There is no definition of sin; in fact, in most religions there is rarely a mention of sin. There is no hero. There is no fall of man. There is no salvation. There is no warning to repent. There is no hell, so there is no salvation. There is no urgency, no eternal rest, no ...
He points out that the Evangelical Theological Society officially adopted the CSBI as its definition of inerrancy. He provides five reasons for the importance and fundamental position of inerrancy. He notes that some of the authors of FVBI misunderstand “truth” and some of them wrongly assume ...
3. Common uses of the word Church. — The most common sense in which the word church is used is to denote the body of the acknowledged followers of Christ, or his visible body. ⇒Definition of church2. It is also used to denote the community of true believers, whether known to be ...
As far as they go (and there are many things unnoticed by them), they are a legal definition of the doctrines of the Church of England and Ireland, though the members of that communion look to the Prayer-book as well as to the articles for the genuine expression of her faith. The ...
⇒Definition of know(3.) It frequently signifies to have ascertained by experiment (Ge 22:12). (4.) It implies discovery, detection; by the law is the knowledge of sin (Ro 3:20). Natural knowledge is acquired by the senses, by sight, hearing, feeling, etc.; by reflection; by the...
⇒Definition of bishopnever ἄρχειν, to rule, which has far too despotic a sound. In the Epistle to the Hebrews (Heb 13:7,17,24) they are named ἡγούμενοι, leading men (comp. Ac 15:22), and figuratively ποιμένες, shepherds (Eph 4:11). These ...
No satisfactory definition of the word "myth" has ever been given, partly because of the manifold varieties of myths, and partly because the word has been used in several distinct senses. In Homer it is equivalent to λόγος (II. 18:253), and Eustathius remarks that in later ...
⇒Definition of synagogue 3. During the Exile, in the abeyance of the Temple worship, the meetings of devout Jews probably became more systematic (Vitringa, De Synag. p. 413-429; Jost, Judenthum, 1, 168; Bornitius, De Synagog. in Ugolino, Thesaur. 21), and must have helped forwa...