Search results for "Historical Jesus" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • papacy began to take on a more definite historical character compared to that ... the tradition of the Gospel of John that Jesus had been crucified on Passover. ...
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  • following a mature confession of faith in Jesus Christ Smythe first baptized ... and the Anabaptist Mennonites enjoyed an historical link. The churches that ...
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  • wounds that were said to be inflicted on Jesus' body during his crucifixion ... empathize with the suffering of Jesus. Reactions to the phenomena ...
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  • a bright star, to worship the Infant Jesus (Matthew 2:1). It is said ... . There, they appeared before the infant Jesus, and offered him gifts of ...
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  • to the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. The Gospel of Luke relates that when Jesus was brought before Pontius ...
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  • The Essence of Christianity, established Jesus as a historical Jewish figure ... faith that had appeared at a unique historical moment and was unconnected ...
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  • the teachings of both John the Baptist and Jesus. Christians, unlike Jews ... Isaiah for which he is best known, the historical Isaiah was not primarily ...
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  • while Christians see it as a prediction of Jesus' crucifixion. Deutero-Isaiah, was not written by the historical Isaiah of Jerusalem, but ...
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  • apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered by the ... the New Testament. Yet the life of the historical Mary Magdalene is the subject ...
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  • canon of sacred scripture by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... and to convince "Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal ...
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  • oriented Christian theology towards historical realism. by God The Logos became incarnate in Jesus. By stating the Logos was ...
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  • and they were the first apostles to be appointed by Jesus. Consequently ... Andrew was selected by Jesus to be an apostle. In Christianity, an ...
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  • and he soon died. In the New Testament, Jesus was alleged by his opponents ... In Mark 3, verse 22, the Pharisees accuse Jesus of driving out demons ...
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  • consist of Gospels recounting the life of Jesus, an account of the works ... also inerrant, or completely correct in historical and factual details as ...
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  • will be repaid in full when "Jesus is revealed from heaven in ... the time of the Second Coming now. Before Jesus will come, the "lawless ...
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  • The earliest known concrete historical evidence of the creed's ... :I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. :He was conceived ...
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  • this hope was immediate and conceived in historical terms. Probably a priest ... 21). In Matthew 23:35 and Luke 11:50-51, Jesus seems to refer to this earlier ...
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  • and author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of ... has condemned him as a rebel. References to Jesus are woven into the narrative ...
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  • resulting from the quest for the historical Jesus, particularly the work ... G. A. Wells argues that the historical Jesus in the Pauline epistles ...
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  • Nestorianism is the Christian doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons ... the origin of this confusion is mostly historical and linguistic: for example ...
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  • John P. Meier. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Vol ... * Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, ...
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  • In parable 5, the author expresses an adoptionist view of Jesus Christ ... two competing doctrines about the nature of Jesus Christ, the other being that ...
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  • today. The Social Gospel emphasizes living Jesus' teaching to "love ... Gospel message which emphasized practicing Jesus' teaching of loving ...
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  • theory of the meaning of the death of Jesus Christ taught in Roman Catholic ... ransom theory of the atonement held that Jesus' death was paid as a ...
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  • The virgin birth of Jesus is a religious tenet of Christianity and ... used Christian creeds, which state that Jesus "was incarnate of the ...
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  • Christianity. The New Testament vision of Jesus coming on the clouds may ... interpret and explain his visions. The historical setting of the first chapters ...
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  • The historicity of Jesus concerns the historical authenticity of Jesus of Nazareth. Scholars often draw a distinction between Jesus as reconstructed ...
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  • to have been inspired by a vision of Jesus. One of these boys mobilized ... did he bless it. However, it did have an historical basis. Namely, it was an ...
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  • Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos—"Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of ... children were: Maria dos Anjos, Teresa de Jesus Rosa, Manuel Rosa, Gloria ...
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  • the messianic movement centered on Jesus of Nazareth. The Book of ... publicly accusing them of unjustly putting Jesus to death. In Acts (5:34 ff ...
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  • of some of the actions and sayings of Jesus, but differs from them in ... reliable source of information about the historical Jesus. ...
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  • of "high Christology," in which Jesus is presented not only as ... spiritual being--the writer affirms that Jesus' "physical body ...
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  • in the New Testament, who were chosen by Jesus to heal the sick, drive out ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...
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  • new religious tradition of the Church of of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ... #039;s coming was reportedly so strong that Jesus' disciples faced frequent ...
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  • They see their scriptural support found in the words of Jesus himself ... literal interpretation of these words of Jesus. They argue that Jesus repeatedly ...
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  • relationship between God (the Father) and Jesus. That these works were circulated ... for the doctrine that God (the Father) and Jesus (the Son) share a common ...
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  • an inward (invisible) grace, instituted by Jesus Christ” (Baltimore Catechism ... a foreshadowing of the paschal sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the institution ...
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  • Reverend Sun Myung Moon's first encounter with Jesus reportedly ... communion with God and by meeting with Jesus and many saints in Paradise ...
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  • the "ignorant" followers of Jesus. The Christian bishop, Eusebius ... a Dying Man," the Dying Man compares Jesus to Apollonius as a false prophet. ...
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  • of any moral code or sense of directed historical purpose. Nietzsche recognized ... offered secular people the option of Jesus as the model human who acted ...
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  • agreed with Roy that "through" made Jesus subordinate to ... In 1920, Roy published his book on Jesus, The Precepts of Jesus. He ...
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  • The book is also an important source of historical information about ... which he has been thrust. More than any historical figure in the Bible, Jeremiah ...
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  • with the suffering and agonized heart of Jesus. He could portray the dilemma ... regarded as his masterpiece; it is a historical novel, telling the story ...
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  • a Jew who, according to legend, taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion ... responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus. The "Wandering Jew ...
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  • includes the trial, suffering, and death of Jesus of Nazareth. Historically ... blame squarely on the Jews for the death of Jesus. Some believe the plays resulted ...
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  • were despised by the Judean Jews; however, Jesus used the parable of the ... The exact historical origins of the Samaritans are controversial. ...
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  • Christian sources indicate that Jesus of Nazareth (Mark 9:5, etc. ... C.E.. If the Christian recollection of Jesus himself being called "Rabbi ...
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  • even suggested that James the brother of Jesus (and perhaps Jesus himself ... Orthodox Judaism these laws are not an historical footnote but can be practiced ...
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  • It is first mentioned as a village in historical documents from 1220. In ... of its number of souvenir shops and historical monuments. It attracts ...
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  • representing the Madonna or Mary, mother of Jesus, by herself or, rather more ... Most often, and nearly always if holding Jesus, Mary is seated, and shown ...
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