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Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Golden Age (2nd version) Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Silver Age Virgil Solis, The Iron Age. The Greek poet Hesiod (between 750 and 650 BC) outlined his Five Ages in his poem Works and Days (lines 109–201). His list is: Golden Age – The Golden Age is the only age that falls within the rule of Cronus. Created by ...
Christian Masculinity is a concept and movement that arose in Victorian Protestant England, characterised by the importance of the male body and physical health, family and romantic love, the notions of morality, theology and the love for nature and, the idea of healthy patriotism, with Jesus Christ as leader and example of truest manhood. [1]
Showing the Characteristics of a Godly Man i. A Man of Knowledge ii. A Man Moved by Faith iii. A Man Fired with Love iv. A Man Like God v. A Man Careful about the Worship of God vi. A Man who Serves God not men vii. A Man who Prizes Christ viii. A Man who Weeps ix. A Man who Loves the Word x. A Man who has the Spirit of God Residing in him xi ...
The idea that God is "all good" is called his omnibenevolence. Critics of Christian conceptions of God as all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful cite the presence of evil in the world as evidence that it is impossible for all three attributes to be true; this apparent contradiction is known as the problem of evil.
Prudentius, writing in the 5th century, was the first author to allegorically represent Christian morality as a struggle between seven sins and seven virtues. His poem Psychomachia depicts a battle between female personifications of virtues and vices, with each virtue confronting and defeating a particular vice. [ 9 ]
The power over sin received at regeneration was just the lowest stage of Christian perfection according to Wesley. Based on 1 John 2, Wesley proposed three stages in the Christian life: little children, young men, and finally fathers. [47] Young men were defined as those who had experienced victory over temptation and evil thoughts.
God the Father on a throne, Westphalia, Germany, late 15th century. The Christian characterization of the relationship between God and humanity involves the notion of the "Kingship of God", whose origins go back to the Old Testament, and may be seen as a consequence of the creation of the world by God.
With regard to God, there is no strict right to any merit on the part of man. Between God and us there is an immeasurable inequality, for we have received everything from him, our Creator. The merit of man before God in the Christian life arises from the fact that God has freely chosen to associate man with the work of his grace.