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I AM Statements - Jesus in the Book of Mormon

February 16th, 2024

The Book of Mormon contains a unique literary witness of the Savior. While the Gospel of John is known for "I AM" statements of Jesus (like "I am the Bread of Life" or "I am the Door"), the Book of Mormon also has similar divine declarations. In some cases, they line up neatly with the Old Testament and New Testament. In others, they represent unique titles for Jesus Christ found only in Restoration scripture. In this interview, Joshua Matson expounds on the first-ever published study of I AM...

19 CE Expulsion from Rome

December 25th, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 19 CE Expulsion from Rome (essay) See all of 19 CE Expulsion from Rome, no other writeups in this node. (essay) by The Debutante Mon Sep 29 2003 at 15:16:20 The Background: In 19 CE, Tiberius expelled the Egyptian and Jewish residents from the city of Rome. The move was effective only within the city itself, not across the Empire, and it was not a permanent measure. What was it, then, that Tiberius was trying to achieve? The Sou...

Joseph Caiaphas

December 9th, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Joseph Caiaphas (person) See all of Joseph Caiaphas, no other writeups in this node. (person) by LaylaLeigh Sat Mar 09 2002 at 23:34:25 As high priest, Caiaphas presided over the first trial of Jesus Christ before the Sanhedrin-the Jewish court. The historian Josephus twice notes Caiaphas' life and career, but he is named nowhere else outside the Gospels. Josephus first mentions Caiaphas' appointment as high priest by Valerius ...

Mohel The man who circumcised Jesus

October 2nd, 2023

Skip to content Missions Paul A blog by Regional Leader for the North East and Midlands Elim Churches UK Posted on December 30, 2018 by missionspaulMohel: The man who circumcised Jesus Mohel: The man who circumcised Jesus Luke 2: 21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. The traditional Chur...

Spring of Easter - Unveiling its Pagan Past and Christian Present

June 9th, 2023

Welcome to a insightful documentary, "The Spring of Easter: Unveiling its Pagan Past and Christian Present." In this captivating exploration, we journey through time to uncover the rich history and varied traditions that have shaped Easter, a significant holiday celebrated around the world. Easter's origins are a fascinating tapestry woven from both pagan and Christian beliefs, and this film aims to unravel that tapestry thread by thread. We delve into the history of Easter, tracing its roots...

Spring of Easter - Unveiling its Pagan Past and Christian Present

June 9th, 2023

Golden Legend - Life of Saint Augustine

May 29th, 2023

THE LIFE OF ST. AUSTIN, OR AUGUSTINE, DOCTOR Chapter 28 of the Golden Legend by Jacobus Voragine (1275), translated by William Caxton, 14831 St. Austin the noble doctor was born in Africa in the city of Carthage, and was come of noble kindred. And his father was named Patrick and his mother Monica. He was sufficiently instructed in the arts liberal, so that he was reputed for a sufficient philosopher and a right noble doctor, teacher o...

The Influence of Ancient Graeco-Roman Mystery Cults on Early Christianity

April 28th, 2023

Funerary stele of Licinia Amias on marble. One of the earliest Christian inscriptions found, it comes from the early 3rd century Vatican necropolis area in Rome. It contains the text ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ ("fish of the living"), a predecessor of the Ichthys symbol. / Photo courtesy National Roman Museum, Wikimedia CommonsDid what initiates once heard and saw in the Mysteries transform into the historical Jesus?By Dr. Jan N. BremmerVisiting Research ScholarInstitute for the Study of the Ancient WorldNe...

Does Jesus fail to meet expectations in Matthew 11

December 20th, 2022

The lectionary gospel reading for Advent 3 in Year A is Matt 11.2–11, and as usual is rather truncated, so you might want to extend the reading by a verse or two before and after to be fair to its setting. The chapter begins with the second of Matthew’s five summary statements that conclude the five focussed sections of Jesus’ teaching: When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities (Matt 11.1) The summary ph...

Summary of some interesting entries from the online dictionary of Symbols from University of Michigan

September 13th, 2022

Sulfur as hellSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/sulfur.html Sulfur According to Christian legend, sulfur is associated with HELL and the Devil (Cooper, 1978), and is often referred to as brimstone. Up one level Back to document index ShadowSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/shadow.html ShadowWith light, the shadow is the Chinese yin and yang; shadows are often identified with a person...

Christianity has lost its traditional connection to the arts

August 2nd, 2022

Originally titled: "Christianity has lost its traditional connection to the arts," says Dana Gioia. It’s forgotten "that beauty is the most direct and potent way to communicate the divine"IWhen I became a man, I put away childish things.—St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 13Most Christians misunderstand the relationship of poetry to their faith. They consider it an admirable but minor aspect of religious practice—elegant verbal decoration in honor of the divine. They recognize poetry’s place in worship....

The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of Ireland (1666)

May 26th, 2022

The Book of Common Prayer United States England Scotland Ireland Wales Canada World The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of Ireland (1666) THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK. THE Preface. Concerning the Service of the Church. ...

Story idea from Dream Log - 17 Aug 2000

May 26th, 2022

Just an idea: make this into a real fiction story? Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Dream Log: August 17, 2000 (thing) See all of Dream Log: August 17, 2000, there are 3 more in this node. (thing) by abiessu Thu Aug 17 2000 at 13:42:15 This dream was about coffee (thanks, knifegirl! no, I'm not mad about it, it was an interesting dream . . . [this reference is from a chatterbox conversation earlier in which knifegirl mentioned coffee in some way tha...

Council of Chalcedon

January 28th, 2022

The Council of Chalcedon was called in 451 CE by the Roman Emperor Marcian (r. 450-457) to settle debates regarding the nature (hypostases, "reality") of Christ that had begun at two earlier meetings in Ephesus (431 CE and 439 CE). The question was whether Christ was human or divine, a man who became God (through the resurrection and ascension) or God who became a man (through the incarnation, "taking on flesh"), and how his humanity and divinity affected his essence and b...

What It Means to See Jesus

December 31st, 2021

A young man once told me that he had seen the face of Jesus in the trunk of a chestnut tree, the bark moving as if it were flesh. An older woman told me that Christ had appeared to her in the afternoon light that poured through her hospital window. A father who was dying of lung cancer confided that he had looked up at a crucifix years ago in a church and watched as the body hanging there writhed and wriggled, coming alive before his eyes; it had been so terrifying that he had never previousl...

The Great Schism: How the Christian Churches Split

October 30th, 2021

Council of Nicaea, St Nicholas Church, Demre Turkey, 6th century BCE, via Britannica; with Pope Paul VI, Giancarlo Giuliani, 1972, via Catholicsun.org The first serious theological disagreements which directly caused schisms in the church occurred after the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325, and again at the council of Constantinople in 381. The priest Arius‘ denial of Christ’s divine nature was one of the reasons the Council of Nicaea convened. He embodied...

Jesus & the Law of Moses

October 25th, 2021

New Testament studies now place Jesus Christ within the parameters of Second Temple Judaism in the 1st century CE, attempting to go behind the layers of later Christian theology and philosophy (such as the trinity) to understand how his message would have been received in the towns and villages of Galilee. Misunderstandings and biased views, however, remain inherent in modern conclusions. Christ Driving the Money-changers from the...

The Non-Athenian Foundation of the Modern West

August 29th, 2021

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." ~ Zeus didn’t say this. He didn’t care about the meek. When Zeus threw his thunderbolts, the meek would die with the evil. The thunderbolts of Zeus do not differentiate between the meek and the evil. The deceptions of Zeus are legendary. His sexual conquests, mostly through the use of deception, include: Hera, Aegina, Alcmene, Antiope, Callisto, Danae, Io, Nemesis, Europa, Ganymede, Leda, Metis, and other women of antiquity. There is no...

Islam - pagan origin and Moon god worship

August 1st, 2021

Hubal and Allah the Moon God? Islam: Truth or Myth? start page Introduction to basic facts of history: Moon worship has been practiced in Arabia since 2000 BC. The crescent moon is the most common symbol of this pagan moon worship as far back as 2000 BC. In Mecca, there was a god named Hubal who was Lord of the Kabah. This Hubal was a moon god. One Muslim apologist confessed that the idol of moon god Hubal was placed upon the roof of the Kaba about 400 years before Muhammad. T...

Forthtelling, Not Foretelling: Biblical Prophecy - Oxford Scholarship

February 13th, 2021

Forthtelling, Not Foretelling Biblical Prophecy Chapter:Source:Author(s):Steven L. McKenziePublisher:DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195161496.003.0003 Christian readers typically misunderstand prophecy in the Bible because they assume that its primary intent is to foretell the future. This chapter shows that the intent of the genre of prophecy in the Hebrew Bible was not primarily to predict the future—certainly not hundreds of years in advance—but rather to address specific social, political, an...

Waldensian Heretics

December 16th, 2020

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Waldensian Heretics (thing) See all of Waldensian Heretics, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by sui Thu Feb 28 2002 at 11:15:50 WALDENSIAN HERETICS Origins and Beginnings This group of heretics was formed in approximately 1170 AD, and was named after its founder, a man called Waldes. A citizen of Lyons in France, Waldes was a wealthy man who forfeited his riches to live in poverty and evangelical perfection. Hi...

Christogram (Blessing)

October 22nd, 2020

Christogram (Blessing) This is a gesture known as the Christogram, and is considered the original "sign of the cross." The fingers are positioned to form the Greek letters ICXC, an abbreviation of the Greek name of Christ: IHCOYC XRICTOC. This gesture is ubiquitous in Renaissance images of Christ and the apostles, as well as in portraits of Saints and clergy. The Christogram is used today as a traditional gesture of blessing by priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Curiously, the s...

The Fifteen Commandments - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

August 23rd, 2020

The Fifteen Commandments By Jewniverse Advertisement AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to EmailShare to WhatsAppShare to More"All pay heed!" cries Mel Brooks, playing Moses in History of the World, Part I–"The Lord has given unto you these Fifteen Commandments!...

Shroud of Turin - Quantum Hologram

August 23rd, 2020

Quantum Hologram Shroud of Turin - Quantum Hologram Resurrection Photo in 3D? Once in awhile it's fun to read about space-age scientific endeavors that support biblical concepts. One example is the new science of cloning prehistoric animals and other beings. You haven't heard about this? Then be sure to look up the April 2013 issue of National Geographic Magazine and read Carl Zimmer's "Bringing them back to life". Just imagine, a once extinct species like the wooly mammoth or the dodo bird...

Ten Commandments Book by Emmet Fox - Chapter 5 full text

July 13th, 2020

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