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Christian views on poverty and wealth vary. At one end of the spectrum is a view which casts wealth and materialism as an evil to be avoided and even combated. At the other end is a view which casts prosperity and well-being as a blessing from God.
The doctrine of separation, also known as the doctrine of non-fellowship, is a belief among some Protestant religious groups, such as the Exclusive Brethren, Independent Fundamental Baptists, and Bible Baptist churches, that the members of a church should be separate from "the world" and not have association with those who are "of the world".
While stating that "in itself, the expression 'theology of liberation' is a thoroughly valid term", [18] the prefect Cardinal Ratzinger rejected certain forms of Latin American liberation theology for focusing on institutionalized or systemic sin and for identifying Catholic Church hierarchy in South America as members of the same privileged ...
Christian worldview (also called biblical worldview) refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs through which a Christian individual, group or culture interprets the world and interacts with it. Various denominations of Christianity have differing worldviews on some issues based on biblical interpretation, but many thematic elements are ...
Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, seed-faith gospel, Faith movement, or Word-Faith movement) [1] is a religious belief among some Charismatic Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive scriptural confession, and giving to ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Christian theology: . Christian theology is the study of Christian belief and practice. Such study concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and the New Testament as well as on Christian tradition.
The provision may have been written broadly enough to allow more liberal congregations to leave the UMC because “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” could not officially be ordained or married ...
Traditionally, the majority of Protestants have held that Hell will be a place of unending conscious torment, both physical and spiritual, [142] although some recent writers (such as C. S. Lewis [143] and J.P. Moreland [144]) have cast Hell in terms of "eternal separation" from God. Certain biblical texts have led some theologians to the ...