Hebrews 6:1-12 will be used as a case study. Scholars and students alike will benefit from seeing and investigating the application of verbal aspect to specific sections of Scripture. Outside of Rodney Decker's research on the Gospel of Mark ( 1) and a scarce number of unpublished master'...
Vrata (or vrat) means a rule, vow, observance, discipline, law or duty. In common usage, it is an act of devotion, duty, commitment, spiritual practice, resolve or moral or mental discipline. Its purpose is to help materially, mentally and spiritually the devotees on the path of self-...
Kee suggests that interpolations heighten dramatic impact of the material, but also that they make the material more acceptable to Mark's community, or make Jesus' trial and death better con- form to what God ordained in scripture (Community of the New Age, 56). 16 Are You the Christ?,...
of thedoctrineof Mary can be traced through titles that have been ascribed to her in the history of theChristiancommunions—guarantee of theIncarnation, virgin mother, secondEve, mother of God, ever virgin, immaculate, and assumed intoheaven. She has a number of feast days in various ...
The main festival is celebrated among four sacred sites inIndia, each located along the banks of a holy river, in a 12-year cycle. These sites are:Haridwaron theGanges RiverinUttarakhand,Ujjainon the Shipra inMadhya Pradesh,Nashikon theGodavariinMaharashtra, andPrayagrajinUttar Pradeshwhere the...
1 The first part of the word, aek, refers to looming misfortune or evil influences that may cause death, and the second part, magi, means preventing. Aekmagi can therefore be roughly translated into English as “apotropaic ritual”. In Jeju-do, chickens have been killed and offered to ...
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Although it occurs in the literatures of a number of ancient Indian traditions, the Sanskrit term nirvana is most commonly associated with Buddhism, in which it is the oldest and most common designation for the goal of the Buddhist path. It is used to refer to the extinction of desire, ...
Council of Trent, 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in three parts from 1545 to 1563. Prompted by the Reformation, the Council of Trent was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self-reform and for its dogmatic definitions
Counter-Reformation, the Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th–17th century against the Protestant Reformation and toward internal renewal. Learn more about the history, key reformers, educational and missionary endeavors, and legacy of the Cathol