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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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