the dogma that the Son of God became an actual man in Jesus of Nazareth, born of the Virgin Mary. The term literally means taking on human flesh.
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the dogma that the Son of God became an actual man in Jesus of Nazareth, born of the Virgin Mary. The term literally means taking on human flesh.
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- Agnosticism — the belief that neither the existence or nature of God, nor the origin of the universe is knowable.
- Atheism — A philosophy which posits "There is no God", the idea that the non-existence of God can be proved.
- Eternity — time or existence without beginning or end
- Ex-Nihilo — creation out of nothing
- God — the supreme being
- Natural Theology — that which utilized philosophical arguments for the existence of God without appealing to special revelation
- Omnipotent — all powerful
- Omnipresent — present everywhere
- Omniscient — all-knowing
- Pantheism — something exists beyond matter, therefore, since God does not exist, nature becomes God in all it's parts
- Parousia — The second coming of Christ in glory which will usher in the full establishment of God's kingdom.
- Religion — service and worshiop of God or the supernatural, or devotion to faith or observance, a principle or sysem of beliefs held to with order and faith.
- Supreme Being — rational uncreated spirit being who is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, transcendent and eternal
- Theism — the belief in God
- Theology — the study of God and all that relates to him
- Transcendent — beyond normal limits or beyond limits of human experience, independent of material universe
- Trinity — The Christian dogma which holds that in God there are 3 persons in one being, that God is a trinity in unity, that is a tri-unity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
- Yahweh — The Hebrew name for God. It means "I am Who Am".
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- Agnosticism Terminology — the belief that neither the existence or nature of God, nor the origin of the universe is knowable.
- Atheism Terminology — A philosophy which posits "There is no God", the idea that the non-existence of God can be proved.
- Eternity Terminology — time or existence without beginning or end
- Ex-Nihilo Terminology — creation out of nothing
- God Terminology — the supreme being
- Natural Theology Terminology — that which utilized philosophical arguments for the existence of God without appealing to special revelation
- Omnipotent Terminology — all powerful
- Omnipresent Terminology — present everywhere
Provenance
From the legacy CCWV definitions list, carried into the database as an entry of its own. Spelling of headwords is corrected, and where a legacy definition stated one tradition's judgment as the definition itself, the judgment is now attributed to that tradition.