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Afikoman (Mishnaic Hebrew: אֲפִיקִימוֹן ʾăpîqîmôn; [1] Modern pronunciation: אֲפִיקוֹמָן ʾăpîqômān) based on Greek epikomon [ἐπὶ κῶμον] or epikomion [ἐπικώμιον], meaning "that which comes after" or "dessert"), [2] a word originally having the connotation of "refreshments eaten after the meal", [3] is now almost strictly associated with the ...
The history and meaning of Passover traditions, including cleaning your home before the Passover seder, following certain dietary restrictions, and sending kids to find the afikoman.
Filioque (/ ˌ f ɪ l i ˈ oʊ k w i,-k w eɪ / FIL-ee-OH-kwee, -kway; Ecclesiastical Latin:), a Latin term meaning "and from the Son", was added to the original Nicene Creed, and has been the subject of great controversy between Eastern and Western Christianity.
Christ rises from the tomb, alongside Jonah spit onto the beach, a typological allegory. From a 15th-century Biblia pauperum. One example of typology is the story of Jonah and the whale from the Old Testament. [5] Medieval allegorical interpretation of this story is that it prefigures Christ's burial, with the stomach of the whale as Christ's tomb.
This passage concerning the function of faith in relation to the covenant of God is often used as a definition of faith. Υποστασις (hy-po'sta-sis), translated "assurance" here, commonly appears in ancient papyrus business documents, conveying the idea that a covenant is an exchange of assurances which guarantees the future transfer of possessions described in the contract.
Communicatio idiomatum (Latin: communication of properties) is a Christological [a] concept about the interaction of deity and humanity in the person of Jesus Christ.It maintains that in view of the unity of Christ's person, his human and divine attributes and experiences might properly be referred to his other nature so that the theologian may speak of "the suffering of God".
Page from the Gospel of Judas Mandaean Beth Manda in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, in 2016, a contemporary-style mandi. Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, [1] and in the teachings of the Church Fathers which undergirds the theology of those communions, economy or oeconomy (Greek: οἰκονομία, oikonomia) has several meanings. [2]