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Bartholomew also known as "Nathanael" Thomas also known as "Doubting Thomas" Matthew also known as "Levi" James, son of Alphaeus; Judas, son of James (a.k.a. Thaddeus or Lebbaeus) Simon the Zealot; Judas Iscariot (the traitor) Matthias [3] Others: Paul [4] Barnabas [5] Mary Magdalene (the one who discovered Jesus' empty tomb)
Therefore, Christian authors and modern scholars have given these men nicknames based on their known attributes. [1] [4] F.P. Dutripon's Latin Bible concordance (Paris 1838) identified 14 people named Simon and 5 named Simeon in the Bible, 10 and 3 of whom featured in the New Testament, respectively.
The seven capital virtues or seven lively virtues (also known as the contrary or remedial virtues) [8] are those thought to stand in opposition to the seven capital vices (or deadly sins). Prudentius , writing in the 5th century, was the first author to allegorically represent Christian morality as a struggle between seven sins and seven virtues.
A silhouette drawing of a woman saying what she thinks. Sincerity is the virtue of one who communicates and acts in accordance with the entirety of their feelings, beliefs, thoughts, and desires in a manner that is honest and genuine. [1] Sincerity in one's actions (as opposed to one's communications) may be called "earnestness".
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Herman Bavinck notes that although the Bible talks about God changing a course of action, or becoming angry, these are the result of changes in the heart of God's people (Numbers 14.) "Scripture testifies that in all these various relations and experiences, God remains ever the same." [18] Millard Erickson calls this attribute God's constancy. [3]
The son of a church deacon who taught Sunday school and was baptized at 11, Carter experienced a religious reawakening in 1967 that became the basis for his social and political ethic.
This is done through prevenient grace which acts on all people to convince them of the Gospel, draw them strongly towards salvation, and enable the possibility of sincere faith. [67] As Roger Olson put it: "[Arminius]' evangelical synergism reserves all the power, ability and efficacy in salvation to grace, but allows humans the God-granted ...