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Christianity - Nicene Creed. One statement describing the beliefs of a majority of Christians is the Nicene Creed, ratified as the universal creed of Orthodox and Catholic Christendom by the Council of Ephesus in 431, and generally adhered to by Protestants as well. Central Christian beliefs which are affirmed in the Nicene Creed include, but are not limited to: The Trinity Jesus is both fully God and fully human. That salvation from "sin and death" is available through the p ...

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Hinduism vs Christianity: Hindu beliefs compared with Christian beliefs

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Christian Meditation: Trinity Divine and the Holy Streams 

"You have learnt that the laws of the Son of Man are seven. Now you shall know of the mystery of the three Holy Streams and the ancient way to traverse them; so shall you bathe in the light of heaven and at last behold the revelation of the mystery of mysteries: the law of God, which is One."

---The Teachings of The Elect from The Essene Gospel of Peace

This quote from one of Jesus� little-known teachings provides not only a metaphor but also a much deeper insight as how to approach meditation.

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Religious pluralism is loosely defined term concerning peaceful relations between different religions, and is used in a number of related ways: Religious Pluralism often describes the worldview that one's religion is not the sole and exclusive source of truth, and thus recognizes that some level of truth and value exists in at least some other religions. Religious pluralism often is used as a synonym for ecumenism. At a minimum, ecumenism is the promotion of unity, co-operation, or ...

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• Religious pluralism - Pluralism as the belief that more than one religion can teach truths
• Religious pluralism - Pluralism is not relativism
• Religious pluralism - Pluralism as interfaith dialogue
• Religious pluralism - Conditions for the existence of religious pluralism
• Religious pluralism - History of religious pluralism
• Religious pluralism - Antiquity
• Religious pluralism - Medieval times in Europe
• Religious pluralism - The Protestant Reformation
• Religious pluralism - Enlightenment
• Religious pluralism - Classical Greek and Roman pagan religious views
• Religious pluralism - Inter-religious pluralism between different religions
• Religious pluralism - Jewish views
• Religious pluralism - Christian views
• Religious pluralism - Muslim views
• Religious pluralism - Bahá'í views
• Religious pluralism - Hindu views
• Religious pluralism - Buddhist views
• Religious pluralism - Intra-religious pluralism between different denominations within the same religion
• Religious pluralism - Jewish views
• Religious pluralism - Christian views
• Religious pluralism - Muslim views

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• Christian views of Jesus - Belief in the divinity
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• Christian views of Jesus - Birth and childhood
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• Christian views of Jesus - Arrest trial and crucifixion
• Christian views of Jesus - Resurrection Ascension and Second Coming
• Christian views of Jesus - Miracles performed
• Christian views of Jesus - Quotes
• Christian views of Jesus - Christology
• Christian views of Jesus - Differences in interpretation

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An origin belief is any story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe (cosmogony). Such beliefs can be derived from many different venues including scientific investigation, metaphysical speculation, or religious belief. As with any set of beliefs, opinions regarding the validity of particular origins beliefs differ —points of view on these subjects vary widely. Origin belief - Creation myths. Origins beliefs commonly refer to creation myths — mytho ...

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• Origin belief - Creation myths
• Origin belief - Science-based beliefs
• Origin belief - Accepted mainstream scientific theories
• Origin belief - Beliefs grounded in philosophical naturalism
• Origin belief - Creation ex nihilo
• Origin belief - Religious creation beliefs
• Origin belief - Limits to the ontology of creation
• Origin belief - Creation within various belief systems
• Origin belief - Babylonia
• Origin belief - Buddhism
• Origin belief - China
• Origin belief - Christianity
• Origin belief - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Origin belief - Creek
• Origin belief - Egyptian
• Origin belief - Classical Greece
• Origin belief - Hinduism
• Origin belief - Hopi
• Origin belief - Hmong
• Origin belief - Inca
• Origin belief - Islam
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• Origin belief - Maya
• Origin belief - Māori
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• Origin belief - Polynesian
• Origin belief - Randomness
• Origin belief - Sami
• Origin belief - Surat Shabda Yoga
• Origin belief - Taoism
• Origin belief - Zen
• Origin belief - Zoroastrianism

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Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and is therefore without error. The belief takes several forms, ranging from Biblical literalism (the belief that the Bible is true in every word) to the belief that Biblical texts require interpretation in order to be understood correctly. Biblical inerrancy - Basis of Belief. The theological basis of the belief, in its simplest form, is that as God Himself is infallible, then the Bible, as His divine Word, must also be free from e ...

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• Biblical inerrancy - Basis of Belief
• Biblical inerrancy - Biblical Literalism
• Biblical inerrancy - The Mainstream Evangelical Protestant Position in America
• Biblical inerrancy - The Catholic Position

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In Christianity, Patripassianism is the belief that God the Father and Son are simply different aspects of God. The implication of this belief is that God the Father suffered on the cross. Patripassianism is closely related to Sabellianism. See also. Heresy Nontrinitarianism Trinitarianism Trinity ...

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The end times are, in one version of Judeo-Christian eschatology and in Islam, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming of the Messiah. Specifically, what is usually referred to as the 'end times' revolves around a cluster of beliefs in Christian or Rastafarian millennialism. These beliefs typically include the ideas that the biblical apocalypse is imminent and that various signs in current events are omens of Armageddon. These beliefs have been widely held in one form, by the Adventist movement (Millerites), by Jehov ...

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• End times - Christianity
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• End times - The dispensationalist prophecies
• End times - Views by groups
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• End times - Jehovah's Witnesses
• End times - Latter-day Saints
• End times - Preterism
• End times - Rastafarians
• End times - Fictional treatments
• End times - Literature
• End times - Motion pictures

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• Dispensationalism - History
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• Dispensationalism - The four basic tenets
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• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and Messianic Judaism
• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and world politics
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• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and fiction
• Dispensationalism - Biblical arguments in favor of dispensationalism
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Marcionism is the dualist belief system that originates in the teachings of Marcion of Sinope at Rome around the year 144 CE (115 years and 6 months from the Crucifixion, according to Tertullian's reckoning in Adversus Marcionem, xv). Marcionism reflects a different understanding of the roots of Christian belief than that commonly held today. To the early church, the source of the most persistent persecution of Christians was from Judaism,[1] and they understood that the Old Testament's theology of wrath was different from th ...

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Belief in reincarnation is held by many Hindus, Buddhists, and Taoists but such beliefs are held by relatively few Christians, Jews, and Muslims. No mainstream Christian denomination includes reincarnation among their doctrines. The Christian creeds and confession have consistently proclaimed a belief in a single judgement of humanity and in the eschatological hope of the resurrection of the dead. Some small sects, such as the Liberal Cat ...

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• Bible and reincarnation - John 9:1-3
• Bible and reincarnation - Galatians 6:7
• Bible and reincarnation - New Testament passages seen to be in opposition
• Bible and reincarnation - Hebrews 9:27
• Bible and reincarnation - Luke 13
• Bible and reincarnation - The thief on the cross
• Bible and reincarnation - Paul's teaching
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• Bible and reincarnation - Origen
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Suitheism, a term coined by American occultists David Michael Cunningham and Traeonna A. R. Wagener, is the belief that oneself is a deity, without the denial of the existence of other deities. It is formed from sui ("of oneself") from Latin and theism (belief in the existence of deities) from Greek. The term autotheism has been used to mean the same thing in English since 1619. However, some find this term confusing because it has been used in Christian contexts with very different meanings, such as ...

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• Suitheism - External link

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Christo-Islamic is a term of comparative religion to connect fundamental ideas in Christianity with similar ones in Islam. Islam, which also has commonalities with Judaism, accepts many peripheral aspects of Christianity as part of its faith - with some differences in interpretation. The phrase "Judeo-Christian values" is commonly used in the West, and many Muslim scholars view this term as emblematic of Western cultures' disconnection with Islam even though Muslims refer to bo ...

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• Christo-Islamic - Beliefs

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The Alpha course is a course on the basics of the Christian faith. It has spread all over the world and is currently run in 152 countries by many different denominations. Alpha course - Structure. The Alpha course is organized as a series of sessions over ten weeks, starting with some food, a talk (often a video of one by Nicky Gumbel), and discussion in small groups. The aim is for the talks to cover the basic beliefs of Christianity. The complete list of talk titles is: Christianity: Boring, ...

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• Alpha course - Structure
• Alpha course - History
• Alpha course - Praise
• Alpha course - Critics
• Alpha course - Related and alternative courses

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In Christianity, Sabellianism (also known as modalism) is the second-century belief that the three persons of the Trinity are merely different modes or aspects of God, rather than three distinct persons. It is attributed to Sabellius, who taught a form of this doctrine in Rome in the second century. Hippolytus knew Sabellius personally and mentioned him in the Philosophumena. He knew Sabellius disliked Trinitarian theology, yet he called Modal Monarchism the heresy of Noetos, not that of Sabellius. Sabellianism was embraced by Christians in Cyrenaica, to whom Demetrius, Patriarch of Ale ...

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