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Used in reference to the ending of a political term upon the death or downfall of the officer (demise as in their commission of a sufficiently grave immorality and/or legal crime). addendum: thing to be added: i.e., an item to be added, especially as a supplement to a book. The plural is addenda. adaequatio rei et intellectus
The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about adherents or non-believers of a given religion or irreligion, or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner.
Thou shalt not covet. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Throne of God. Tower of Babel. Tree of life (biblical) Tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
A shibboleth ( / ˈʃɪbəlɛθ, - ɪθ / ⓘ; [1] [2] Biblical Hebrew: שִׁבֹּלֶת, romanized:šībbōleṯ) is any custom or tradition, usually a choice of phrasing or even a single word, that distinguishes one group of people from another. [3] [4] [5] Shibboleths have been used throughout history in many societies as passwords, simple ...
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
Incarnation – in traditional Christianity is the belief that the second person of the Trinity, also known as God the Son or the Logos (Word), "became flesh" by being conceived in the womb of Mary, also known as the Theotokos (Birth-giver to God) or "Mater Dei" (mother of God). INRI. Intercession of the Spirit.
The Beatitudes ( / biˈætɪtjudz /) are sayings of Jesus, and in particular eight or nine blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and four in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, followed by four woes which mirror the blessings. [1] Each is a proverb -like proclamation, without narrative .
A Bible dictionary is a reference work containing encyclopedic entries related to the Bible, typically concerning people, places, customs, doctrine and Biblical criticism. Bible dictionaries can be scholarly or popular in tone. The first dictionary of the Bible in English was the Christian Dictionarie (1612) of Thomas Wilson.