Posted in A, tagged afterlife, à Kempis, Bible, books, Christian, german, gutenberg, heaven, hell, medieval, monastic, monk, press, psychology, self, self-realization, soul, spirit, technology, Thomas on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
à Kempis, Thomas (1379-1471) Also known as Thomas Hemerken, à Kempis was a German who entered an Augustinian convent in 1400.
In 1413 he was ordained. He spent the rest of his life as a religious, becoming superior of the convent.
He wrote several spiritual works but the most popular is the devotional classic Imitatio Christi (The Imitation [...]
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Posted in A, tagged abel, abrasive, aggression, Bible, cain, christianity, crime, evil, genesis, gentle, God, jewish, killing, life, love, murder, myth, old testament, peace, punishment, sin on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Abel In the biblical book of Genesis (4: 2-16), Abel is the second son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
Cain’s motives were most likely jealousy and anger.
Abel was a shepherd and Cain a farmer. Cain and Abel had made sacrificial offerings to God but only Abel’s was acceptable to the [...]
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Posted in A, tagged acts, apostles, Bible, christianity, history, holy, luke, myth, New Testament, Paul, religion, sacred, scripture, theology on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
St. Luke
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Acts of the Apostles The fifth book of the New Testament.
Most Catholics believe Acts was authored by St. Luke. Some biblical scholars dispute this with apparently rational arguments, which on closer inspection appear to be irrational.
The book provides historical material about the early spreading of the Gospel and disputes that arose [...]
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Posted in A, tagged adam, Bible, Christian, Eve, evil, Jesus, jewish, old testament, original sin, religion, sin, theology on May 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Adam & Eve, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool
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Adam (Hebrew, adam = Man) In the Bible’s Old Testament book of Genesis, Adam is said to be the first human being. He was fashioned from earthly clay and brought to life with the living breath of God.
According to Genesis his female counterpart, Eve, was created [...]
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Alchemy (2)
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Alchemy In everyday usage the word alchemy describes a psychological interplay among people.
Its etymology points to the actual practice of alchemy–derived via Arabic from the Greek chemeia.
Historically, alchemy involved the heating and mixing of chemicals and mineral substances with a view toward artificially transforming base metals into gold.
The ancient Greeks in [...]
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Posted in A, tagged alien, Aliens, angel, angels, Bible, devil, et, extraterrestrials, God, Greece, heaven, jewish, jupiter, missing time, moses, myth, paranormal, parapsychology, religion, rome, Satan, siva, ufo, unexplained, zeus on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Classical Martian
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Aliens and Extraterrestrials (ETs)
The belief in aliens from other planets dates back for centuries, as does their alleged sightings.
47,000 year-old rock carvings in the Hunan province of China could be interpreted as evidence for UFOs.
Airborne “fire circles” were reported to the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III (1504-1450 BCE).
In the Middle Ages [...]
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Alpha & Omega
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Lawrence OP
Alpha The first letter of the Greek alphabet.
In the New Testament it is used in reference to Jesus Christ.
I am the alpha and the omega”
(Rev 1:8).
The statement is usually taken to mean that Christ is present from the beginning to the end of time.
Add to this, report errors, suggest edits [...]
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Posted in A, tagged angels, Bible, binary, christianity, communication, computer, fallen angels, hindu, Islam, jewish, language, leibniz, life, mysticism, religion, spirit on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
angel
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Angels (Greek angelos or aggelos = messenger).The Old and New Testaments of the Bible make considerable reference to angels, which are regarded as divine messengers.
Around the sixth-century CE Dionysus the Areopagite’s The Celestial Hierarchy outlined three groups of hierarchically arranged angels.
Angels are mentioned in the Jewish Kabbala as inhabiting seven heavenly [...]
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ApocalypseOriginally uploaded by Philipp Klinger
Apocalypse In Biblical and religious studies ‘apocalyptic literature’ refers to Jewish and Christian texts denoting a future time, usually an end time in which God’s justice prevails over the evils of this world.
In Christianity, the destruction of this world is to be followed by a “new heaven and a new earth” [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Apocrypha, Bible, catholic, Christian, greek, jewish, latin, orthodox, religion, scripture, spirit, spirituality on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Apocrypha This term has different meanings, according to the beliefs of those using it.
These meanings may be summed up as follows:
(a) Religious texts considered inauthentic by Protestant denominations but included in the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Bibles.
These extra books are found in ancient Greek and Latin versions of the Old Testament but not in the [...]
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