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Theophilus Ransom Gates (January 12, 1787 – October 30, 1846) was an American religious leader who founded a sect known as the "Battle Axes", a free-love perfectionist Christian sect near Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Biography. Theophilus Gates was born in 1787 in Hartland, Connecticut. As a young man, he left town to travel, teach, and ...
C. Peter Wagner. Charles Peter Wagner (August 15, 1930 – October 21, 2016) was an American missionary, writer, teacher and founder of several Christian organizations. In his earlier years, Wagner was known as a key leader of the Church Growth Movement and later for his writings on spiritual warfare. [1]
New Testament military metaphors refer particularly to the legionaries of the 1st century Imperial Roman army. The New Testament uses a number of military metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles . In Philippians 2:25 [1] and Philemon 1:2, [2] Paul describes fellow Christians as "fellow soldiers" (in Greek ...
The phrase " Armor of God " ( Greek: πανοπλίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, panoplian tou Theou) is derived from Ephesians 6 :11: "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil ." ( King James Version ). [1] As a biblical reference, the metaphor may refer to physical armour worn by God in ...
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel by Pope Leo XIII : Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell satan and all of the other evil spirits who prowl about ...
Spiritual warfare. Luca Giordano 's The Fall of the Rebel Angels; a common image of spiritual warfare. Spiritual warfare is the Christian concept of fighting against the work of preternatural evil forces. It is based on the biblical belief in evil spirits, or demons, that are said to intervene in human affairs in various ways. [1]
Psalm 144. Psalm 144 is the 144th psalm of the Book of Psalms, part of the final Davidic collection of psalms, comprising Psalms 138 to 145, which are specifically attributed to David in their opening verses. [1] In the King James Version its opening words are "Blessed be the L ORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to ...
In Christian theology, the world, the flesh, and the devil ( Latin: mundus, caro, et diabolus; Greek: ό κοσμος, ή σαρξ, και ό διαβολος) have been singled out "by sources from St Thomas Aquinas " to the Council of Trent, as "implacable enemies of the soul". [1] The three sources of temptation have been described as: world ...