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The sentence genre emerged from works like Prosper of Aquitaine's Sententia, a collection of maxims by Augustine of Hippo. [1]: 17 It was well-established by the time of Isidore of Seville's Senteniae, one of the first systematic treatments of Christian theology. [2] In the Sentences, Peter Lombard collects glosses from the Church Fathers.
[1] [better source needed] It is related to ad majorem Dei gloriam, a Latin phrase meaning "for the greater glory of God", the motto of the Society of Jesus. [2] Magis refers to the philosophy of doing more for Christ, and therefore doing more for others. It is an expression of an aspiration and inspiration.
A basic classification of the types of gods as based on the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, by Stith Thompson: [1] A0 Creator; A100—A199. The gods in general A101. Supreme God; A104. The Making of the Gods; A107. Gods of Darkness and Light (darkness thought of as evil and light as good). A109.1. Triple deity; A116. Triplet gods; A111.1 ...
Apophatic theology, also known as negative theology, [1] is a form of theological thinking and religious practice which attempts to approach God, the Divine, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God. [web 1] It forms a pair together with cataphatic theology, which approaches God or the ...
Famuli vestrae pietatis is a letter written in 494 by Pope Gelasius I to Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus which expressed the Gelasian doctrine. [1] According to commentary in the Enchiridion symbolorum, the letter is "the most celebrated document of the ancient Church concerning the two powers on earth."
The remarks come over a week after California Gov. Gavin Newsom invited Trump to visit the state and meet the victims impacted by the wildfires.
Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament.
As of Thursday morning, the fire had multiplied in size, spread to at least 17,234 acres and was 0% contained, with an expectation that its going to spread due to the strong Santa Ana wind gusts ...