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  2. Metanoia (theology) - Wikipedia

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    John Calvin pointed to the double derivation of the Hebrew and Greek words for "repentance": the Hebrew derives from conversion, or turning again, and the Greek means a change of mind and purpose. The meaning of the word, for Calvin, is appropriate to both derivations because repentance (a) involves "withdrawing from ourselves", (b) turning to ...

  3. Book of Signs - Wikipedia

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    There is a widespread scholarly view that the Gospel of John can be broken into four parts: a prologue, (John 1:–1:18), the Book of Signs (1:19 to 12:50), the Book of Glory (or Exaltation) (13:1 to 20:31) and an epilogue (chapter 21).

  4. Repentance in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    In the Hebrew Bible, the term repentance comes from the Hebrew word group that means "turn away from". [5]: 1007 David Lambert believes that "It is in the writings of rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity that it attains the status of a technical term, a basic item of an emerging religious lexicon".

  5. Seven seals - Wikipedia

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    "And so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according to his command; and the rivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness ...

  6. Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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    However the more ancient explanation of the dove as a Christian symbol refers to it as a symbol of Christ himself: Irenaeus [20] in the 2nd century explains that the number 801 is both the numerological value of the sum in Greek of the letters of the word "dove" (Greek: περιστερά) and the sum of the values of the letters Alpha and ...

  7. Open-mindedness - Wikipedia

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    Open-mindedness is receptiveness to new ideas. Open-mindedness relates to the way in which people approach the views and knowledge of others. [1] Jason Baehr defines an open-minded person as one who "characteristically moves beyond or temporarily sets aside his own doxastic commitments in order to give a fair and impartial hearing to the intellectual opposition". [2]

  8. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1250 on Wednesday, November ...

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    This word refers to a job, position or activity that's suitable/appropriate for someone. OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away before revealing the answer!

  9. John 1:14 - Wikipedia

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    The Word's glory is dependent on the Father's presence in his monogenes Son (cf. John 17:5); monogenes (μονογενοῦς 6]), meaning 'only', 'unique', 'precious' (cf. Hebrew 11:17 about Isaac), or 'born from the one', used four times in the Gospel of John (1:14,18; 3:16, 18), and once in 1 John 4:9 to demonstrate the 'very special ...