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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
