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  2. Maitrī - Wikipedia

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    Translations of Mettā; English: Loving-kindness, benevolence: Sanskrit: मैत्री (IAST: maitrī)Pali: mettā: Burmese: မေတ္တာ (MLCTS: mjɪʔ ...

  3. Glossary of spirituality terms - Wikipedia

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    Deism has become identified with the classical belief that God created but does not intervene in the world, though this is not a necessary component of deism. Deity: (or a god) A postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by human ...

  4. List of Christian synonyms - Wikipedia

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    The term comes from the theological concept of adoption, which says that believers are made part of God's family, and become his children. The use of "brother" as a designation for Christians has become restricted to members of religious communities (the Catholic sense ), or as an honorific for pastors (often used in Baptist churches).

  5. Glossary of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Incarnation – in traditional Christianity is the belief that the second person of the Trinity, also known as God the Son or the Logos (Word), "became flesh" by being conceived in the womb of Mary, also known as the Theotokos (Birth-giver to God) or "Mater Dei" (mother of God). INRI; Intercession of the Spirit

  6. Divinization (Christian) - Wikipedia

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    In Christian theology, divinization ("divinization" may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), or theopoesis or theosis, is the transforming effect of divine grace, [1] the spirit of God, or the atonement of Christ.

  7. List of knowledge deities - Wikipedia

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    Ganesha, god of wisdom, luck, and new beginnings; Kartikeya, god of war, victory, and knowledge; Brihaspati, guru of the devas; Shukra, guru of the asuras; Dakshinamurti, an aspect of Shiva as the guru of sages; Ashta Lakshmi, (Vidya Lakshmi)and the god of science and arts; Hayagriva, an aspect of Vishnu and the god of knowledge

  8. Christian mysticism - Wikipedia

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    This presence or consciousness varies, but it is first and foremost always associated with a reuniting with divine love, the underlying theme being that God, the perfect goodness, [2] is known or experienced at least as much by the heart as by the intellect since, in the words 1 John 4:16: "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God ...

  9. Apotheosis - Wikipedia

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    Apotheosis of Venice (1585) by Paolo Veronese, a ceiling in the Doge's Palace The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Raid on Chatham in the Background.. Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω / ἀποθεῶ (apotheóō/apotheô) 'to deify'), also called divinization or deification (from Latin deificatio 'making divine'), is the ...