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Paul Johannes Tillich (/ ˈ t ɪ l ɪ k /; [5] German:; August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American Christian existentialist philosopher, religious socialist, and Lutheran theologian who was one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century. [6]
The maxim has entered official Catholic teaching when Pope John XXIII's encyclical Ad Petri Cathedram of 29 June 1959 used it favorably. [5] In a section saying that sometimes religious controversies can actually help attain church unity, he says "But the common saying, expressed in various ways and attributed to various authors, must be recalled with approval: in essentials, unity; in ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 14: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15: The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The World English Bible translates the passage as: 14: that it might be fulfilled which was
First, Schellenberg says that he has given known reasons to think that a perfectly loving being would always be open to a personal relationship; ipso facto, God would not sacrifice some time in the relationship for the sake of unknown greater goods, [21] and if the greatest good for finite creatures is to be in a relationship with God, then God ...
"City upon a hill" is a phrase derived from the teaching of salt and light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. [n 1] Originally applied to the city of Boston by early 17th century Puritans, it came to adopt broader use in political rhetoric in United States politics, that of a declaration of American exceptionalism, and referring to America acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? The New International Version translates the passage as: Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith", he said, "why did you ...
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.
Thus, Jesus is not quoting the canonical Hebrew version (ēlī ēlī lāmā 'azabtānī), attributed in some Jewish interpretations to King David himself, but rather the version in an Aramaic Targum (translation of the Bible). Surviving Aramaic Targums do use the verb šbq in their translations of the Psalm 22. [31]