Since this is a somewhat common sentiment among Protestants, it is appropriate to make this unbiblical lie the Heresy of the Week. The Catholic Church teaches dogmatically that the state of virginity or celibacy is a superior state to marriage. This dogma of the Catholic Churchcomes from the ...
celibacy the state of being single or unmarried, especially in the case of one bound by vows not to marry. —celibate,n., adj. chrism 1.a sacramental oil. 2.a sacramental anointing; unction. 3.Eastern Christianity.the rite of confirmation. ...
As the most honest revisionists admit, the Bible has nothing good to say about homosexual sexual acts. Hath God said ...? The recently publicized marriages of gays and lesbians have prompted the church to assert more strongly its position against homosexual unions. "Mom, dad, I'm gay": th...
Bible.the worship of idols instead of God; idolatry. Zombism the Kongo and Kimbundu system of religion, characterized by worship of a snake deity during voodoo rites. Zoroastrianism the doctrines and practices of a dualistic Iranian religion, especially the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Ma...
The most common forms of asceticism are living as a hermit, fasting, celibacy, and various forms of self-inflicted torure. During the epoch of the primitive accumulation of capital, the bourgeois religions rejected asceticism, in the first place because it was a “renunciation of the world.” ...
2014 Log in to Reply Steve, we are doing a biblestudy on John at our Church and we are just getting to 1 John 5: 16-17. it would appear that John isdescribing the difference between Venial and Mortal Sin, One that you can pray for forgiveness and the other that you would need...
- It brings you closer to the scripture and increased Bible Knowledge Some of the topics include: - Addiction - Affection - Anger - Beauty - Bible Study - Bravery - Burden - Boredom - Children - Comfort - Celibacy - Contentment - Courage ...
The phrase "the pure in heart" is most prominently featured in the Beatitudes, a section of the Sermon on the Mount delivered by Jesus Christ, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. In Matthew 5:8 , Jesus declares, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." This ...
The arks in the Bible are all in the Old Testament and as such, are related to Jewish events. The first is the Ark of Noah, in which all holy and righteous life on Earth was rescued from the Lord’s flood. The second is the Ark of the Covenant, which is also known as the Ark ...
Before Baptist Bible became Summit University last April, school officials knew of the Summit University in Montana, but thought the new official name — Summit University of Pennsylvania — was a big enough distinction. How do you not check with the other school beforehand?The facts on Summit ...