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  2. Hebe (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Catullus in Poem 68 makes a positive reference to the legal marriage of Heracles to the virginal goddess Hebe to contrast with the poet's secret affair with a married woman. [28] Propertius also makes a reference to Heracles feeling a blazing love for Hebe upon his death at Mount Oeta, altering the traditional myth where Heracles marries Hebe ...

  3. Women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Jesus held women personally responsible for their own behavior as seen in his dealings with the woman at the well (John 4:16–18), the woman taken in adultery (John 8:10–11), and the sinful woman who anointed his feet (Luke 7:44–50 and the other three gospels). Jesus dealt with each as having the personal freedom and enough self ...

  4. Proverbs 31 - Wikipedia

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    Verses 10–31 of this chapter, also called Eshet Ḥayil (אשת חיל, woman of valor), form a poem in praise of the good wife, a definition of a perfect wife or "ideal woman" in the nation of Israel, who is 'an industrious housewife, a shrewd businesswoman, an enterprising trader, a generous benefactor (verse 20) and a wise teacher (verse ...

  5. List of women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Susanna #1 – a woman who was nearly sentenced to death due to false adultery accusations before being saved by Daniel. Daniel; Susanna #2 – A follower of Jesus. Luke [188] Syntyche – Christian of the church in Philippi mentioned with Euodia [189]

  6. Ideal womanhood - Wikipedia

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    A great deal of writing has been done on the subject. The subject of the Ideal Woman has been treated humorously, [9] [10] theologically, [11] and musically. [12] Examples of "ideal women" are portrayed in literature, for example: Sophie, a character in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile: or, On Education (book V) who is raised to be the perfect ...

  7. Women in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    She also notes a sentiment in 1 Corinthians, which exemplifies the pattern of Christianity of all varieties, where Paul explains that women should be veiled in the church to signal their subordination to men because the head of every man is Christ and the head of a woman is her husband and that women should keep silence in the churches. As the ...

  8. Attributes of God in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    His personality attributes, like holiness and love. Millard Erickson calls these categories God's greatness and goodness respectively. [3] Sinclair Ferguson distinguishes "essential" divine attributes, which "have been expressed and experienced in its most intense and dynamic form among the three persons of the Trinity—when nothing else ...

  9. Godly Play - Wikipedia

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    Berryman then further developed these ideas into the Godly Play method. The lesson plans were published as a series of books. Teachers are expected to be trained—and, ideally, certified—in the Godly Play method, in order to teach Godly Play. Some of the first Godly Play trainings were held on the campus of Virginia Theological Seminary. [3]