Content tagged with “christianity”
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Other tags used by these items: faith, definition, history
“In Christian doctrine, the Trinity says that God exists in three parts: The Father: the omniscient being that created all things The Son: the physical form in which God came to Earth to witness to humans The Holy Spirit: God existing within a human that has accepted him as Lord So, the Holy Spirit…”
“I feel like this word gets used more in Catholic religious contexts that others. Wikipedia says this: In Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox churches, a homily is usually given during Mass (Divine Liturgy or Holy Qurbana for Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, and Divine Service…”
“This is the formal name for the ‘Jesus fish.’ It’s been dated back to the 2nd century. Historians speculate that it was used by Christians to safely identify each other during periods of persecution. The etymology of the word is disputed, but one fascinating theory is that the acronym for the Greek…”
“Despite the subtitle, which sounds vaguely sacrilegious, this is a pro-Christianity book. The author is a seminary professor. The gist is that modern Christians don’t understand how strange Christianity would have seemed to the Romans back in 100 AD or so. Roman culture was just not used to things…”
