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Water is an essential symbol of life "Without water, life would not exist", an antithesis is found when it can also take away your life, drowning. Every life lost has a countless value, a famous author portrayed this significance quoting "I believe that
Sergio López-García +4 more
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The First Adam-Second Adam Typology in John Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria
Patristic scholars have commented on the early church’s common practice of drawing catechetical instructions from the creation account in Genesis. One of the recurring motifs in such discussions is the fathers’ use of the Adam-Christ typology with its ...
Naidu Ashish J.
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In this article it is argued that the baptism and Eucharist of the earliest Jesus-followers can be better understood when contemporary knowledge with regard to alternate states of consciousness is taken into consideration.
Jonanda Groenewald, Andries G. Van Aarde
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Dove in the Story of Jesus’ Baptism [PDF]
The expression “like a dove” in the story of Jesus’ baptism (Mark 1:10) can be understood in several ways. It can relate either to the noun “Spirit” or to the participle “descending”.
Aleksei Somov
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The role of the Holy Spirit in Calvin's doctrine of the sacraments
Calvin has frequently been labeled “the theologian of the Holy Spirit”. Although there have been a number of studies of various aspects of the Holy Spirit in Calvin’s theology since the significant works of Simon van der Linde (1943) and Werner Krusche (
I. J. Hesselink
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Однос вере и крштења према Мк 16, 16
In spiritual conversations with believers, the opinion is often expressed that there is no salvation without Baptism. Believers base this attitude on the words of the Lord Jesus Christ: “He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; and he who does not
Sava Milin
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... umumnya kalangan Karismatik amat mementingkan baptisan Roh, kepenuhan Roh, dan bahasa roh. ... ada opini yang cukup khas di kalangan gereja atau persekutuan Karismatik mengenai topik ini, walaupun di satu sisi ada aspek positif di dalamnya, yaitu ...
Daniel Lucas Lukito
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ohn 3:5 refers to water. This term, within the Nicodemus discourse, is interpreted in many ways. From as far back as the early church and the Church Fathers, most of them have indicated that when Jesus talked about water, he was referring to baptism ...
Willem H. Oliver
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The divine personhood of the Holy Spirit in the teaching of Gregory Nazianzen
Gregory of Nazianzus had to confront with courage the heretical teaching about the divine nature of Holy Spirit. Through his works, he identifies The Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Triune God.
Eirini Artemi
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Heeding the great commission: The significance of Matthew's gospel for Baptismal theology and practice in a post-Christian age. [PDF]
This thesis represents a worked example in the application of Scripture to a contemporary theological situation. The Scripture applied is Matthew's Gospel and the theological situation is the ongoing practice of Christian baptism by paedo-baptising ...
Ramsden, Martin Francis
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