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• John Wycliffe
  ...ld know the faith, it should be taught in whatever language is most easily understood. - John Wycliffe}} ...ld know the faith, it should be taught in whatever language is most easily understood.
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• Targum
  ...c]] translation (and interpretation / paraphrase) of the [[Old Testament]] that was compiled in [[Palestine]] or [[Babylonia]] from between around 500 BC u ...Babylonians. To facilitate the study of Tanakh and make its public reading understood, translations into Aramaic were required.
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• Righteousness in Romans (G.G.)
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• Grace
  ...ans, in [[Romans 6:23|chapter 6, verse 23]], the [[apostle Paul]] explains that sin brings about death. ...e do can restore us to a right relationship with God, God himself restores that relationship to those who call out to [[Jesus Christ]] trusting in his deat
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• Interpreting the Bible
  ...suppositions about the Bible. If a person comes to the Bible with the view that it is simply an ancient text full of mythology then his interpretation will ...anding what the Biblical author's meant and what their audience would have understood.
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• Sacraments
  ...which God communicates his grace. Most other [[Protestant]] churches hold that sacraments are purely symbolic signs of an inward change. In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches it is taught that there are seven sacraments. These sacraments are
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• Christian View of Islam (JBJ)
  When studying true Islam, it is proper to study Islam as understood by Muhammad, the Qur'an, and his original followers. These sources greatly The Qur'an denies that Jesus was in fact crucified and then resurrected (cf. Docetism).
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• Elements of DL Moody's revivalism (G.G.)
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• Apostolic Hermeneutics
  ...f the Old Testament reveals a Christological approach to understanding it, that is, they saw the Old Testament through the lens of Jesus. The fact the apostles used so many quotes from the Old Testament does show that they considered it extremely important. They also treated it as if it was G
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• Conversion of Cornelius (G.G.)
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• Christ
  ...Jesus. Followers of Jesus became known as Christians because they believed that Jesus was the Christ, or Messiah, prophesied in the [[Old Testament]]. ...iah or Christ, who would establish God's kingdom. The Gospels clearly show that the people were expecting this Messiah, or Christ. For example, in [[John 1
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• Son of God
  ...hermore Jesus shows in [[Mark 12]] through the [[parable of the vineyard]] that as the Son of God he knew his mission was to die. ...God. The New Testament (in [[John 19]], [[Matthew 18]], [[Luke 22]]) shows that Jesus was in fact brought to trial and executed because of his claim to be
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• Hermeneutics
  There are a number of factors that need to be considered when interpreting the Bible. Understanding how these ...Matthew]] wrote the [[Gospel of Matthew]] was to show his Jewish audience that [[Jesus]] is the [[Messiah]] helps shed light on why Matthew so often makes
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• Roman Catholicism: Mary
  ...her of [[Jesus]]. Unlike many other denominations however, it also teaches that Mary was conceived without [[original sin]] (the [[Immaculate Conception]]) ...Passages in the Bible which mention the brothers and sisters of Jesus are understood by the Roman Catholic Church to be referring to counsins of Jesus.
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• Colossian Heresy (G.G.)
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• Holy Communion
  ...estants believing that is symbolic only, whereas Roman Catholicism teaches that the bread and wine actually transforms and becomes the body and blood of Ch ...ion "the Eucharist." The official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church is that when the bishop or priest consecrates the Eucharist, the bread and wine be
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• Jehovah's Witness history (carm)
  Russell claimed that the Bible could be only understood according to his interpretations. A dangerous arrangement since he controll ...r 4 million members world wide. The Watchtower Society statistics indicate that 740 house calls are required to recruit each of the nearly 200,000 new memb
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• Atonement in Romans (G.G.)
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• Justification
  ...on''' is a term used in [[Christian]]ity to describe [[God]]'s declaration that a [[sin]]ner is without sin because of God's [[forgiveness]]. ...ing righteous under the [[Law]]. In other words, justification is the term that describes the removal of sins from a person. In the [[Book of Isaiah]] the
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• The Case for Purgatory (AmericanCatholic)
  ...entral role in the structure of salvation and the after-life, as it posits that men undergo a purification of some kind after death but before entrance int ...mbers. Some Catholics even consider that ''all'' men undergo purgatory and that no person is condemned (or, at least very few). These kinds of views are co
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