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  • Era of the Seven Ecumenical Councils

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    Era of the Seven Ecumenical Councils See also: Ecumenical councils#The first seven Ecumenical Councils Constantine called the First Council of Nicaea in 325 to unify Christology, also called the first great Christian council by Jerome, the first ecumenical, decreed the Original Nicene Creed, but rejected by Nontrinitarianism such as Arius, Theonas, Secundus, Eusebius of Nicomedia,…

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  • Early Christianity

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    Early Christianity See also: Early Christianity 65? Q document, a hypothetical Greek text thought by many critical scholars to have been used in writing of Matthew and Luke 66-73 Great Jewish Revolt: destruction of Herod’s Temple, Qumran community destroyed, site of Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1947 68-107? Ignatius, third Bishop of Antioch, fed to…

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  • Era of the Apostles

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    Era of the Apostles See also: Acts of the Apostles and Paul of Tarsus Shortly after the Death of Jesus (Nisan 14 or 15), the Jerusalem church was founded as the first Christian church with about 120 Jews and Jewish Proselytes (Acts 1:15), followed by Pentecost (Sivan 6), the Ananias and Sapphira incident, Pharisee Gamaliel’s…

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  • Era of Jesus

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    Era of Jesus See also: Cultural and historical background of Jesus The year one is the first year in the Christian calendar (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world, because of the current dominance of the Western world. Traditionally, this…

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  • Despise

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    Summary: H3988  m?’as maw-as’ A primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear: – abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe (-some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, X utterly, vile person. H959 ?- b?z?h baw-zaw’ A primitive root; to disesteem: – despise, disdain, contemn (-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.

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  • Blaspheme

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    Summary: H5006 ? ? n?’ats naw-ats’ A primitive root; to scorn; or (Ecc_12:5) by interchange for H5132, to bloom: – abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, X great, provoke. H5132 ?  n?»ts noots A primitive root; properly to flash; hence, to blossom (from the brilliancy of color); also, to fly away (from the quickness…

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  • Teach

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    Summary: H3925 l?mad law-mad’ A primitive root; properly to goad, that is, (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive): – [un-] accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach (-er, -ing). H3384 ¨? ¨ y?r?h y?r?’ yaw-raw’, yaw-raw’ A primitive root; properly to flow as water (that is, to rain); transitively to…

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  • Name

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    Summary: H8034 ?©?? shm shame A primitive word (perhaps rather from H7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare H8064); an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character: – + base, [in-] fame [-ous], name (-d), renown, report. H7760 ?©? ?© »m ym soom, seem A primitive…

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  • Count

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    Summary: H3699 k?sas kaw-sas’ A primitive root; to estimate: – make count. H2803 ©? ch?shab khaw-shab’ A primitive root; properly to plait or interpenetrate, that is, (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute: – (make)…

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  • Under

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    Summary: H8478 tachath takh’-ath From the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.: – as, beneath, X flat, in (-stead), (same) place (where . . . is), room, for . . . sake, stead of, under, X unto, X when . . .…

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  • Many

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    Summary: H1995 h?mn h?mn haw-mone’, haw-mone’ From H1993; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth: – abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult. H1993 h?m?h haw-maw’ A primitive root (compare H1949); to make a loud sound (like English “hum” ); by implication to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage,…

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  • Worthy

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    Summary: H6994 ?§ q­n kaw-tone’ A primitive root (rather denominative from H6996); to diminish, that is, be (causatively make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account: – be a (make) small (thing), be not worthy. H6996 ?§ ?§ q­?n q­n kaw-tawn’, kaw-tone’ From H6962; abbreviated, that is, diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively…

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  • Honor

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    Summary: H3519 k?bd k?bd kaw-bode’, kaw-bode’ From H3513; properly weight; but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness: – glorious (-ly), glory, honour (-able). H3513 k?bad k?bd kaw-bad, kaw-bade’ A primitive root; to be heavy, that is, in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively…

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  • Master

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    Summary: H113 ? ? ‘?dn ‘?dn aw-done’, aw-done’ From an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, that is, controller (human or divine): – lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with “Adoni-” . H7229 ?¨ rab rab (Chaldee); corresponding to H7227: – captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout. H7227 ?¨ rab rab By contraction from…

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  • Psalms 62:8

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    “Trust in him at all times.” — Psalms 62:8 Faith is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly business. It is only as we learn to trust in God for the supply of all our…

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  • Acts 20

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    Act 20:1 And after the ceasing of the tumult, having called the disciples, and having greeted them, Paul went away to go into Macedonia. Act 20:2 And passing through those parts, and exhorting them with much speech, he came into Greece. Act 20:3 And spending three months there, a plot by the Jews having occurred…

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  • Acts 19

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    Act 19:1 And it happened, in the time Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was passing through the higher parts to come to Ephesus. And finding some disciples, Act 19:2 he said to them, Believing, did you receive the Holy Spirit? And they said to him, We did not even hear whether the Holy Spirit is.…

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