On cognitive governance, Van Leeuwen shows how religious credence beliefs at Vineyard have limited cognitive governance, meaning they cannot be factual beliefs. In particular, Van Leeuwen highlights that prayers are based on factual beliefs (e.g., nobody prays for a carburetor to work the way it...
Without entering into a discussion of the meaning of this famous passage, we may here quote from Abbott's Commentary on the New Testament a statement of the Roman Catholic interpretation, and the grounds on which that view is rejected by all Protestants: ...
We may also refer to those passages in which, after quoting obscure sayings of the Redeemer or remarkable occurrences, he either adds an explanation or openly confesses his ignorance 'of their meaning' at the time (2:19-22; 6:70; 7:37-39; 11:11; 12:16, 32; 13:27; 20:9). The ...
s biblical interpretation is related to two levels of meaning of the Scriptural narrative (“hidden” or “plain”), Mullins 2006 provides readers with an elaboration of that distinction in Clement’s writings, together with the role of allegory in finding out the deeper, true meaning of the ...
” In 1999 , Dr. Michael Molnar , a Christian astronomer, published “The Star of Bethlehem – The Legacy of the Magi.” H is findings included the meaning behind the “Ram and Star” coins from Antioch along with the most likely “ heavenly alignment” constituting the “Star of Bethlehem...
“Science” (the very meaning of which is knowledge) necessarily can deal only with those things which exist at present. The scientific method involves reproducibility, the study of present natural processes. When men attempt to interpret the events of the prehistoric past or the eschatological ...
The context and trajectory of a passage, along with linguistic factors and allusions, is often vital in correctly interpreting the intended meaning of a passage. For example, during the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy famously delivered a speech in West Berlin expressin...
Following James Cook's British expedition to Tahiti in 1769, the islanders' term "tatatau" or "tattau," meaning to hit or strike, gave the west our modern term "tattoo."... What do Maori facial designs represent? In the Maori culture of New Zealand, the head was considered the most ...
the verse and writes, “Undoubtedly, as inTitus 2:13, in strict grammatical propriety, both “God” and “Savior” would be predicates of Jesus Christ. But here as there, considerations interpose, which seem to remove the strict grammatical rendering out of the range of probable meaning”[1...
They intended it to be a statement of faith about the meaning of life that God revealed through His actions. However, there are many historical events covered in the Bible, which represent the only or best information about a particular period" (Johnson 1994: 287). We may sort the events ...