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Immaculate Conception
immaculate conception The doctrine of the immaculate conception holds that Mary is the one fully human being preserved from original sin because she is the Mother of God. Grace intervened at the very instant in which her life began, preventing sin from touching her in any way, and so making her holy... Read more |
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anoint
anointing of the sick sacrament of the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church, formerly known as extreme unction. In it a sick or dying person is anointed on eyes, ears, nostrils, lips, hands, feet, and sometimes, in the case of men, the loins, by a priest while he recites... Read more |
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sin
sin in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in systems such as Buddhism where there is no personal divinity. In ancient Israel, besides personal sin there was national sin, usually idolatry; to... Read more |
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atonement
atonement the reconciliation, or "at-one-ment," of sinful humanity with God. In Judaism both the Bible and rabbinical thought reflect the belief that God's chosen people must be pure to remain in communion with God. The Bible prescribed Temple sacrifice for the removal of sin and uncleanliness.... Read more |
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purgatory
purgatory [Lat.,=place of purging], in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, the state after death in which the soul destined for heaven is purified. Since only the perfect can enjoy the vision of God (inferred from Mat. 12.36; Rev. 21.17), and some die in grace who have still unpunished or... Read more |
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Adam
Adam , [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life. Elsewhere in Genesis, however, Adam is the personal name of the first man for whom the created order is then fashioned.... Read more |
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Christian
Christian relating to or professing Christianity; a believer in Christianity. Christian is the name of the central character of the first part of Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678–84), which recounts the story of his journey to the Celestial City.Christian Brothers a Roman Catholic lay... Read more |
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Simon Episcopius
Episcopius. The assumed name of Simon Bisschop (1583–1643), who systematized the typical tenets of Arminianism. One of the signatories of the Remonstrance (1610), he was chief spokesman of the Remonstrants summoned to the Synod of Dort, and he later drew up a confession of faith for the newly... Read more |
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Noah
Noah [Heb.,=to rest], in the Bible, the builder of the ark . Righteous Noah and his family were the only people God saved from a world sunk in sin. At divine direction Noah built the ship that saved human and animal life from the Deluge , after which God established a covenant with him. According... Read more |
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Pelagianism
Pelagianism , Christian heretical sect that rose in the 5th cent. challenging St. Augustine's conceptions of grace and predestination . The doctrine was advanced by the celebrated monk and theologian Pelagius (c.355-c.425). He was probably born in Britain. After studying Roman law and rhetoric... Read more |
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Salt and Light: Christ for the crisis
...and Light: Christ for the crisis"Blessed be God, even the...Lord Jesus Christ, the Father...despaired even of life." -- II...innocent lives have been...one way: Christ for crisis...crying ... |
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Millennial religions: Churches' beliefs in Second Coming have similarities
...economic crises, wars...of Jesus Christ is a subject...The popular books in the...period after Christ's return...during which Christ will reign...certain that God's purpose...the end of sin: The ... |
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Episcopalian priest with AIDS calls on Christian churches to help in address...
...the AIDS crisis a litmus...the little life they have left, in their dying around me...to follow Christ's call...support, Christ gave people...People are dying. We do not...play with lives. Or, in...wanting ... |
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Grow or die: grow your church by adding a new product line.(presbyterian...
...we're dying! In the...automatically dying. Trainers...the body of Christ. Alice Mann, in her book Raising the...from mid-life crisis just as people...answers that life has not provided...and that ... |