Gregory of Nyssa - Trinity. Gregory is remembered above all for two major contributions to theology. The first is his doctrine of the Trinity, a development of the theology of Basil and their mutual friend Gregory Nazianzus. Following Basil's lead, Gregory argues that the three Persons of the Trinity can be understood along the model of three members of a single class: thus, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three in the same way that Peter, Paul, and Timothy are three men. So why do we not say there are three ...

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Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nyssa - Biography, Gregory of Nyssa - Theology, Gregory of Nyssa - Trinity, Gregory of Nyssa - Infinity, Gregory of Nyssa - Stages, Gregory of Nyssa - Epektasis, Gregory of Nyssa - Writings

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Mathew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Mathew 24:36 is not referring to the Rapture, it refers to a time when Heaven and Earth pass away. This event takes place at the end of the 1000 year millennial reign of Jesus Christ. Look at the subject being referred to. It is when Heaven and Earth pass away. Mathew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Mathew 24:36 But of that day and hou ...

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Rapture, Rapture - Etymology, Rapture - Varying views, Rapture - Pre-tribulation, Rapture - Post-tribulation, Rapture - Mid-tribulation, Rapture - Pre-tribulation rapture already in process, Rapture - Tradition and the timing of the rapture, Rapture - God's 40 day warning of the rapture, Rapture - Expected events, Rapture - Secret rapture, Rapture - Scriptural basis, Rapture - Criticism, Rapture - Rebuttal, Rapture - History, Rapture - The Rapture in media

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The Duke of Clarence fathers a child with Annie Crook, a shop worker from the East End of London. Queen Victoria employs royal physician Sir William Withey Gull to kill those with knowledge of the child. The victims are Crook's friends, prostitutes who've attempted blackmail to obtain money to pay a thug's demanded extortion. Gull, a highranking Freemason, justifies the brutal murders by claiming they are a Masonic warning to an apparent Illuminati threat to the throne. (Historically, the Illuminati were blamed, in some quarters, for ...

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Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, the fourth child of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. The Smiths were a farming family and several moves in and around New England were necessitated by crop failures and some ill-fated business ventures. During the winter of 1812-1813, when Joseph was eight years old, his leg became dangerously infected. Some doctors advised amputation, but his family refused. After a successful operation to remove parts of his affected shin bone (without anesthesia or the commonly used tranquilizer at that time ...

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Early life of Joseph Smith Jr., Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's childhood, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's religious background, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Joseph Smith's First Vision, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Work as a treasure seeker and marriage to Emma, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moroni and the Golden Plates, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moving to Harmony Pennsylvania, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Notes

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Some Protestant churches recognize a liturgical year, including Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Lutherans. In general those Protestant churches that recognize a liturgical year, and follow a conventional lectionary, follow the pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic parlance, recognizing an Epiphany Season (or "Sundays after Epiphany") and a Pentecost Season (or "Sundays after Pentecost"). Some Christian festivals and when they occur according to Roman and Protestant (Western) Christianity are: Epiphany: January 6See also:

Liturgical year, Liturgical year - Western Christianity, Liturgical year - Advent, Liturgical year - Christmas, Liturgical year - Ordinary Time Time after Epiphany and Septuagesima, Liturgical year - Lent, Liturgical year - Easter, Liturgical year - Ordinary Time Time After Pentecost, Liturgical year - Anglican and Protestant churches, Liturgical year - Eastern Orthodox Church, Liturgical year - The twelve Great Feasts, Liturgical year - Resources

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It has been claimed that apparitions were experienced by a number of popes, including Pope Leo XIII in 1884, Pope Pius XII at various stages during his papacy, and Pope John Paul II in 1981, while he recovered from an assassination attempt which occurred on the anniversary of the Fatima apparition. John Paul II's particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary was indicated in his coat of Arms (image, left), which contains a large letter "M," representing Mary at the foot of the Cross, as well as his motto "Totus Tuus," ("Totally yours ...

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Marian apparitions, Marian apparitions - List of Marian apparitions, Marian apparitions - Papal Marian apparitions, Marian apparitions - Criticism and Controversy

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There are two main viewpoints (within the premillennial school) which concern the timing of the Rapture. Rapture - Pre-tribulation. A popular view, and the view taught in dispensationalism, is referred to as the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, or simply "Pre-Trib". This is the belief that the Rapture will occur at the beginning of the 70th Week of Daniel, the final seven years of this age. Christian believers will be translated into immortal bodies in the Rapture before the persecutions by the Harlot Church and b ...

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Rapture, Rapture - Etymology, Rapture - Varying views, Rapture - Pre-tribulation, Rapture - Post-tribulation, Rapture - Mid-tribulation, Rapture - Pre-tribulation rapture already in process, Rapture - Tradition and the timing of the rapture, Rapture - God's 40 day warning of the rapture, Rapture - Expected events, Rapture - Secret rapture, Rapture - Scriptural basis, Rapture - Criticism, Rapture - Rebuttal, Rapture - History, Rapture - The Rapture in media

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According to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, the era of public revelation ended with the death of the last Apostle and when the New Testament was finished. A Marian apparition, if genuine, is treated as private revelation that may emphasise some facet of the received public revelation for a specific purpose, but it can never add anything new. At most the Church will declare an apparition as worthy of belief, but belief is never required. The Holy See has officially confirmed the apparitions at Guadalupe, Lou ...

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Marian apparitions, Marian apparitions - Catholic belief, Marian apparitions - Papal Marian apparitions, Marian apparitions - Criticism, Marian apparitions - List of Marian apparitions

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A common interpretation that is quite popular is sometimes referred to as the "Dead in Christ". In the Apostle Paul's first letter to the Church at Thessalonica, he told them that before the Rapture would occur an event would take place that would leave no doubt of the impending Rapture. He told them to watch for "the dead in Christ to rise first"! I Thes. 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, ...

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Rapture, Rapture - Etymology, Rapture - Varying views, Rapture - Pre-tribulation, Rapture - Post-tribulation, Rapture - Mid-tribulation, Rapture - Pre-tribulation rapture already in process, Rapture - Tradition and the timing of the rapture, Rapture - God's 40 day warning of the rapture, Rapture - Expected events, Rapture - Secret rapture, Rapture - Scriptural basis, Rapture - Criticism, Rapture - Rebuttal, Rapture - History, Rapture - The Rapture in media

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According to the Rapture interpretation, in the near future dead believers in Jesus will be brought back to life and believers who have never died will be changed in the "twinkling of an eye" and both groups will be taken up to heaven. Rapture - Secret rapture. A common interpretation that is quite popular is sometimes referred to as the "secret Rapture". Corinthians says Christians will all be transformed in an instant. Thessalonians says Christians will be caught up. Nothing says humans wil ...

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Rapture, Rapture - Etymology, Rapture - Varying views, Rapture - Pre-tribulation, Rapture - Post-tribulation, Rapture - Mid-tribulation, Rapture - Pre-tribulation rapture already in process, Rapture - Tradition and the timing of the rapture, Rapture - God's 40 day warning of the rapture, Rapture - Expected events, Rapture - Secret rapture, Rapture - Scriptural basis, Rapture - Criticism, Rapture - Rebuttal, Rapture - History, Rapture - The Rapture in media

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Abraham stands out prominently as the recipient of the promises (Gen. 12:2-7, 13:14-17, 15, 17, 18:17-19, 22:17-18, 24:7). In the New Testament Abraham is mentioned prominently as a man of faith (see e.g., Hebrews 11), and the apostle Paul uses him as an example of salvation by faith (in e.g. Galatians 3). Authors of the New Testament cite Abraham to support belief in the resurrection of the dead. "But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying ...

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Abraham, Abraham - Abraham in Judaism, Abraham - Abraham in Christianity, Abraham - Abraham in Islam, Abraham - Abraham in philosophy, Abraham - Abraham and his descendants Biblical Perspective, Abraham - Arab connection, Abraham - Slavery, Abraham - Modern historical criticism

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Little attention was paid to these verses before the Protestant Reformation, and consequently most Christian denominations who have beliefs concerning a "rapture" are those that appeared after the Reformation. The popularization of the term is associated with teaching of John Nelson Darby and the rise of premillennialism and dispensationalism in the United States at the end of the 19th century. Among Christians who believe in the Rapture there is substantial debate about Pre-Trib, Mid-Trib or Post-Trib. Critics of Pre-Trib ofte ...

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Rapture, Rapture - Etymology, Rapture - Varying views, Rapture - Pre-tribulation, Rapture - Post-tribulation, Rapture - Mid-tribulation, Rapture - Pre-tribulation rapture already in process, Rapture - Tradition and the timing of the rapture, Rapture - God's 40 day warning of the rapture, Rapture - Expected events, Rapture - Secret rapture, Rapture - Scriptural basis, Rapture - Criticism, Rapture - Rebuttal, Rapture - History, Rapture - The Rapture in media

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Some mystics believe, that a soul is growing in steps from minerals, plants and animals to men. When the human body dies, a soul could become an angel. The Sufi mystic Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi wrote in his poem Masnavi: I died as inanimate matter and arose a plant, I died as a plant and rose again an animal. I died as an animal and arose a man. Why then should I fear to become less by dying? I shall die once again as a man ...

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Angel, Angel - Etymology, Angel - Angels in the Tanakh, Angel - Appearance of angels, Angel - Purpose, Angel - Jewish views, Angel - Maimonides and rationalism, Angel - Christian views, Angel - Islamic views, Angel - Latter-Day Saint views, Angel - Other religions, Angel - Hinduism, Angel - Thelema, Angel - Angels as a development step of the soul, Angel - Named angels and archangels, Angel - Bibliography

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The three synoptic Gospels (Matthew [7], Mark [8], and Luke [9]) as well as Saint Paul's first Letter to the Corinthians [10] contain versions of the Words of Institution spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper: "Take, eat, this is my body ... Take, drink, this is my blood ... Do this in remembrance of me." All subsequent celebration of the Eucharist is based on this injunction. John 6 is also interpreted in connection with the Eucharist: " For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him." (John 6:55-56) See also: H ...

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Eucharist, Eucharist - Names for the Eucharist, Eucharist - Eucharist in the Bible, Eucharist - Christian Theology, Eucharist - Roman Catholic: Sacrifice; Transubstantiation, Eucharist - Eastern Christianity: Sacrifice and Objective Reality but Pious Silence on the Particulars, Eucharist - Anglicans/Episcopalians: Real Presence with Opinion, Eucharist - Lutherans - the Sacramental Union: in with and under, Eucharist - Methodism: presence as mystery, Eucharist - Calvinist Reformed: spiritual feeding pneumatic presence, Eucharist - Reformed/Congregational: no Real Presence, Eucharist - Summary of views, Eucharist - Ritual and liturgy, Eucharist - The Agape feast, Eucharist - Eastern Christianity, Eucharist - Roman Catholicism, Eucharist - Protestantism, Eucharist - Jehovah's Witnesses, Eucharist - Open and closed communion, Eucharist - Footnotes, Eucharist - Resources

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The three synoptic Gospels (Matthew [7], Mark [8], and Luke [9]) as well as Saint Paul's first Letter to the Corinthians [10] contain versions of the Words of Institution spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper: "Take, eat, this is my body ... Take, drink, this is my blood ... Do this in remembrance of me." All subsequent celebration of the Eucharist is based on this injunction. John 6 is also interpreted in connection with the Eucharist: " For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him." (John 6:55-56) See also: H ...

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Eucharist, Eucharist - Names for the Eucharist, Eucharist - Eucharist in the Bible, Eucharist - Christian Theology, Eucharist - Roman Catholic: Sacrifice; Transubstantiation, Eucharist - Eastern Christianity: Sacrifice and Objective Reality but Pious Silence on the Particulars, Eucharist - Anglicans/Episcopalians: Real Presence with Opinion, Eucharist - Lutherans - the Sacramental Union: in with and under the forms, Eucharist - Methodism: presence as mystery, Eucharist - Calvinist Reformed: spiritual feeding pneumatic presence, Eucharist - Zwinglian Reformed: no Real Presence, Eucharist - Summary of views, Eucharist - Ritual and liturgy, Eucharist - The Agape feast, Eucharist - Eastern Christianity, Eucharist - Roman Catholicism, Eucharist - Protestantism, Eucharist - Jehovah's Witnesses, Eucharist - Open and closed communion, Eucharist - Alleged pre-Christian origins, Eucharist - Footnotes, Eucharist - Resources

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Eucharist - The Agape feast. The Agape feast was the Eucharistic celebration of the early Christians. While centered on the ritual of the bread and wine, it also included various other ritual elements, including elements of the Passover seder and of Mediterranean funerary banquets, also termed Agape Feasts. Agape is one of the Greek words for love, particularly applied to selfless love. Such meals were widespread, tho ...

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Eucharist, Eucharist - Names for the Eucharist, Eucharist - Eucharist in the Bible, Eucharist - Christian Theology, Eucharist - Roman Catholic: Sacrifice; Transubstantiation, Eucharist - Eastern Christianity: Sacrifice and Objective Reality but Pious Silence on the Particulars, Eucharist - Anglicans/Episcopalians: Real Presence with Opinion, Eucharist - Lutherans - the Sacramental Union: in with and under, Eucharist - Methodism: presence as mystery, Eucharist - Calvinist Reformed: spiritual feeding pneumatic presence, Eucharist - Reformed/Congregational: no Real Presence, Eucharist - Summary of views, Eucharist - Ritual and liturgy, Eucharist - The Agape feast, Eucharist - Eastern Christianity, Eucharist - Roman Catholicism, Eucharist - Protestantism, Eucharist - Jehovah's Witnesses, Eucharist - Open and closed communion, Eucharist - Footnotes, Eucharist - Resources

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Moore's and Campbell's book was filmed in 2001 by the Hughes Brothers. It was first released on September 8, 2001 at the Venice Film Festival. This film has been criticised for altering many details of the source (such as changing Abberline from a hardworking, conflicted police officer into a psychic who induces visions via opium) and remaking the complex story into a whodunit. It received mixed reviews and performed rather poorly at the box office, earning only $31.6 million in domestic receipts for a budget of $35 million. As usual with film adaptations of his works, Alan Moore r ...

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From Hell, From Hell - Plot overview, From Hell - Interpretations, From Hell - The film, From Hell - Awards

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In the spring of 1820 when he was fourteen years old, Smith reported he was reading the Bible when he came across the following verse in the first chapter of the Epistle of James: James 1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Smith felt deeply impressed by this particular scripture, believing he needed guidance in choosing the proper church to join. One morning, he went into a grove of trees (called "the sacred grove ...

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First Vision, First Vision - Background, First Vision - Summary of Joseph Smith Jr.'s 1838 Account of The First Vision, First Vision - Criticisms of the LDS Interpretation of the First Vision, First Vision - 1830 Allusion, First Vision - 1832 Account, First Vision - 1834 Account, First Vision - 1835 Account, First Vision - 1838 Version, First Vision - A Chronology of Various First Vision Accounts

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Smith was raised during the Second Great Awakening, a time in U.S history when there was a considerable revival of interest in Christianity, in reaction to the more secular Age of Enlightenment which preceded it. During the Awakening, western New York so frequently "caught fire" with revivalism that it later became known as the "Burned-over district". Smith's family and ancestors, like the majority of families of this era, had little affiliation with organized religion; however, they were privately religious, accepting of things like ...

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Early life of Joseph Smith Jr., Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's childhood, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's religious background, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Joseph Smith's First Vision, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Work as a treasure seeker and marriage to Emma, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moroni and the Golden Plates, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moving to Harmony Pennsylvania, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Notes

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At about the same time as Smith reportedly had his First Vision, it has been said that he began to practice crystal gazing, a form of divination in which a "seer" looks into a crystal, often called a seer stone, to divine esoteric knowledge. There are two stories about how Smith obtained his first seer stone. According to an account of an interview with Smith, Sr., a 14-year-old Joseph borrowed the stone from a person working as a local crystal gazer (Lapham 1870, pp. 305-306); it reportedly showed him the underground location ...

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Early life of Joseph Smith Jr., Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's childhood, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's religious background, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Joseph Smith's First Vision, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Work as a treasure seeker and marriage to Emma, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moroni and the Golden Plates, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moving to Harmony Pennsylvania, Early life of Joseph Smith Jr. - Notes

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Writers have regarded the life of Abraham in various ways. He has been viewed as a chieftain of the Amorites, as the head of a great Semitic migration from Mesopotamia; or, since Ur and Haran were seats of Moon-worship, he has been identified with a moon-god. From the character of the literary evidence and the locale of the stories it has been held that Abraham was originally associated with Hebron. The double name Abram/Abraham has even suggested that two personages have been combined in the Biblical narrative; although this does not explai ...

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Abraham, Abraham - Abraham in Judaism, Abraham - Abraham in Christianity, Abraham - Abraham in Islam, Abraham - Abraham in philosophy, Abraham - Abraham and his descendants Biblical Perspective, Abraham - Arab connection, Abraham - Slavery, Abraham - Modern historical criticism

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Supporters for this belief generally cite the following primary sources in the New Testament: "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left." (Matthew 24:40-41) "[Christ] shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all thi ...

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Rapture, Rapture - Etymology, Rapture - Varying views, Rapture - Pre-tribulation, Rapture - Post-tribulation, Rapture - Mid-tribulation, Rapture - Pre-tribulation rapture already in process, Rapture - Tradition and the timing of the rapture, Rapture - God's 40 day warning of the rapture, Rapture - Expected events, Rapture - Secret rapture, Rapture - Scriptural basis, Rapture - Criticism, Rapture - Rebuttal, Rapture - History, Rapture - The Rapture in media

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