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The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in the Hebrew alphabet, All Saints Church, Nyköping, Sweden Names of God at John Knox House: "θεός, DEUS, GOD.". The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. 20:7 or Ps. 8:1), generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God. [1]
In the New Testament, as well as in the Old, they "consistently use Hebraic forms of God's name". [216] [217] An example is the Holy Name Bible by Angelo B. Traina, whose publishing company, The Scripture Research Association, released the New Testament portion in 1950. On the grounds that the New Testament was originally written not in Greek ...
Belief that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three characterizations of one God, rather than three distinct "persons" in one God. First formally stated by Noetus of Smyrna c. 190, refined by Sabellius c. 210 who applied the names merely to different roles of God in the history and economy of salvation.
Here may also be classed the abbreviated forms for the name of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost; also for the names of the Blessed Virgin, the saints, etc.; likewise abbreviations used in the administration of the Sacraments, mortuary epitaphs, etc. (to which class belong the numerous Catacomb inscriptions); finally some miscellaneous ...
In Mormonism the name of God the Father is Elohim [28] and the name of Jesus in his pre-incarnate state was Jehovah. [29] [30] Together, with the Holy Ghost they form the Godhead; God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. [31] Mormons typically refer to God as "Heavenly Father" or "Father in Heaven". [32] [non-primary source needed]
The following is a list of Christian Church Fathers. Roman Catholics generally regard the Patristic period to have ended with the death of John of Damascus in 749. [citation needed] However, Orthodox Christians believe that the Patristic period is ongoing. [citation needed] Therefore, the list is split into two tables.
Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Jewish Bible. The most prominent theophoric names are: names containing El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of Baal. names containing Yah, a shortened form of Yahweh.
Zechariah (New Testament figure), the father of John the Baptist. In the King James version of the Bible and the Douay-Rheims Bible, his name was written Zacharias. He is recognized as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. See also: Islamic view of Zechariah, and