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Trijicon biblical verses controversy. A Trijicon ACOG TA01-NSN referencing the Bible verses from John 8:12: "When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”. Another Trijicon scope marked with 1 John 1:7: "But if we walk in the ...
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. [ 1] It is about a traveler (implicitly understood to be Jewish) who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest and then a Levite come by, both avoiding the man. A Samaritan happens upon him, and though Samaritans and Jews were ...
The harvest will soon be here. The angels will come who can make the separation, and who cannot make mistakes. ... I tell you of a truth, my Beloved, even in these high seats there is both wheat, and tares, and among the laity there is wheat, and tares. Let the good tolerate the bad; let the bad change themselves, and imitate the good.
Diotrephes. Diotrephes was a man mentioned in the Third Epistle of John (verses 9–11). His name means "nourished by Jupiter". As scholar Raymond E. Brown comments, "Diotrephes is not a particularly common name." [ 1]
t. e. Painting by Giotto depicting a person committing the sin of desperatio, the rejection of God's mercy, because while choked they are unable to ask for repentance. [ 1] There are a variety of religious views on suicide . Regarding suicide in the ancient European religions, both Roman and Greek, had a relaxed attitude. [ 2][ 3][ 4]
The only Hebrew word traditionally translated "soul" ( nephesh) in English-language Bibles refers to a living, breathing conscious body, rather than to an immortal soul. [ 4] In the New Testament, the Greek word traditionally translated "soul" ( ψυχή) "psyche", has substantially the same meaning as the Hebrew, without reference to an ...
The Hebrew Bible does not mention an angel by the name Azrael, nor does it appear in the rabbinic literature of the Talmud or Midrashim. No such angel is treated as canonical in traditional Rabbinic Judaism. However, an angel by a similar name, Azriel (עזריאל), is mentioned in Kabbalistic literature, such as the Zohar.