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Messiah
Messiah or Messias [Heb.,=anointed], in Judaism, a man who would be sent by God to restore Israel and reign righteously for all mankind. The idea developed among the Jews especially in their adversity, and such a conception is clearly indicated in Isaiah 9. Messianic expectations generally... Read more |
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river continuum concept
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limbo
limbo in Roman Catholic theology, an afterlife realm between heaven and hell where there is no punishment but where souls are denied the presence of God. Never part of Catholic dogma, the concept of limbo was developed during the Middle Ages, and came to be seen as two places. One was the home of... Read more |
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God
God divinity of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as many other world religions. See also religion and articles on individual religions. Names for God In the Old Testament various names for God are used. YHWH is the most celebrated of these; the... Read more |
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Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles book of the New Testament. It is the only 1st-century account of the expansion of Christianity in its earliest period. It was written in Greek anonymously as early as c.AD 65, but more likely later in the century, as a sequel to the Gospel of St. Luke . Luke has been... Read more |
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coronation
coronation ceremony of crowning and anointing a sovereign on his or her accession to the throne. Although a public ceremony inaugurating a new king or chief had long existed, a new religious service was added when Europe became Christianized. The service, derived from Old Testament accounts of the... Read more |
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Scapegoat
Scapegoat The concept of a scapegoat, a person who is blamed for the sins of others, goes back to ancient times. The term comes from a Hebrew ritualthat is described in the book of Leviticus in the Old Testament of the Bible. Each year a priest symbolically transferred to ... Read more |
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Patria
patria, the Roman concept of the fatherland, entered Irish political discourse under the impact of the Renaissance. First used by a Protestant radical, Edward Walshe, in 1545, it increasingly bolstered the claims of Catholic reactionaries, notably James Fitzmaurice. In 1579 he combined the... Read more |
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Judgment Day
Judgment Day or Doomsday, central point of early Christian, Jewish, and Islamic eschatology, sometimes called the Day of the Lord. References to it throughout the Bible are numerous. The Christian belief in the Last Judgment asserts that this world will end, the dead will be raised up in the... Read more |
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AN IDEAL MARRIAGE: ABRAHAM AND SARAH IN OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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Torah and Canon.(Book review)
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Perspectives on biblical interpretation: A review article
...considerably), and Jewish confessions...some early Jewish and early Christian fictional...method. I. OLD TESTAMENT ISSUES Essays...time of the exile or later...Smith's conception of inspired...individual in ... |