They had also an ethical meaning, being used to represent the cardinal virtues, piety, morality, justice, and chastity. But of any spoken or written revelation there is no trace in his doctrines. Confucius says himself that the Heavens are silent; they are to be known in their effects, ...
2000. Does the Biblical Hebrew Conjunction -v Have Many Meanings, One Meaning, or No Meaning at All? Journal of Biblical Literature, 119(2): 249-267.Steiner, R. C., "Does the Biblical Hebrew Conjunction -ו Have Many Meanings, One Meaning, or No Meaning at All?", in Journal of ...
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: ...
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In summary, the interpersonal meaning of the clause hinges on the role the clause plays in an exchange. When two or more people engage in dialogue, they assume certain speech roles and assign other ones to their interlocutors, and each one may initiate exchanges and/or respond in either an...
THE LORD/ALLAH IS THE DEVIL/SATAN, THE EXOTERIC DEITY OF FREEMASONSThe end-times religious cult leaders are so excited about the meaning of 666 as it relates to the famous verse in the Apocalypse or Book of “Revelation.” So what is the significance of 666? Is it a bar code? Is it...
And there are plenty of examples in Scripture where God took pre-existing objects or actions and bestowed a new covenantal meaning on them. For example, bread and wine obviously pre-dated the Lord's Supper. Furthermore, the Bible gives no indication that the 'laws of nature' (really God'...
Much stress ought not to be laid upon the first of these terms, as it is frequently used where it may mean "for the advantage of" (Ro 8:26,31; 2Co 1:2); yet in Joh 15:13, and 1Jo 3:16, it seems to mean "instead of;" and this is certainly the meaning of ἀντί ...
4. The last remaining brother of the Maccabee family was thus SIMON, surnamed "Thassi" (Θασσί, Θασσίς; the meaning of the title is uncertain. Michaelis [Grimm, on 1 Maccabees 2] thinks that it represents the Chaldee תִּדשַׁי). As above related, ...
We ask at this stage of the subject, what was the meaning of pagan offerings? As they understood their religious rites, the unbloody were expressions of gratitude and acknowledgment for protection. Whatever the form of offering was, the god was conceived of as being pleased with them. How ...