(Jn 1:18) There are two claims of ancient philosophy that stand as a bulwark, foundation, and presupposition of revealed doctrine. The first is more obvious, that man is part of the natural world. The second is that God is not part of the natural world, but rather outside of it, ...
Puritans by definition felt that the English Reformation had not gone far enough, and that the Church of England was tolerant of practices which they associated with the Catholic Church. They formed into and identified with various religious groups advocating greater“purity”of worship and doctrine,...
If we choose to die without Christ, we choose eternal separation from God in Hell. We believe that both heaven (the place where God is) and Hell (the ultimate abode of Satan) are eternal. We believe that because of our sin we are indebted to God for the service we have not given ...
owing to a lack of focus and concentration. It is good that we have the Five Precepts, which counterbalance the Five Hindrances, giving us the confidence to follow the Buddha’s doctrine of unshakeable deliverance of the mind.
The apostle is speaking in the context of the glorious doctrine of the redemption of sinners by Jesus Christ; and how it was in a great measure kept hid in the past ages of the world. It was a mystery that before they did not understand, but now it was in a glorious manner brought ...
In every other book, the doctrine of God's existence is the apple of gold in the picture of silver. It is the Koh-i-noor, — the Mountain of Light that illumines the volume. It is the central truth, that makes the Bible a Discourse of God — the Word of God. It is the ...
Jacopo Pontormo,Deposition from the Cross, Santa Felicita, Florence (1525-1528). Or as theologian Paul Fiddes put it, “Far from simply forgetting about the sins of the world, [God] journeys deeply into the heart of [the human] condition. . . God participates in our brokenness, to win...
第一章【论文的目的】密尔开篇即提出论文的目的:两性从属的法定原则是错误的,并成为人类进步的主要阻碍,应以平等原则取代。That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes—the legal subordination of one sex to the other—is wrong in itself, and now one of the ch...
___10___Under feudalism, what were the three classes of people of western Europe? ___. A the King or the Queen B the House of Commons C the House of Lords D the Cabinet 10 ___1___ The real centre of power in the British P...
who rejects the doctrine of private property, seeks to foment disorder, chaos and riots in order to overthrow the government by force and violence and establish some dreadful political ideal like "the dictatorship of the proletariat" -- or no political structure at all, where everyone is his ow...