating in the Nazi Holocaust. Before ... been racial anti-Semitism. With its origins in the cultural anthropological ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 2023
- misuse of the death penalty greatly declined in the nineteenth and twentieth ... more appropriate than execution. Yet, in the ideal society, human beings ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa. It has ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...47 KB (6,926 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- the eighteenth-century evangelical revival in Great Britain and founder of ... the Reformation and modern eras of Christianity. His near death as a child ...47 KB (7,294 words) - 04:38, 3 May 2024
- a promising baseball career to embrace Christianity. Not content to be a member ... revivals and other missionary campaigns in America's largest cities ...47 KB (7,375 words) - 22:05, 3 February 2022
- medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. These ... to many persecuted minorities seeking refuge in Jersey. This has left a rich ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- Bible, also called The First Book of Moses. In Hebrew, it is known as בראשית ... act of creation, the origins of humankind in Adam and Eve, the first sin ...32 KB (5,356 words) - 06:45, 18 April 2024
- Scotland (Scottish Gaelic Alba) is a nation in northwest Europe and ... May 1, 1707, when the Acts of Union resulted in a political union with the ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 23:12, 30 July 2023
