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 aggression, ahimsa, augustine, battle, buddhism, catholic, catholicism, christianity, conflict, confrontation, dharma, Gandhi, ghandi, harmony, hinduism, jainism, just war, non-violence, non-violent, peace, religion, violence, war on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Mahatma Ghandi
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Ahimsa Mohandas Gandhi’s life exemplified this Jain ideal of non-violence.
Himsa means “harming.” The prefix a implies the opposite, “not-harming.”
Ahimsa is based on respect for all life. It’s believed that violence to the living merely harms self and others, binding the doer to undesirable future incarnations on Earth.
The ideal is central to [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Alexandria, ancient, apostles, christianity, history, library, mark, Mediterranean, religion on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Alexandria
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[back from travelling]
Alexandria Major port in Lower Egypt by the Mediterranean, founded by Alexander the Great (332 BCE).
The city contained a university modeled after that of Athens and a library with 400,000 to 900,000 books and scrolls.
This is the location where the apostle Mark is said to have founded the first Christian [...]
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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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Posted in A, tagged anselm, aquinas, belief, canterbury, christianity, faith, God, jung, knowledge, middle ages, ontological argument, reason, religion, saint, spirit on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Anselm, St. (of Canterbury, 1033-1109) The somewhat undisciplined son of a noble landowner in Aosta, Italy, who eventually took monastic vows and became the archbishop of Canterbury.
St. Anselm is one of the earliest and most prominent scholastics of the Middle Ages.
He is best known for defining the ontological argument, a theological proof for the existence [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Anthroposophy, christianity, divine, gnosticism, life, mankind, mysticism, occult, reincarnation, religion, soul, spirit, Steiner on April 8, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Goetheanum exteriorOriginally uploaded by Dystopos
Anthroposophy A spiritual movement and outgrowth ofTheosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) in the late 1800s.
Anthroposophy is said to embrace Christianity while advancing the idea of reincarnation, a teaching that most orthodox Christians do not accept.
Elements are also borrowed from several other mystical systems, including the occult, astral travel and Gnosticism.
Goetheanum [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Apostle, apostles, Bible, christianity, freedom, jesus christ, life, religion, salvation on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Apostle (Greek: Apostolos, derived from apo [away] + stellein [to send])
The Apostles were, for the most part, ordinary folk transformed by Jesus Christ to assist and continue in his spiritual mission.
For Christians, the number twelve suggests that the apostles are a divinely chosen group since this number parallels the twelve tribes of Israel, as outlined [...]
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Posted in A, tagged angels, Archangel, catholic, Christian, christianity, devil, exorcism, life, orthodox, religion, soul, spirit, Spiritual Warfare on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Archangel [Greek archos: ruler + angelos: messenger] The Catholic tradition outlines three archangels: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
In a Catholic exorcism prayer St. Michael and other spiritual powers are appealed to in order to expell the devil from an afflicted person.
The Catholic catechism does not place too much emphasis on angels, while affirming that they are servants [...]
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