Encyclopedia - Prophecy: Encyclopedia - Prophecy
Prophecy, in a broad sense, is the prediction of future events. The etymology of the word is ultimately Greek, from pro- "before" plus th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prophecy: Encyclopedia Ii - Prophecy - Prophecy In Religion
In many religions, gods or other supernatural agents are thought to sometimes provide prophecies to certain individuals, known as prophet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prophecy: Encyclopedia Ii - Prophecy - History Of Prophecy
The earliest manifestations of prophecy were most often found in the form of magical spells and folk charms. In modern times, astrology a...   » Read the article

Article - Sahaja Yoga: Sahaja Yoga And The Religions Of The World - Prophecies
Sahaja Yoga and the Religions of the World The texts below show references to the Kundalini, Self Realization, their association with t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armageddon: Encyclopedia - Armageddon
Armageddon refers, generally, to end times or Earth ending catastrophes in various religions and cultures. "Armageddon" also refers to an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia - Time Travel
Time travel is the concept of moving forward and backward to different points in time, much as we do through space. It also includes trav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaticinium Ex Eventu: Encyclopedia - Vaticinium Ex Eventu
Vaticinium ex eventu ("Prophecy from the event") is a technical theological or historiographical term referring to a prophecy written aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Vegetarianism: Encyclopedia - Christian Vegetarianism
Christian vegetarianism is the dietary practice of vegetarianism or veganism based on the belief that Jesus Christ, the twelve apostles a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Coming: Encyclopedia - Second Coming
The prophecies of a Second Coming are various and span across many religions and cultures. Most notable is the Christian belief in the re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Hunt: Encyclopedia - Dave Hunt
Dave Hunt, born in 1926, is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He writes a weekly message through The Berean C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John The Baptist: Encyclopedia - John The Baptist
John the Baptist (also called John the Baptizer or Yahya the Baptizer) is regarded as a prophet by at least three religions: Christianity...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Judaism Book: Encyclopedia - Ancient Judaism Book
Ancient Judaism, also known as Ancient Palestine: Society and Religion, is a book written by Maximilian Weber, a German economist and soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism
Messianic Judaism is any of a group of loosely related religious movements, all claiming a connection with Judaism, and all of which cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia - Eschatology
Eschatology (from the Greek έσχατος meaning "last" + -logy) is a part of theology concerned with the final events in the history o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Religion - Religions As Progressively True
In contrast to the above models, the following models see religion as "progressively true." These models differentiate between major worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Religion - Religions As Absolutely True
In the following models, religions are seen as absolutely and unchangingly True. They contrast with both the first group of models (which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Religion - Role Of Charismatic Figures In The Development Of Religions
Many religions have been deeply influenced by charismatic leaders, such as Jesus, Martin Luther, Saint Francis of Assisi, John Calvin, Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Religion - Religions As Social Construction
This group of models holds that religion is a social construction, rather than referring to actual supernatural phenomena, that is, pheno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Time Travel And Religion
Time travel - Prophecy and theology. It is interesting to note that any religion which postulates the existence of fulfilled prophecy r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Comparison Between Mormonism And Judaism
Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God. Although monotheism is a fundamental tenet of Judaism, the Jewish religion arose and was codifie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Hinduism
Hindu traditional prophecies, as described in the Puranas and several other texts, say that the world shall fall into chaos and degradati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Hinduism
Hindu traditional prophecies, as described in the Puranas and several other texts, say that the world shall fall into chaos and degradati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormon Claims Of House Of Israel Descent
Mormons consider themselves to be the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (who was also known as "Israel") or adopted into the House...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Jewish Symbolism In Mormonism
The LDS Church includes among its traditional symbols the Star of David, which has been in use among Jews since at least the 13th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Jews
LDS assert peaceful coexistence with the Jewish people, whom they recognize as Israelites who simply never lost the knowledge that they a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Mormons And Israel
Mormons, as a whole, are largely pro-Israel. Mormons, as well as many Jews, are also in favor of coexistence in the Holy Land. The LDS pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Worship
The early Celts considered some trees to be sacred. The importance of trees in Celtic religion is shown by the fact that the very name of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Worship
The early Celts considered some trees to be sacred. The importance of trees in Celtic religion is shown by the fact that the very name of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Historical Sources
Because of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate— a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Historical Sources
Because of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate— a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Time Travel, Or Space-time Travel?
The classic problem with the concept of "time travel ships" in science fiction is that it invariably treats Earth as the frame of referen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Physics
Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (and, by extension, the general theory) very explicitly permits a kind of time dilation th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Time Travel Or Space-time Travel?
The classic problem with the concept of "time travel ships" in science fiction is that it invariably treats Earth as the frame of referen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Distance Of Time Travel
According to special relativity, the physical laws are invariant over Lorentz transformations. This mixes time and space dimensions as di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Fundamental Problems With Time Travel
Perhaps there is a more fundamental problem with time travel. That is, the concept of "travel" through time may be inherently flawed. "Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Open Future Models
There are two primary theories for open future universes, growing universe and branching universe. In the growing universe model there ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Time Travel In Fiction
Time travel - Types of time travel. Time travel themes in science fiction and the media can generally be grouped into two main types an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prophecy Of The Popes: Encyclopedia Ii - Prophecy Of The Popes - Contemporary Popes And The Prophecy
Prophecy of the Popes - Pope Pius X Ignis ardens. The motto means "ardent" or "burning fire". The pope was known for his great personal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Prophecy: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible Prophecy - Modern Perspectives
It is clear that many shifts have occurred in the world in recent years. These explosive changes over just the past century in world popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Blake: Encyclopedia Ii - William Blake - Bibliography
William Blake - Illuminated Books. c.1788: All Religions are One There is No Natural Religion 1789: Songs of Innocence The Book of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Judaism Book: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Judaism Book - Book Content
In Ancient Judaism, Weber deals specifically with the following ares: Ancient Judaism book - Types of Asceticism and the Significance of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armageddon: Encyclopedia Ii - Armageddon - Jehovah's Witnesses
Armageddon in the Jehovah's Witness religion is also anticipated, as the final battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armageddon: Encyclopedia Ii - Armageddon - Rastafari Movement
Main article: Rastafari movement In the Rastafarian beliefs, it is Haile Selassie who appears in the Book of Revelation. One of the Armag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Precognition: Encyclopedia Ii - Precognition - History
Throughout history people have claimed to have precognitive abilities, and the "gift of prophecy" is a common feature of most religions. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Immaculate Conception: Encyclopedia Ii - Immaculate Conception - Scriptural Sources
In his Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus (December 8, 1854), which officially defined the Immaculate Conception as dogma for the Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmadi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmadi - History
The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam claims to represent a latter day renaissance of the religion of Islam. At the end of the 19th century, Mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Christianity
Christians in the 1st century AD believed the end of the world would come during their lifetime. Jesus in Mark 13:8 compared the end of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Judaism
In Judaism, the end of the world is called the acharit hayamim (end of days). Tumultuous events will overturn the old world order, creati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Native American
Several Native American tribes have similar beliefs concerning the end times. Eschatology - Hopi. Tribal leaders of the Hopi tribe, suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Other Religions
Many Neopagans and Wiccans believe that the entire Universe continues in endless cycles of birth, death, and rebirth. Some have argued th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Buddhism
At the time of the Buddha, he apparently predicted that his teachings would disappear after 500 years. According to the Sutta Pitaka, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Messianic Judaism - Messianic Judaism Or Hebrew Christianity?
Messianic Jews consider their primary identity to be "Jewish" and belief in Jesus to be the logical conclusion of their "Jewishness". The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Messianic Judaism - Critics Of The Messianic Movement
All mainstream Jewish denominations and organizations hold that Messianic Jews are not practicing Judaism, but Protestant Christianity. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Messianic Judaism - Parallels To Baal Teshuva
These efforts to convert Jews to Christianity, and the receptiveness of some Jews to it in the past few decades, are a parallel phenomeno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messianic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Messianic Judaism - Organization And Beliefs
The organized Messianic Movement consists of approximately 200 congregations in the United States, with approximately one hundred thousan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Islam
Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali's Signs of Qiyamah discuss the arrival of the Enlightened One, Imam Madhi, followed by natural disaster, "The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism eschatology is the oldest eschatology in recorded history. By 500 BC, Zoroastrians had fully developed a concept of the en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Islam
Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali's Signs of Qiyamah discuss the arrival of the Enlightened One, Imam Mahdi, followed by natural disaster, "The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Judaism
In Judaism, the end of the world is called the acharit hayamim (end of days). Tumultuous events will overturn the old world order, creati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Native American
Several Native American tribes have similar beliefs concerning the end times. Eschatology - Hopi. Tribal leaders of the Hopi tribe, suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism eschatology is the oldest eschatology in recorded history. By 500 BC, Zoroastrians had fully developed a concept of the en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Other Religions
Many Neopagans and Wiccans believe that the entire Universe continues in endless cycles of birth, death, and rebirth. The Magic Bills be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Buddhism
Buddha predicted that his teachings would disappear after 500 years. According to the Sutta Pitaka, the "ten moral courses of conduct" wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Christianity
Christians in the 1st century AD believed the end of the world would come during their lifetime. Jesus in Mark 13:8 compared the end of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Covenant Of Bahá'u'lláh: Encyclopedia Ii - The Covenant Of Bahá'u'lláh - Lesser Covenant
This is the covenant that is made regarding the successorship of authority within the religion. Bahá'ís see the manner in which the Cov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Matrix Revolutions: Encyclopedia Ii - The Matrix Revolutions - Plot
The film's events immediately follow those of The Matrix Reloaded and assume familiarity with the story of the last two films. The revela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Perspectives On Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Perspectives On Jesus - Judaism
Adherents of Judaism do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah, and reject all claimed Messiahs, holding that the world is not redeemed y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Perspectives On Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Perspectives On Jesus - Judaism
Main articles: Jewish view of Jesus, Comparing and contrasting Judaism and Christianity, Judaism and Christianity, and Jewish Messiah Adh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doctrines Of Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Doctrines Of Jehovah's Witnesses - Eschatology: The Condition Of The Dead And Judgment Day
Christ's presence (Greek: parousia) is considered to be his invisible rule from heaven and is believed to have begun in 1914. Witnesses b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martin Luther And The Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Martin Luther And The Jews - Luther's Statements About The Jews
Martin Luther and the Jews - Luther's Spalatin Letter. Luther's first known comment on the Jews is in a letter written to Reverend Spal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Messiah
Jews believe that a descendant of King David will one day appear to restore the Kingdom of Israel. Jews refer to this person as Moshiach,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Evangelism
Judaism is not an evangelistic religion. Orthodox Judaism in fact deliberately makes it very difficult to convert and become a Jew, and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Mutual Views
In addition to each having varied views on the other as a religion, there has also been a long and often painful history of conflict, per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Raison D'être Of The Religion
Each religion has a mythos, that is, an internal description of its raison d'être, its reason for being. Christianity's raison d'être i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Nature Of Religion: National Versus Universal
Judaism does not characterize itself as a religion so much as a way of life (although one can speak of the Jewish religion and religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Concepts Of God
Both Jews and Christians believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for Jews the God of the Tanakh, for Christians the God of the Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Understanding Of The Bible
Jews and Christians seek authority from many of the same basic books, but they conceive of these books in significantly different ways. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Faith Versus Good Deeds
Judaism teaches that the purpose of the Torah is to show that good deeds are considered in holiness as much or even more important than b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Abortion
Both Jews and Christians regard pregnancy as a gift from God, and hold children to be miracles. The only statements in the Tanakh (Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - War Violence And Pacifism
Jews and Christians accept as valid and binding many of the same moral principles taught in the Torah. There is a great deal of overlap b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Judgement
Both Christianity and Judaism believe in some form of judgement. The Christian view is very well defined - every human is a sinner, and n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Capital Punishment
Although the Jewish bible has many references to capital punishment, in fact very early on, the Jewish sages and rabbis used their author...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prophecy: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Prophecy
prophecy: Divination. Act or practice of predicting the future. (See also: Prophecy , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Prophecy: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Prophecy
prophecy A description of future happenings   (See also: Prophecy , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Mothman Prophecies: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Mothman Prophecies
MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, THE John Keel's seminal work on UFOs, involving, among other things, a "7-foot, red-eyed monster with wings&q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prophecy: Parapsychology Dictionary On Prophecy
Prophecy: (a) A prediction, usually resulting from a sense of spiritual revelation.    (b) The ability to receive propheti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prophecy: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Prophecy
Prophecy The power of predicting the future, either by mystic vision or by a knowledge of the laws of cycles. Those versed in the latt...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanism: Health And Healing Dictionary On Shamanism
Shamanism: The religion of the ancient peoples of northern Europe and Asia, generally characterized by the ability of the Shaman to co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Gifts: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Spiritual Gifts
Spiritual Gifts According to Christian doctrine, special abilities given by God to worthy believers. Every Christian has at least one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prophecy: Encyclopedia Ii - Prophecy - Evidence Of Prophecy
Prophecy always involves some kind of communication with the future or with different realms of existence, which are usually not discerni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prophecy: Encyclopedia Ii - Prophecy - Folk Prophecy
Prophecy - Sortes virgilianae. In the Middle Ages, as the figure of the Latin poet Virgil developed into a kind of magus or wizard, man...   » Read the article