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- The Second Epistle of John, also called 2 John, is a book of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. It is the shortest book of the Bible, ...8 KB (1,363 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- The Epistle to Philemon is a book of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. Philemon is now generally regarded as one of the undisputed works ...9 KB (1,498 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- The Third Epistle of John (also referred to as 3 John) is a book of the New Testament. It is the sixty-fourth book of the Christian Bible—its ...7 KB (1,190 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- " which may be an early use of this Christian title for Rome, familiar ... about thirty-five references to the Hebrew Bible, all of which, however, come ...7 KB (1,040 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- appears in the New Testament and early Christian writings, and is known ... Gehenna is often mentioned in the New Testament of the Christian Bible ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- The spectrum of Christian theological views on the meaning of 144 ... of Jacob (also called Israel in the Bible) have a distinct role at ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 06:27, 13 June 2023
- reformer and scholar who translated the Bible into the Early Modern English ... that if lay people had direct access to the Bible they would misinterpret and ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- "Harmony of Four") is an early Christian text written by the apologist ... Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why (HarperCollins, 2005 ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- position that in its original form, the Bible is totally without error ... basic moral and theological truths of the Bible, cannot in good conscience ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:41, 1 October 2023
- prophetic texts included within the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) as well as the Christian ... – the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Obadiah simply ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- The Epistle of Jude is a book in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Considered one of the "general epistles" because it is addressed ...9 KB (1,490 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- TaNaK (Hebrew: תנ״ך), or Tanakh, is an acronym for the Hebrew ... In the Christian Bible, Daniel and the Book of Esther sometimes include ...11 KB (1,531 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- The Deuterocanonical books of the Bible are books considered by the ... quot;; they either omit them from the Bible, or include them in a section ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- great controversy and challenged the Christian consensus of his time. ... printed. His book on The Rights of the Christian Church had an immense impact ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- in many English translations of the Bible, although it is not generally ... and the Book of Enoch, as well as to Christian works such as the Book ...13 KB (2,222 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- is a short book of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. Written to the Christian church at Thessalonika (modern Thessaloniki or Salonica, Greece ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 20:43, 17 May 2023
- the text of the the first five books of the Bible, also called the Torah or ... its laws, but reject the rest of the Hebrew Bible. In the Bible, the Samaritans ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- to a Judaizing heresy which insisted on Christian conformity with Jewish ... Young men should act with self-control. Christian slaves must obey their ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- that brought Neoplatonic thought into the Christian debates about trinity, ... his Neoplatonic views after becoming a Christian, being particularly influenced ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- In the Slavonic editions of the Bible this book is called "2 ... determining what books belonged in the Christian version of the "Old ...11 KB (1,713 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2023
- The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the Bible's New Testament ... than on Christ. Those who share in the Christian life must "put to ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:41, 7 January 2024
- 100 C.E.Stephen L Harris, Understanding the Bible (Palo Alto: Mayfield, 1985). have traditionally been printed in the Bible is not the order of their ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- Zur, one of the sites in the land of the Bible which William Albright helped ... became noted leaders in the study of the Bible and the ancient Middle East ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- quot;) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. Classified as one of the ... Ruth is one of the shortest books in both Jewish and Christian scripture ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 00:40, 19 November 2023
- A cherub (Hebrew: כרוב, plural כרובים kruvim) is a supernatural entity mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible, and in the Christian ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 18:30, 8 December 2023
- standards of doctrine, subordinate to the Bible. The Westminster Confession ... then adopted in part as the Articles of Christian Religion in 1648, by act ...10 KB (1,440 words) - 17:22, 4 May 2023
- of the Goths, missionary, translator of the Bible, and inventor of the first ... In Moesia, Ulfilas translated the Bible from Greek into the Gothic ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament, the ... to by a trinity found nowhere else in Christian scriptures: "the Spirit ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- to several parents of sons in the Hebrew Bible, as well as to Zechariah ... Christian churches, particularly within the Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...12 KB (2,039 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- principally developed in the 1960s by the Christian Episcopal priest Joseph ... on love was the best way to express the Christian principle to 'love ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 22:41, 29 January 2023
- the Dragon does not appear in the Hebrew Bible. Catholic and Orthodox Bibles ... serpent, called Rahab and Leviathan in the Bible, a theme which occurs several ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- #039;s monogram and is still used in Christian art, often in combination ... in all their fullness. What the Hebrew Bible had said of God, John the ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- In many Christian churches, Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance and ... in Eastern Christianity, and in other Christian denominations, including ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 04:01, 18 August 2023
- The Epistle to the Ephesians is one of the books of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. Elegantly written as a summary of many of the core ...15 KB (2,422 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- face value. While his commentaries on the Bible are noted for their brevity ... and humility. He was conversant with Christian theology and is thought ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 00:39, 8 December 2022
- Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers ... YMCA movement and did much to spread the Christian message in the United States ...14 KB (2,134 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- The New Testament is the name given to the second and final portion of the Christian Bible. It is the sacred scripture and central element of ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- reference to the body of believers of the Christian Church, or the Ecclesia ... Bible Gateway, [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 23:02, 20 November 2023
- March 28, 1930) was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, essayist, Biblical ... Movement), a network of individual Bible study groups deliberately ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- Jews from Rome around 49 C.E., because of Christian disturbances. ... It is purest Gospel. It is well worth a Christian's while not only to ...13 KB (2,049 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- Marcion of Sinope (ca. 110-160 C.E.) was a Christian theologian who ... Marcion was deemed a heretic for his rejection of the whole Hebrew ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- classical philosophers with medieval Christian theology. It was not a ... In early Christian schools, especially after the beginning of the ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 17:20, 25 January 2023
- The Book of Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Christian Old Testament. Also known to Jews as the Megillah (Scroll) it is the basis ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- texts of wisdom found in Gnostic and Christian sects. Over time, the term ... Surviving manuscripts of the whole Christian Bible include at least ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- is one of the Deuterocanonical books of the Bible. It is one of the seven sapiential ... These verses have long been taken by Christian exegetes as references ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 18:44, 20 November 2023
- Christ. He, thus, reaffirmed the basic Christian faith, while also confronting ... reticence to affirm the inerrancy of the Bible made his views suspect among ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 08:14, 31 December 2020
- of Christ, one of the most well-known Christian books on devotion. ... composition, and copying. He copied the Bible no less than four times, ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- of it was included in either the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament. ... that was not included in the Christian Bible. ==Old Testament era apocalyptic ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- its doors to the West in 1853, many Christian clergymen were sent to ... percentage of the population of Japan, Christian thought has been a powerful ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- of the Savior"), a term used in Christian tradition, refers to the ... Advent (and adventism) has its roots in Hebrew and Christian prophetic ...6 KB (939 words) - 14:01, 7 May 2024
- of Abraham's wife Sarah in the Bible. She became Abraham's ... subjugated by Israel. Jews, who take the Bible's view that Sarah was ...12 KB (1,936 words) - 07:22, 16 January 2024
- is a book of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. Officially from Paul, Timothy and Silas but clearly the work primarily of Paul, it was ...12 KB (1,921 words) - 17:23, 28 March 2024
- The Book of Zechariah is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament attributed to the prophet Zechariah, who prophesied after the ...16 KB (2,596 words) - 13:06, 13 February 2024
- Ecclesiology, in Christian theology, is the study of doctrine pertaining ... The Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible used ἐκκλησία ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 11:58, 7 May 2024
- criticism that seeks to analyze the Bible through asking certain questions ... and place of writing for each book of the Bible. In the twentieth century ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 03:40, 1 October 2023
- to the Jordan in both the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, yet perhaps its ... The Christian Bible mentions the Jordan frequently, about 175 times ...11 KB (1,805 words) - 06:19, 6 May 2024
- The Book of Obadiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible (and the Christian Old Testament), where it holds the honor of being the shortest ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
- , portrayed as the most wicked woman in the Bible. A Phoenician princess, her ... The Bible, our only near-contemporaneous source for Jezebel, says ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 03:03, 1 August 2022
- important in discussions on the Christian concept of original sin ... master by obeying God's commandment. Christian theology on the subject ...10 KB (1,556 words) - 22:55, 14 May 2020
- The Epistle to the Philippians is a book of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. It is a letter from St. Paul to the church of Philippi ...10 KB (1,691 words) - 20:40, 17 May 2023
- religious tradition as intolerably anti-Christian. He attempted to have copies ... from jail was contingent on his becoming a Christian.) [[Image:Talmud ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 07:19, 5 April 2024
- 2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible which focuses ... work to be canonical and thus part of the Bible, while Protestants and Jews ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- inspired and thus constituting the Christian Bible. Though the Early Church ... The canonical Christian Bible was formally established by Bishop Cyril ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- Some scholars of the Bible have suggested that John made creative ... the laws of logic were contained in the Bible itself and were therefore ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- the ancestor of King David in the Hebrew Bible and of Jesus Christ in the ... Though ignored in most Christian sources, Tamar played an important ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman ... (Galatians 5:12) He argued forcefully for Christian freedom from the Jewish ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- Christian symbolism is defined as the investing of outward things ... ==Symbols drawn from pre-Christian traditions== Common in most Christian ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- In the Bible, a specific but unidentified "Mount Carmel" ... In the Bible, Carmel is first mentioned as the location of Jokneam ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- Moral theology or Christian ethics is an Ethics developed from and ... Christian ethics developed while early Christians were subjects of ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 21:19, 9 November 2022
- The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the ... form an interesting development in early Christian ethics. One precept deserving ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- + annum "year") is a view in Christian eschatology named for its ... even in the first three centuries of the Christian era, during which premillennalism ...19 KB (2,732 words) - 07:00, 25 July 2023
- ) was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He was the eighth of the twelve ... many early recensions of the Christian Bible. In this account, the ...13 KB (2,086 words) - 00:31, 30 July 2023
- His story is contained in the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of Genesis, ... to God, the first altar mentioned in the Bible, and made an offering. ...17 KB (2,732 words) - 18:11, 11 November 2023
- The Book of Haggai is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), written by the eponymous prophet ...17 KB (2,714 words) - 00:10, 19 November 2023
- the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible completed by the Jews of ... Ancient Fiction: The Matrix of Early Christian and Jewish Narrative. Atlanta: ...9 KB (1,497 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- or in the Apostolic Fathers to refer to Christian “patriarchs,” or the ... com/2peter.html 2 Peter at Early Christian Writings] Category:Bible ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- on the various different books of the Bible. The Midraish Rabbah is not ... * Yalkut Shimoni. A collection of midrashim on the entire Hebrew Bible ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- story is told in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. ... priests and prophets, as well as the Christian apostle, Paul of Tarsus. ...14 KB (2,238 words) - 22:37, 7 December 2022
- Torah, or first five books of the Hebrew Bible) was not literally revealed ... === Traditional Jewish and Christian beliefs === The traditional view ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- Empire, he was raised in Rome by devout Christian parents. His life coincided ... the standard Latin translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate, and ...13 KB (2,066 words) - 18:08, 24 January 2024
- Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... have become permanent parts of the Christian-based western ethical and ...17 KB (2,713 words) - 00:25, 19 November 2023
- Bible critics tend to take the view that these passages reflect the ... adopted in the early centuries of the Christian era for the Sacrament of ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year, celebrated ... The Christian term "Pentecost" simply means "fiftieth ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- In the Hebrew Bible, Ishmael's life is described in the Book ... ==Jewish and Christian tradition== Judaism has generally viewed Ishmael ...15 KB (2,619 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- They form the core of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible. In Christianity, the Pentateuch ... of the Old Testament. Thus, the Christian Bible incorporates the Pentateuch ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- Christ, and is traditionally used as a Christian symbol. Different types ... as a disturbance of the peace. Yet, the bible also records that Pilate ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- In the Bible, Shechem was the first place where the patriarch Abraham ... Shechem's position is clearly indicated in the Bible. It lay ...12 KB (1,941 words) - 21:20, 6 October 2022
- In Christian tradition, Elizabeth is revered as a saint. Modern scholarship ... several other providential women in the Bible, Elizabeth was barren. Luke ...13 KB (2,077 words) - 09:20, 30 December 2021
- interpretation of the Alexandrian Christian tradition, which incorporated ... Syria (now Samsat, Turkey), to wealthy Christian parents. Following their ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. The term originally meant "songs sung to a harp, ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- called in the Orthodox tradition, was a Christian Apostle and the younger ... According to Christian sources, Andrew was born at Bethsaida on the ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- The Harrowing of Hell is a doctrine in Christian theology, derived ... Other references in the Bible have also been interpreted by some to ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- The Epistle of James is a book in the Christian New Testament. The ... attitude toward salvation than some other Christian works, especially the letters ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- According to Christian and Jewish traditions, the number of archangels ... ” are the equivalent of archangels in Christian theology. Some interpreters ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 02:14, 9 January 2023
- order and forbidding women to serve as Christian teachers or ministers. ... in 2 Tim. 1:5. His mother was a Jewish Christian and his father was Greek ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 17:23, 28 March 2024
- In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Jonah is the fifth in a series of ... sharply with earlier books of the Hebrew Bible as well as later ones such ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- The Book of Nahum is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), and was ostensibly written by the ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 20:35, 17 May 2023
- the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper The Christian Science Monitor. society. She made her discovery of Christian Science at a time when ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- Sentences for two years, and apart from the Bible, Sentences has been one of ... the Church influenced the development of Christian theology in Europe. The ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- called "bone-conjurers," in the Bible. The Book of Deuteronomy ... society were either the nobles or Christian clergy. Either of these ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin ... Calvinism is also known for some notable experiments in Christian ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 18:38, 25 November 2023
- ===Ichthus as a Christian symbol=== ====Symbolic meaning==== ... motif is an adaptation based on an Early Christian symbol which included a ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- There is debate among Christian and secular scholars about whether ... Jericho is found in the Book of Joshua. The Bible describes the destruction ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- himself but a member of the later Pauline Christian community. ... been written by a person who received the Christian message from others, ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- #039; teaching for Matthew's Jewish-Christian audience. It emphasizes ... works in all of literature, let alone the Bible itself. One of the key points ...16 KB (2,654 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- beyond death. For this purpose, some Christian thinkers make a controversial ... one can still find passages in the Hebrew Bible that can be considered to ...21 KB (3,169 words) - 19:58, 8 December 2022
- word “Calvary” comes into the English Bible only from the King James ... of Jesus' crucifixion in the Christian canonical Gospels: ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer ... John was no scholar, except of the English Bible. He knew scripture thoroughly ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 04:30, 3 August 2022
- was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Christian tradition identifies him ... minor. He is recognized as a saint in all Christian traditions which venerate ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 17:09, 4 May 2024
- are inferred by accounts in the Hebrew Bible, which refer to them frequently ... In early Christian literature, the idea of the hieros gamos may also ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions ... split from the larger body of the Christian Church centuries before ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- on politics, religion, philosophy and Christian life. He was an early critic ... and Plato, with his concept of the Christian God as a god of truth and ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons of the Bible. Protestants and Jews regard ... Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and later included in Christian ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- following soon after the first Protestant Christian missionary in Korea, Presbyterian ... Church and gathered every week to read the Bible at home. After attending ...11 KB (1,655 words) - 13:51, 8 February 2022
- The Book of Hosea is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. It stands first in order among what are known as the ...12 KB (1,912 words) - 00:10, 19 November 2023
- epistles are some of the earliest extant Christian documents. They provide ... they are foundational texts for both Christian theology and ethics. ...24 KB (3,164 words) - 00:13, 30 January 2024
- Black, Peake's commentary on the Bible (Routledge, 2001). It is ... Christian hermits originally gathered at Mount Serbal, believing it ...11 KB (1,770 words) - 06:58, 21 April 2023
- The Book of Micah (Hebrew: ספר מיכה) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- soul and spirit became current in Judeo-Christian terminology.) A spirit ... In Christian theology, the term spirit is used to describe God, or ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- Apostles before his death, according to Christian tradition. Described in ... The Last Supper is particularly important in Christian tradition as ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 15:39, 30 April 2023
- Peasants' War and a leader of a radical Christian movement. The Protestant reformation's stress on salvation as a personal experience and on ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- that it was important to recognize that the Bible was written in a particular ... in any other way could not claim to be Christian, and advocated the demotion ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 21:41, 8 December 2022
- The Book(s) of Chronicles are part of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. In the Hebrew version, it often appears as the last book ...18 KB (2,889 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- This situation was mirrored in other Christian communities in the Byzantine ... in 1291 and was continued in anti-Eastern Christian pogroms in following decades. ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- Gospel of Luke, in the New Testament of the Bible. By tradition in the Catholic ... The parable is one of the clearest expressions of the Christian concepts ...15 KB (2,442 words) - 07:38, 18 November 2022
- small group community and frequently Bible study groups, choirs, youth ... The name cell church comes from the Christian Church in China that ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- The Book of Daniel, written in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a book in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. The book is set during ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- ancient, Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (often called the "Old ... Of significance for all Christians and for Bible scholars, the LXX is quoted ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- language, made accessible to the Jews of Christian Europe, the ideas which ... the decimal system to Jews living in the Christian world. He used the Hebrew ...14 KB (2,169 words) - 06:29, 14 June 2023
- theologians and scholars of the early Christian Church. He is thought to ... texts that would later become the Bible, and in Greek literature ...23 KB (3,479 words) - 01:25, 18 November 2022
- The Book of Jeremiah, is part of the Hebrew Bible, and is also included ... More than any historical figure in the Bible, Jeremiah bears his soul ...14 KB (2,273 words) - 19:59, 27 June 2023
- theologians and writers in the Christian Church, particularly those ... "scripture only" as a basis for Christian doctrine, but in fact relied ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- capital city of Ptolemaic Egypt. This pre-Christian group of Jewish ascetics ... == Forerunners of early Christian monastic orders == Philo's monachism ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- The Euphrates River has numerous mentions in the Judeo–Christian ... == Euphrates in the Bible == A river named Perath (Hebrew for Euphrates ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- ninth-century B.C.E. prophet of the Hebrew Bible whose name has been variously ... to repent of their polytheistic ways. The Bible also describes Elijah as ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- Palm Sunday is a Christian feast day which falls on the Sunday before ... worthy of the highest honor. The Hebrew Bible reports that Joshua was treated ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- (Chronica: Time Book and Historical Bible), a wide-ranging study of ... to work with them. Franck considered the Bible to be a book full of contradictions ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- century that changed the course of Christian theology significantly ... This led Barth to turn to the Bible with his close friend Eduard Thurneysen ...13 KB (1,944 words) - 18:11, 14 May 2024
- religion, such as in the Buddhist faith or the Christian faith. ... theme of human religiosity. According to Christian tradition, faith is one ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- Ecclesiastes is a book of the Hebrew Bible whose title is derived ... the traditional Rabbinic and early Christian view uncritically attributed ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 07:26, 17 November 2023
- ) is one of the oldest continuously functioning Christian monasteries ... by angels. Catherine of Alexandria was a Christian martyr initially sentenced ...14 KB (2,007 words) - 19:14, 22 December 2022
- The prophetic book of the Bible attributed to Zephaniah occurs ninth ... The Book of Zephaniah has been most influential in the Christian and ...21 KB (3,366 words) - 19:07, 20 November 2023
- The Book of Joel is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), and was ostensibly written by the eponymous ...19 KB (3,075 words) - 00:18, 19 November 2023
- how to "die well," according to Christian precepts of the late Middle ... a mostly illiterate population about Christian teachings and biblical ...9 KB (1,473 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- The Christian community traditionally ascribes authorship to Matthew ... Mount#Interpretation and Old Testament#Christian view of the Law. ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- messenger") is a book of the Hebrew Bible traditionally believed to ... various themes found in other books of the Hebrew Bible. ...17 KB (2,748 words) - 20:37, 17 May 2023
- :"Before entering into the proofs of the Christian religion, ... notes towards his unfinished treatise on Christian apologetics. However, various ...20 KB (3,286 words) - 08:59, 18 November 2022
- the Samaritans respond positively to the Christian message. ... Exile up to the beginning of the Christian Era. The Samaritans, however ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- particularly well-known in the context of Christian theology, in reference ... portrayed in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible speak in the name of ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- The Baptist Church is a Christian denomination—or group of denominations—that ... and so were the members or the primitive Christian church. The modern-day ...25 KB (3,609 words) - 07:57, 20 September 2023
- In the Judeo-Christian tradition Asherah is considered a false Canaanite ... Asherah is particularly important in the Judeo-Christian tradition ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- classics, paid close attention to Christian teachings. He perceived ... recorded in his writing and in the Donghak Bible compiled by his disciples ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- most frequently used name for God in the Bible is Elohim, usually translated ... The most important and most often written name of God in the Hebrew ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- the lands of Egypt and Mesopotamia. In the Bible, this route was called Derekh ... figures and images of fish, an early Christian symbol. It is speculated ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- According to the Hebrew Bible, the ancient Israelite patriarchs and ... as places of worship well into the Christian era. A probable former ...15 KB (2,332 words) - 22:24, 2 May 2024
- The Book of Isaiah is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Isaiah, an eighth century ...20 KB (3,308 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- Dr. Milne, a translation of the entire Bible in 1821. He also compiled ... 1822), and scourged in Canton for making Christian books" and later, ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- many early recensions of the Christian Bible. This account, like ... ::Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897 (a document ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 10:18, 2 March 2024
- and who stressed the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian ... These books were published by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... by faith alone, and a belief in the Bible, rather than Catholic tradition ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- he is one of the ancestors of Jesus in Christian tradition. ... series, no. 8. Decatur, GA: Committee for Christian Education and Publications ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 20:02, 4 November 2023
- The Book of Nehemiah is a late historiographical book of the Hebrew Bible (and Christian Old Testament) that describes the rebuilding of Judah ...20 KB (3,125 words) - 21:11, 17 May 2023
- Ninhursag and the Genesis account in the Bible, including the story of Adam ... and the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible. Some scholars hold that ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- island of Patmos. He writes to the seven Christian churches in Asia to warn ... #039; writing had a major impact on Christian tradition and history, ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 17:05, 4 May 2024
- in the Book of Acts, is necessary for Christian growth and empowerment ... that they emphasize the reliability of the Bible and the need for the transformation ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- in 1781. There was no mention of God, the Bible, or sacred events. "Let ... "education useless without the Bible." Preface to the 1828 ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 02:32, 16 November 2022
- of Elam, a figure unknown outside of the Bible, who had established a growing ... the Qur'an and the story of Lot in the Bible is that the Qur'anic ...14 KB (2,337 words) - 22:02, 30 January 2023
- the fathers of the Church and many early Christian writers prior to it being ... ==Jewish and Early Christian Antecedents== Despite the fact that Jewish ...14 KB (2,345 words) - 14:29, 2 July 2022
- === Anthropomorphism in the Bible === The first book of the Hebrew Bible depicts God with qualities and ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- (baptism following a mature confession of Christian faith), he was troubled ... was his refusal to use a translation of the Bible in worship. Rather, he would ...8 KB (1,224 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- meaning "initiated") is a name in the Hebrew Bible used by two separate figures who lived during the generation of Adam. The first ...11 KB (1,772 words) - 11:37, 5 February 2022
- Neill and Owen Chadwick, A History of Christian Missions (Harmondsworth ... Ways would be found to reconcile the teaching of the Bible with science ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 17:03, 7 September 2023
- The Bible is the main historical source for his reign. His story is ... David's rebellious son Absalom. In Christian tradition, Rehoboam is ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 19:23, 23 June 2023
- The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. It is a record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- ===Early and modern Christian interpretations=== Some Biblical scholars ... Many pre-modern Christian sources discussed the curse of Ham in connection ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- "We confront the Roman Catholic Church, other Christian bodies ... a key figure in the development of Christian anarchism due to his belief ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- apparent contradictions in the Hebrew Bible and was one of the first ... He was acquainted with many leading Christian thinkers and was also ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- The Masoretic Text (MT) is the Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible (Tanakh ... often quoted in the second part of the Christian Bible (known as the New Testament). ...26 KB (4,162 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- In the Christian Bible, the magi (or "wise men") are sent ... There is an oppositional element in Christian thought between secular ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 23:18, 17 May 2023
- debates found their way into the emerging Christian tradition, which had to ... In the Hebrew Bible, the terms goy and goyim were sometimes applied ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- The Wisdom of Ben Sira is accepted as part of the Christian biblical ... reaction to its embrace by the nascent Christian community. ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- ==Precursors to Christian sacraments== and celebration. In the subsequent Christian celebration of the Eucharist ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- of Hellenistic philosophy on early Christian writings and called on ... church history and the development of Christian theology. His liberal theological ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- There are many Christian groups that disagree with this interpretation ... shuts his sacred mouth, [the student of the Bible] also desists from inquiry." ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- *The Bible records 10 generations between Adam and Noah, and 10 generations ... practice of tithing is still common in Christian churches today, though ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- quot; a term that is still widely used in Christian spiritual practice today ... of songs at a time when translations of the Bible into the vernacular were ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 08:11, 3 August 2022
- the Standard Mandarin Union Version of the Bible, though shen 神 (lit. spirit ... a Mandarin Chinese translation of the Christian Bible. Nineteenth century ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- is not mentioned again in the Hebrew Bible. The apocryphal Book of Judith ... tent and assassinated him in his sleep. The Bible preserves a lengthy poem ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- Jacob and Esau, as described in the Hebrew Bible. His story is told in the ... The historicity of Isaac's story in the Bible has come under ...18 KB (3,040 words) - 13:27, 6 March 2024
- The Hebrew Bible tells Jews to wear tzitzyot colored with tekhelet ... Tzitziot are found both in Christian scripture and in limited segments ...20 KB (3,211 words) - 00:42, 3 May 2023
- The Hebrew Bible notes that slaves voluntarily had one ear pierced ... Another controversial example of a mark in the Bible is found in the ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- whose works were canonized in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Though little ... Within the context of the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament), the Book ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 00:09, 19 November 2023
- In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or Anti-Christ is a powerful ... appear in only four verses in the Bible--in the epistles 1 John and ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 06:20, 31 July 2023
- virgin. A universally held belief in the Christian church by the second century, ... this doctrine was included in the two most widely used Christian creeds ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- His liturgy is still used by many of the Christian churches of Iraq and Iran. ... 1882. His commentaries on the rest of the Bible have survived only in quotations ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- that are the foundation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). According to Jewish ... of the Old Testament. Thus, the Christian Bible incorporates the Torah ...24 KB (3,856 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- 31, 2007. In contrast to the dominant Christian sects that viewed Jesus ... theologians and writers in the Christian Church, who viewed the ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- but friendly debates about the truth of the Bible and the Christian Religion ... on the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion as well as An ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 05:24, 31 July 2023
- as the most mentioned figure in the Hebrew Bible. He is the archetypal biblical ... referred to in ancient literature outside of the Bible. ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- Amihai Mazar, Archeology of the Land of the Bible-10,000-586 B.C.E. (Doubleday ... In the Bible, God calls Jacob to return to Canaan from exile in Haran ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- In the Hebrew Bible, Sukkot is called: *“The Feast of Tabernacles ... == Sukkot in the Christian Bible== The Gospel of John states that Jesus ...19 KB (2,871 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- According to the Bible, the mysterious substance called manna descended ... In Christian tradition, manna represented the body of Jesus Christ ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 02:56, 6 November 2022
- early June), 50 days after Passover. In Christian tradition, it is known ... In the Hebrew Bible, Shavuot is also called the Feast of Weeks, the ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 13:22, 27 January 2023
- The Tabernacle, in the Bible, was a portable central place of worship ... " or "to live in." The Bible describes God as physically ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- prominent visitor to Anicetus was the Christian historian Hegesippus. ... century writer Eusebius of Caesaria, the Christian historian Saint Hegesippus ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2022
- the Tanakh (and Christian Old Testament), which celebrates and interprets ... , 365. In those editions of the Christian bible that accept this interpretation ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- inconsistencies and contradictions in the Bible and in religious doctrine ... its implications for ethics and practical Christian life. The first three Sermons ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 17:47, 6 May 2024
- The Bible lists Shealtiel as the son of Jehoiachin King Jeconiah ... In Christian tradition, Zerubbabel is one of the ancestors of Jesus ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- and David, as recounted in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, and was ... " in which the strict Judeo-Christian morality of Western society ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- that for centuries after his death, Christian authors wrote hundreds ... his parents were part of the growing Christian community in the city, ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- decisions that would help build the Christian social group into a worldwide ... convictions at a tender age. She read her Bible through eight times before ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 16:14, 3 December 2023
- as the prophetic gift described in the Bible as the Spirit of Prophecy. A contemporary of Mary Baker Eddy (founder of Christian Science) and ...20 KB (3,079 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- in many religious traditions. In the Hebrew Bible it is directly mentioned ... The symbol of the Tree of Life predates the Judeo-Christian tradition ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- #039;s case is one of the few in the Bible where the name given by God ... According to the Bible, Solomon was the builder of the first Temple ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- numerous persecutions by the new Christian Roman Empire until it finally ... during the last great persecution of the Christian church by Emperor Diocletian ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- feast in Jerusalem, according to the Christian narrative of the Passion ... by crucifixion. However, according to Christian sources, there was a prevailing ...11 KB (1,794 words) - 08:01, 20 September 2023
- is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. The Church ... contribution to the development of early Christian monasticism and for its ...24 KB (3,712 words) - 21:25, 4 May 2020
- Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau in the Bible. She was the daughter of ... and a woman of great virtue. In Christian tradition, she is one of ...13 KB (2,094 words) - 01:43, 8 December 2022
- in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible (Dan. 8:16; 9:21). In the ... quot; (Dan. 8:15, 8:17). A Hebrew-English Bible, [http://www.mechon-mamre ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 07:35, 15 April 2024
- Ages in Babylonia. However, the Hebrew Bible indicates that the tradition ... the cantorial tradition was influenced by Christian musical traditions, just ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- Jewish law during his imprisonment. In Christian tradition, Jeconiah/Jehoiachin ... Amel-Marduk (called Evil-merodach in the Bible) released Jehoiachin and ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 04:29, 31 July 2022
- back to the beginnings of first century Christian thought, and the seven ... Vellian 2001. becoming Hindu in culture, Christian in religion, and ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- Jew volume 3, p.130-133, 200 ("Christian imagination was quick to ... Some early Christian writers, by contrast, have argued that the multiplicity ...13 KB (2,095 words) - 08:48, 12 May 2024
- this line of thinking outside the Christian tradition are from Harold ... In the King James version of the Bible, as well as several other versions ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- The preface contains a plea for Christian unity in light of the Turkish ... VII. Concerning the Church—a statement on the belief in one Christian ...11 KB (1,732 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- in Serampore, India, he translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- In his youth, he was preoccupied with religion, studying both the ... Instead, he concentrated closely on the Bible and Church Fathers, which ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 15:15, 15 December 2022
- plot after the death of his wife Sarah. The Bible gives the sum Abraham paid ... Issac and Jacob- Leader Guide. Lifeway Christian Resources, 2005. ISBN 9780633197 ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- as the ancestor of the Arabs. In Christian tradition, Abraham is described ... have been a Muslim, 'not a Jew nor a Christian' (Surah 3:67). The ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- especially and primarily within the Christian faith. The "Ecumenical ... of Roman Emperors to clarify matters of Christian theology and doctrine. ...23 KB (3,375 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ... In the Hebrew Bible, the concept of the Devil is not highly developed ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- of him I must say that he is an anonymous Christian; if not, I would have to ... committed to those values which for the Christian are concretized in God ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian art (paintings, carvings, mosaics, and stained glass) that were used primarily ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- basing its insights on exegesis of the Bible. However, it is held by some ... which God revealed through the Jewish and Christian scriptures and encompasses ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 20:52, 9 February 2024
- #039;s displeasure with his people. In the Bible, an example of this is seen ... Whether or not Jesus himself ever intended it, the Christian church ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- in Patiala State, India, became an Indian Christian missionary whose life and ... The international Christian missionary press focused upon Sundar Singh ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- repeated three times) followed by "The Bible tells me so," are a ... Christianity of the New Testament. The Christian Church, Disciples of Christ ...15 KB (2,238 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- often refers to the sacred texts of the Bible, also referred to as Holy ... In medieval Europe, the word "scripture," implied the Bible ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... usually associated with admission to a Christian church. Although the primary ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- In the Hebrew and Christian traditions, filial piety is asserted in various instances of the Bible. For example, the fifth commandment says to ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 22:58, 1 May 2021
- Judge of pre-monarchic Israel in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Her story ... is one of the oldest passages of the Bible and the earliest extant sample ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 08:58, 28 January 2024
- Adoptionism is a minority Christian belief that Jesus was born merely ... Adoptionism was one position in a long series of Christian disagreements ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 06:15, 15 June 2023
- xxxvii), which in many details anticipate Christian practice. The bones or ... relics have been an important part of Christian devotionalism. During the ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- a Dutch Christian Holocaust survivor who helped an estimated 800 Jews ... who had supported efforts to improve Christian-Jewish relations in the ...21 KB (3,559 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- New Testament and Old Testament of the Christian Bible forbid premarital sex ... 25; Luke 1:34). It is commonplace for Christian believers to accept this ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- limited to the Roman Empire) of the Christian Church, held in the city ... Emperor Constantine had invited all 1800 bishops of the Christian ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shofetim ספר שופטים) refers to one of the books of the Hebrew Bible that is also included in the Christian ...19 KB (3,100 words) - 00:20, 19 November 2023
- Reconquista, the campaign by the medieval Christian states of Spain to drive ... Constable (1997) reproduces a "Muslim-Christian Treaty" ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- a movie script and became a classic Christian testimony of the struggle ... father died in 1911, he rejected his Christian upbringing and became a ...23 KB (3,581 words) - 02:36, 24 July 2023
