Divine inspiration refers to the belief that the authors of the Bible were guided by the Holy Spirit to write the Scriptures, ensuring that their writings are the authoritative and infallible Word of God. This concept is foundational to understanding the nature and authority of the Bible within ...
Divine instruction and precision refer to the meticulous and authoritative guidance provided by God to His people, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures. This concept underscores the belief that God's commands and teachings are not arbitrary but are delivered with exactness and purpose, reflecting His ...
I brought my feeling of fear with me to my five-day ordination retreat – the only activity on my calendar that was not postponed or cancelled. During the first week of Easter, I spent this stay-at-home spiritual exercise by contemplating the Resurrection narratives in the Scriptures. I was...
My main stumbling block is working with all the “penal-substitution” scriptures to see if I can devide the literal from the figurative when discussing judgment, God’s wrath, etc. I was at first expanding out from the concept of atonement, but that was giving me problems, so then I ...
Therefore, the scriptures are derived from what the Holy Spirit speaks and not the other way around. Just as in the days when the prophets of old spoke as the Holy Spirit moved them, so, too, God speaks today and moves upon people to reveal His will. That same Spirit that came upon ...
In the New Testament, the theme of divine restoration takes on a more personal and spiritual dimension through the work of Jesus Christ. The ministry of Jesus is characterized by acts of healing and restoration, both physically and spiritually. His miracles often serve as a foretaste of the ...
66 Panunzio specifies that Dante’s sapiential doctrine requires knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, Metaphysics or Gnosis, finding its synthesis in Platonism, the speculative and mystical Theology of the Christian tradition, of the Cosmological Sciences, such as Arithmology, Astrology and Hermetic ...
To us, it may be odd to attribute our affliction simultaneously to both God and Satan, but Paul attempts to make sense of the fact that his exceptional mystical, ecstatic experiences did not lead to the physical healing he longed for. He does so by turning to his scriptures (as can Chris...