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Holy Spirit In Christianity The Holy Spirit in Christianity is the third person of the Trinity: the Triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; each entity itself being God. Nontrinitarian Christians, who reject the doctrine of the Trinity, differ significantly from mainstream Christianity in their beliefs about the Holy...
Angel Moroni Moroni is thought by Latter-Day Saints to be the same person as a Book of Mormon prophet-warrior named Moroni, who was the last to write on the golden plates. The book states that Moroni buried them before he died after a great battle between two pre-Columbian civilizations. After...
Christian Angelology This article covers Christian Angelology in detail. In Christianity, angels are agents of God, based on angels in Judaism. The most influential Christian angelic hierarchy was that put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 4th or 5th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy). During the Middle Ages, many schemes were proposed...
Saint Michael In The Catholic Church This article covers the importance of Saint Michael in The Catholic Church. Saint Michael the Archangel is referenced in the Old Testament and has been part of Christian teachings since the earliest times. In Catholic writings and traditions, he acts as the defender of the Church...
What Is Corporate Election? The idea of corporate election expresses a Christian soteriological view that understands Christian salvation as based on “God choosing in Christ a people whom he destines to be holy and blameless in his sight”. Put another way, “Election is the corporate choice of the church ‘in Christ.’” Paul Marston and Roger Forster state that...
The Book Of Life In Christianity and Judaism, the Book of Life (Sefer HaChaim; Biblíon tēs Zōēs) is the book in which God records the names of every person who is destined for Heaven or the World to Come. According to the Talmud it is open on Rosh Hashanah, as is...
What Is Sin? Sin is a term used to describe either an action that is prohibited in religious ethics or law, or a fallen state of being. The religious concept of sin is tied to a cluster of interrelated issues including atonement, theodicy, free will, ethics, guilt, and law. Although...
Fall Of Man The fall of man, the fall of Adam, or simply the Fall, is a term used in Christianity to describe the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience. The doctrine of the Fall comes from a biblical interpretation of Genesis, chapters 1-3. At first, Adam and...
Mortal Sin A mortal sin (Latin: peccatum mortale), in Catholic theology, is a gravely sinful act, which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before death. A sin is considered to be “mortal” when its quality is such that it leads to a separation of that person...
The Origin Of Trinity This article covers the origin of Trinity. THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY IS NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE The Illustrated Bible Dictionary records: “The word Trinity is not found in the Bible. . . It did not find a place formally in the theology of the...
The Nicene Creed And Truth About The Trinity This article covers The Nicene Creed and Truth about the Trinity. “God can in no way be described.” — Plato (Father of the pagan Trinity) In the preface to Edward Gibbon’s History of Christianity, we read: “If Paganism was conquered by Christianity,...
One, Two, Trinity This article covers the doctrine of the Trinity. And then there were three. They were seen in Sacred Tradition first, seen in the teaching authority of the undivided Church next, and seen in the Bible last. Which Church was that? The Roman Catholic Church. The Three Witnesses...
Judaism And Trinity: A Messianic Christian View This article covers the relationship between Judaism And Trinity (A Messianic Christian View). GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU. MARANANTHA! Most modern Jewish people seem to have made their “peace” with Jesus of Nazareth. Some consider Him to be a great Jew, or even...
G-d Is One, Not A Trinity This article argues about the validity of The Trinity saying: G-d is One, Not a Trinity. “Hear O Israel, YHVH is G-d, YHVH is ONE.” (Deut 6:4) I do not subscribe to trinitarian/tri-unitarian doctrines which attempt to define G-d as three Persons in One....
Faith Groups That Reject The Trinity Doctrine This is a brief explanation of faith groups that reject the Trinity Doctrine. The doctrine of the Trinity is central to most Christian denominations and faith groups, although not all. The term “Trinity” is not found in the Bible and is a concept...
The Athanasian Creed The Athanasian Creed, also known as Pseudo-Athanasian Creed or Quicunque Vult (also Quicumque Vult), is a Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. One of the symbols of the Faith approved by the Church and given a place in her liturgy, is a short, clear exposition of the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation,...
Christian Mysticism Christian mysticism refers to mystical practices and theory within Christianity. Mysticism is not so much a doctrine as a method of thought. It has often been connected to mystical theology, especially in the Catholic Church (including traditions from both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches) and Orthodox Christianity (including traditions from both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental...
Virtue: A Catholic View Definitions According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage. “Appelata est enim a viro virtus: viri autem propria maxime est fortitudo” (“The term virtue is from the word that signifies man; a man’s chief quality is fortitude”; Cicero, “Tuscul.”, I, xi, 18). Taken in...
Historical Reminder Judeo-Christian And Saint Paul This article covers the Historical Reminder Judeo-Christian And Saint Paul. The majority of Christians believe that the Gospels were written by direct witnesses of the life of Jesus and therefore constitute unquestionable evidence concerning the events high-lighting His life and preachings. One wonders, in...
Attributes Of God In Christianity When we speak of the attributes of God in Christianity, we are talking about those characteristics that help us to understand who He truly is. In this article, we discussed specific characteristics of God in Christian theology. Christians are not monolithic in their understanding of God’s attributes. “What...
