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These pieces are described in Ephesians as follows: loins girt with truth (belt of truth), breastplate of righteousness, shoes with the preparation of the gospel of peace (peace), shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit/word of God. [2] The helmet of Salvation and the breastplate of Righteousness also appear in Isaiah ...
In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences [a] —which include death and separation from God—by Christ's death and resurrection, [1] and the justification entailed by this salvation.
This statement is traditionally called "The Word of Relationship" and in it Jesus entrusts Mary, his mother, into the care of "the disciple whom Jesus loved". [1] Jesus also addresses his mother as "woman" in John 2:4. [23] Although this sounds dismissive in English, the Greek word is a term of respect or tenderness.
my word [is] my bond: Motto of the London Stock Exchange. diem perdidi: I have lost the day: From the Roman Emperor Titus. Recorded in the biography of him by Suetonius in Lives of the Twelve Caesars. dies irae: Day of wrath: Reference to the Judgment Day in Christian eschatology.
Salvation (from Latin: salvatio, from salva, 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. [1] In religion and theology, salvation generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its consequences. [2] [3] The academic study of salvation is called soteriology.
Despite their certain damnation, God makes other Christians desire their impossible salvation. [57] John Rist identifies this as "the most pathetic passage." [58] By 429, Augustine quotes 1 Corinthians 1:18 adding "such" to 1 Tim. 2:4, redefines all to mean as "all those elected," and implies an irresistible calling. Hwang noted,
In one of his definitions of sin Thomas quotes Augustine of Hippo's description of sin as "a thought, words and deed against the Eternal Law."' [39] Now there are two rules of the human will: one is proximate and homogeneous, viz. the human reason; the other is the first rule, viz. the eternal law, which is God's reason, so to speak (quasi ...
It claims: "We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff". [29] Pope Pius XI, in his 1928 encyclical Mortalium Animos, quotes from Lactantius: "The Catholic Church alone is keeping the true worship. This is the font of truth, this is the house ...