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  2. Five Points of Calvinism - Wikipedia

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    The five points are popularly said to summarize the Canons of Dort; however, there is no historical relationship between them, and some scholars argue that their language distorts the meaning of the Canons, Calvin's theology, and the theology of 17th-century Calvinistic orthodoxy, particularly in the language of total depravity and limited ...

  3. Theology of Søren Kierkegaard - Wikipedia

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    What does the task look like in everyday life, for I continually have my favorite theme in mind: whether everything is indeed all right with the craving of our theocentric nineteenth century to go beyond Christianity, the craving to speculate, the craving for continued development, the craving for a new religion or for the abolition of ...

  4. Kalam cosmological argument - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the cosmological argument can be traced to classical antiquity, rooted in the concept of the prime mover, introduced by Aristotle.In the 6th century, Syriac Christian theologian John Philoponus (c. 490–c. 570) proposed the first known version of the argument based on the impossibility of an infinite temporal regress, postulating that time itself must have had a beginning.

  5. Materialism and Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The theology of the body is a clarion call for the Church not to become more “spiritual,” but to become more incarnational. It is a call to allow the Word of the Gospel to penetrate our flesh and bones. [4] Archbishop William Temple has remarked that Christianity is "the most avowedly materialist of all the great religions." [5]

  6. Unmoved mover - Wikipedia

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    Nonetheless, it was a life which Aristotle enthusiastically endorsed as one most enviable and perfect, the unembellished basis of theology. As the whole of nature depends on the inspiration of the eternal unmoved movers, Aristotle was concerned with establishing the metaphysical necessity of the perpetual motions of the heavens.

  7. Theology of John Calvin - Wikipedia

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    He intended that the book be used as a summary of his views on Christian theology and that it be read in conjunction with his commentaries. [1] The various editions of that work span nearly his entire career as a reformer, and the successive revisions of the book show that his theology changed very little from his youth to his death. [2]

  8. De Doctrina Christiana (Milton) - Wikipedia

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    The Christian Doctrine is divided into two books. The first book is then divided into 33 chapters and the second into 17. The first part of the work appears to be "finished" because it is free of edits and the handwriting (Skinner's) is neat, whereas the second is filled with edits, corrections, and notes in the margins. [13]

  9. Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes ...

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    The book was written in the context of the natural theology tradition. In earlier centuries, theologians such as John Ray and William Derham , as well as philosophers of classical times such as Cicero , argued for the existence and goodness of God from the general well-being of living things and the physical world.