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The sin to make light of the teachers or break the solemn oath. The sin to slander the elders or disregard the heavenly rules. The sin to steal the texts of the scriptures or practice without the proper teacher. The sin to study on your own, without a teacher, or transmit the teachings without proper authorization. ...
The term used commonly in Protestant Chinese bibles for God is Shén (神). This term is much more generic, meaning god, God, spirit, or soul. This probably appeals to groups [which?] who are not committed to interpreting the term Shàngdì as a historical or spiritual equivalent to the "God Most High" of the Bible.
[5] Modern translations of the Bible tend to translate Sinim as Syene (ancient Aswan) because the Great Isaiah Scroll of the Dead Sea Scrolls uses that word. [6] In modern Hebrew, Sin (Hebrew: סין) is the word for China, just as modern Hebrew uses other ambiguous biblical place names for contemporary countries, such as Sfarad (Hebrew ...
The characters used for Bible names, and consequently for many Bible books, differ from those in Protestant Chinese Bibles such as the standard Chinese Union Version. For example, "John" is 若望 (Ruòwàng) rather than the 約翰 (约翰; Yuēhàn) found in Protestant Bibles and secular sources.
Matteo Ricci later wrote a catechism entitled Tiānzhŭ Shíyì (天主實義, The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven). [1] [2] Following the Chinese rites controversy, the term Tiānzhŭ was officially adopted by the Pope in 1715, who rejected alternative terms such as Tiān (天, "Heaven") and Shàngdì (上帝, "Supreme Emperor"). [3]
There are also special symbols in Chinese arts, such as the qilin, and the Chinese dragon. [1] According to Chinese beliefs, being surrounding by objects which are decorated with such auspicious symbols and motifs was and continues to be believed to increase the likelihood that those wishes would be fulfilled even in present-day. [2]
Soteriology (/ s oʊ ˌ t ɪr i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; Ancient Greek: σωτηρία sōtēría "salvation" from σωτήρ sōtḗr "savior, preserver" and λόγος lógos "study" or "word" [1]) is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. Salvation theory occupies a place of special significance in many religions. [2]
The Catholic Church states that idolatry is consistently prohibited in the Hebrew Bible, including as one of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:3–4) and in the New Testament (for example 1 John 5:21, most significantly in the Apostolic Decree recorded in Acts 15:19–21). There is a great deal of controversy over the question of what constitutes ...