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18 hours ago · t. e. In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences [ a ] —which include death and separation from God —by Christ's death and resurrection, [ 1 ] and the justification entailed by this salvation. The idea of Jesus' death as an atonement for human sin was ...
18 hours ago · Filioque (/ ˌfɪliˈoʊkwi, - kweɪ / FIL-ee-OH-kwee, -kway; Ecclesiastical Latin: [filiˈokwe]), a Latin term meaning "and from the Son", was added to the original Nicene Creed, and has been the subject of great controversy between Eastern and Western Christianity. The term refers to the Son, Jesus Christ, with the Father, as the one ...
18 hours ago · [111] [114] As an example, Ehrman cites the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus in chapter 3 of the Gospel of John: their confusion is based on the multiple meanings of the Greek word ανωθεν/anothen ('again' and 'from above'), but in 1st-century Palestine they would have spoken Aramaic, which does not have a word with the same double meaning; therefore, the conversation could not ...
18 hours ago · Page from the Gospel of JudasMandaean Beth Manda(Mashkhanna) in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, in 2016, a contemporary-style mandi. Gnosticism(from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized:gnōstikós, Koine Greek:[ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among ...
18 hours ago · Eastern Catholics are a minority within the Catholic Church; of the 1.3 billion Catholics in communion with the Pope, approximately 18 million are members of the eastern churches. The largest numbers of Eastern Catholics may be found in Eastern Europe, Eastern Africa, the Middle East, and India.
18 hours ago · Witchcraft is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. [ 1 ] According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "Witchcraft thus defined ...
18 hours ago · A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities and Sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms.
