Repentance in the Bible
Repentance in the Old Testament: In the Old Testament there are many words that refer to human repentance. Repentance is “a return to the Lord,” “a retreat […]
Repentance in the Old Testament: In the Old Testament there are many words that refer to human repentance. Repentance is “a return to the Lord,” “a retreat […]
They are numerous. The New Testament mentions them at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry as enemies of the good news, and places them with the scribes and Pharisees, sometimes showing them as distorting the reputation of Jesus.
The “Lord’s Prayer” (Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name...), as called for the first time by Saint Cyprian of Carthage (+258), is considered one of the most important prayers.
On the second of February, the Holy Church celebrates the commemoration of the offering of Jesus Christ as a child to the Temple (a holiday known as the Entry
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Text: 5 And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, imploring him 6 and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed in the house, tormented.
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Whoever reads Paul's letters with understanding knows that he did not rely, in his understanding of the event of Christ's resurrection, exclusively on the Jewish faith and perceptions that...
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The readers whom Matthew wanted for his Gospel were the Jews or Jewish converts. Therefore, his main concern at the beginning of his Gospel was to explain
يستند الإيمان بالمسيح يسوع إلى مجموعة تعاليم وعقائد ومعلومات تتناول حياة المسيح والأحداث التي جرت معه. أمّا التقليد فهو، من
قبيل ظهور الإسلام، في حقبة ما يسمّى في التاريخ الإسلاميّ بـ”الجاهليّة”، كان يوجد في مكّة، المدينة التي شهدت ولادة محمّد
في النصّ الإنجيليّ الذي اختارته الكنيسة لقراءته في قدّاس الأحد الخامس من الصوم يقول السيّد المسيح لتلاميذه: “ولكن مَن أراد
When Paul entered Rome, he was allowed “to stay in his own house with the soldier who was guarding him” (Acts 28:16).
The word “Gospel” appears in the singular form twelve times in the Qur’an, and two of them stipulate that “Jesus, son of Mary” was given