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Cornelius a Lapide interprets this verse as, He that finds his life (ψυχὴν), which is, "the corporeal safety of life, when in peril of death, through denial of the faith", that such a person will lose his soul (ψυχὴν), i.e., the eternal salvation of his soul. By contrast, the one who will lose the present life of his soul ...
Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli [a] [b] (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly center of Renaissance humanism.
Specific collections of biblical writings, such as the Hebrew Bible and Christian Bibles, are considered sacred and authoritative by their respective faith groups. [11] The limits of the canon were effectively set by the proto-orthodox churches from the 1st throughout the 4th century; however, the status of the scriptures has been a topic of scholarly discussion in the later churches.
The unexamined life is not worth living" is a famous dictum supposedly uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death. The dictum is recorded in Plato's Apology (38a5–6) as ho dè anexétastos bíos ou biōtòs anthrṓpōi (but the unexamined life is not lived by man) ( ὁ ...
For whenever a man so laments and sheds tears for them, God proclaims of him, 'thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged' (Isa. Vl, 7). Also he may be assured that his sons will not die in his lifetime, and of him it is written, 'he shall see seed, he shall prolong days (Isa. LIII, 19).'" Soncino Zohar, Numbers/Bamidbar, Section 3, Page 218a
Jerome: "But if the dead shall bury the dead, we ought not to be careful for the dead but for the living, lest while we are anxious for the dead, we ourselves should be counted dead." [4] Gregory the Great: "The dead also bury the dead, when sinners protect sinners. They who exalt sinners with their praises, hide the dead under a pile of words ...
Because the text mentions Justin Martyr's First Apology, which was written sometime between AD 150-155, Dialogue with Trypho must have been written after it. The date of authorship has been suggested to have been written anywhere between 155-167, [9] with some scholars favoring 155–160, [10] [11] or even a more specific date, c. 160.
The phrase "The king is dead, long live the king!" was first declared upon the death of King Charles VI in 1422, proclaiming his son Charles VII (shown above) king of France. "The king is dead, long live the king!" [a] is a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch in various countries. The seemingly contradictory ...