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What does the prefix -ism mean?
"-Ism" is not a prefix but a suffix, a group of letters added to the end of a word in order to form another word. The prefix "-ism" may connote an action or practice (as in criticism), an attitude or outlook (as racism), a theory or doctrine (as Platonism, Puritanism, militarism), or a peculiar characteristic or trait (as colloquialism or Hebraism).
What is the relationship of the early christian church to late judaism?
Prior to the 4th Century, the Nezarim and the Ebionim (as early Christians were known then) were not really too different from ethnic. The big split happened by the 4th century where Hebraism became Judaism and the Jewish Sect who followed the teachings of Yeshua (Hebrew for Jesus) became officially a Eastern Roman State religion. The difference grew greater once Greco-Roman elements were introduced by means of doctrinization and the universality of G-d became prevalent among the gentiles.
Why was son of david a title for Messiah?
Because the Hebraism "son of" can mean physical offspring of as in a future descendant but it can also mean one who is like another....David was a King and a Prophet and a Shepherd and a Judge, and so on, his goal was the unity of all God's people...these are roles ascribed to Messiah...
Where did major religions start?
there was no religion in the beginning when Adam (as) was created.*************The first recorded religion was the Veda, from the Vedic hymns, which were first put in writing about 1300 BC. Later on that line Brahmanism began, then Hinduism. Hebraism began around 1300 BC which then became Judaism. Christianity and Islam followed that line.
What is difference between Hellenism and Hebraism?
Answer 1Hellenism and Hebraism are two philosophical perspectives on the question of how human beings can be perfected.Hellenism means seeing things as they really are in their essence as a grand and precious feat for man to achieve, in their beauty, getting rid of ignorance, thinking clearly. It's defined by the spontaneity of consciousness, figuring things out spontaneously and its aim is man's evolution."The best man is he who most tries to perfect himself and the happiest man is he who most feels that he is perfecting himself."(Socrates)Hellenists think that people can be perfected through an understanding of reality, through a search for the truth. Also, the Greeks' quarrel with the body and its desires is that it gets in the way of right thinking.In contrast to Hellenism, Hebraism is based on conduct and obedience, on the strictness of conscience, differentiating between good and evil, self-conquest, self-devotion, following the will of God. It speaks of becoming conscious of sin, of awakening to a sense of sin. Its aim is man's salvation and it also says that one should give oneself up to the will of God, be conscious of one's sinfulness, and follow what God has said people should do. The Hebrews' quarrel with the body and its desires is that it gets in the way of right acting.Answer 2Hebraism is about how to apply Divine Revelation to the Real World. As a result things have inherent value, purpose, and meaning. The laws of nature and the natural activities of the body need to be directed to accord with these values, purposes, and meanings. Two examples of this worldview are that every human has value regardless of whether that human is disabled and that homosexuality cannot be acted upon since it is considered a violation of the proper nature of a human. Essence precedes existence.Hellenism is about how to shape an understanding of the world that reflects human desire and perception. Meanings, values, and purposes are only valid so long as the accord with a current perception. The human is central and that which does not build him up, protect him, and defend him is useless. Two examples of this worldview are that humans are only as valuable as their possible contribution to society (Spartans would discard disabled children to be eaten by wolves), but homosexuality when motivated by desire or nature is completely permissible. Essence is fundamentally determined by existence.DifferencesHellenismHebraismLaws are man-made and thus can be bent and shaped to fit people's needs.The Law is divinely given and therefore people must bend to fit Divine precepts.Faith is earned through action and evidence.Faith is given freely on account of love and hope.The only way to understand the truths of this world is through Scientific Inquiry.The only way to know the truths of this world is through Divine Revelation.Every man and woman must contribute to the growth and flourishing of the society in a political, economic, and social way.Every man and woman must contribute to the growth and flourishing of the society in a spiritual, helpful, and honest way.The greatest leader among men is the King, for he issues edicts controlling men, armies, and wealth.The greatest leader among men is the High Priest, for he best knows the Divine.
Where in the Bible does it refer to Jesus as Mary's firstborn?
Matthew 1:25 but do not think in this context culture and time this means she necessarily had other children. Pharaoh lost his firstborn son in the Exodus plague but had no other sons...in the Bible the Hebraism interpreted firstborn means the one that opened the womb. Thus there is a grave site in Egypt regarding a Jewess of the Diaspora who died giving birth to her firstborn (she did not have other children after her death).Answer:In both Matthew 13 and Mark 6, it clearly speaks of the other children in the family born to Mary. "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?" Mt. 13: 56,57. "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him." Mk. 6:3. The passages in context show that Mary was both the mother of Jesus and had at least 6 other children. Some would try to say that these mentioned are cousins, but the word for cousin is used for Elizabeth, Whom Mary visited In Luke 1. Joseph had been fearful that Mary was pregnant by adultery, but the angel, Gabriel told him that the baby in Mary's womb was Jesus, sent from heaven by the Holy Ghost to be our Savior, and that he should not fear to take full marriage to her. Therefore, "Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: and knew her not (not having normal marital relations) till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS." Matthew 1:24,25.The wording is unavoidable to show that Mary and Joseph had a normal marriage relationship, after Christ was born. The reason He was virgin born was to be born without the sin of Adam. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Romans 5:12. Therefore, Jesus Christ, who was without sin, could die for our sins as the Savior of man. For all who trust in Him as their Savior from sin: "[God] hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." 2 Corinthians 5:21.So, "she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn." Luke 2:7. While this does not mean the firstborn is followed with other children, in Mary's case, the evidence shows that she did, and it confirms the purpose of Jesus being born of a virgin.
What are some similarities between various religions?
In Buddhism there is no God nor Heaven but a perpetual reincarnation process until the chain is broken and one gets to Nirvana, a state of superior being. In Hinduism, many Gods act as superheroes above a perpetual reincarnation of the human gender In Hebraism, the people of God, are waiting for the Messiah, whatever this means to them (a state, a person). The Jews who believed Jesus was the Messiah became Christians, others refused to believe that. In Islam, it is believed to be the last and only true religion which was announced to Mohammed through an Archangel by God the almighty whom the human gender can only submit to without knowing him directly. Christianity is the only religion which states that God himself became visible as a man (incarnation). More precisely, in the person of Jesus. So Christians believe that Jesus is God, a "friend" we can talk and relate to as he did with us in the first place.
What is the difference between a Christian and a Catholic church?
None, although the term can be used to describe the eastern churches as long as they have valid apostolic succession. It cannot be used to describe protestants as they have rejected the Church.
Was Jesus nailed to the cross through his hands or wrists?
Jesus was nailed on the cross through his hands, not through his wrist. The shroud of Turin, which was a false relic, was used to push the notion of the nail through his wrist. The Bible says reach hit of your hand and put your finger in the prhe nam
Why did John and James get the nickname of Boanerges?
Another answer from our community:In his Commentary Adam Clarke states:Mar 3:17 -Sons of thunder - A Hebraism for thunderers; probably so named because of their zeal and power in preaching the Gospel. The term Boanerges is neither Hebrew nor Syriac...the ancient Greeks would pronounce Beneregem, and which means sons of thunder, was probably the appellative used by our Lord: beni reges, sons of tempest, which comes nearest to the Boanerges of the evangelist.... Some think that the reason why our Lord gave this appellative to the sons of Zebedee was, their desire to bring fire down from heaven, i.e. a storm of thunder and lightning, to overturn and consume a certain Samaritan village, the inhabitants of which would not receive their Master. See the account in Luk_9:53, Luk_9:54. It was a very usual thing among the Jews to give surnames, which signified some particular quality or excellence, to their rabbins. ..;;
How are Catholics and protestants different?
Catholic AnswerThe following two definitions are from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, 2nd Edition, revisedCatholicism. the system of faith and morals revealed by God to man through Jesus Christ, who found a catholic, i.e. universal, Church as the depository of that revelation and as the common ark of salvation for all; the ecclesiastical system and organization of that Church. The principal articles of faith of Catholicism are: the unity of God in three divine Persons (the Holy Trinity); the fall of Adam and the resulting original sin of all mankind; that sanctifying grace was given to man at the beginning, lost by Adam, restored by Jesus Christ; the incarnation, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in whom are united two natures, human and divine; the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church established by him; the immaculate conception, divine maternity and perpetual virginity of his mother, Mary; the real presence by transubstantiation of the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ in the Eucharist; his institution of seven sacraments for our salvation; the absolute need of grace for salvation; purgatory, the resurrection of the body and everlasting life in Heaven or Hell; the primacy of jurisdiction and the infallibility of the pope of Rome; the Mass a true and proper sacrifice; the lawfulness of the veneration of saints and their images; the authority of Tradition and Scripture; the necessity for salvation of membership of the Church, at least invisibly; the obligation of the moral law. The most obvious call of Catholicism on the attention of humankind is that it is the religion of God-become-man, and therefore it "calls for the whole personality, not merely pious feeling but also cool reason, and not reason only but also the practical will, and not only the inner man of the intelligence but also the outer man of the sensibility. Catholicism is according to its whole being the full and strong affirmation of the whole man in the complete sum of all life relations. It is the positive religion par excellence, essentially affirmation without subtraction, and in the full sense essentially thesis" (Karl Adam), as opposed to anti-thesis, conflict, contradiction and negation. Catholicism makes no claim to a monopoly of truth, goodness and beauty; it knows that man has an aptitude for the discovery of religious truths and moral values, that the True Light "enlightens every soul born into the world." But only in Catholic Christianity are religious truths found in their fullness, synthesized into a whole which gives a meaning to life, in God and his love for men. Catholic Christianity if the fulfilment of all those elements of truth found scattered and mixed with varying proportions of falsity, crudity and charlatanism throughout the myriad religions of man: it raises human beings to a supernatural state, making them "partakers of the divine nature."Protestantism. A generic name for those forms of Christianity derived from the teachings of those who revolted from the Catholic Church in the 16th century and for the principles characteristic of them. These were chiefly the sufficiency and supremacy of the Bible as the rule of faith; the total corruption and depravity of human nature by the Fall; the dependence of salvation solely on the merits of Christ (justification by faith); predestination to Heaven or Hell; the universal priesthood of all believers interpreted as an opposition to the divine appointment of an ordained priesthood and as a right to private interpretation of doctrine in general and the Bible in particular. The Hebrew Scriptures had a sudden and new importance; in particular, Calvinism, in its ultimate analysis, was an enlarged Judaism, and Hebraism (for example, the idea that prosperity and success are tokens by which election can be recognized) is still a characteristic of much Protestantism, even when it has to a considerable extent repudiated the Old Testament. There followed from these: the rejection of papal (and in some cases of episcopal) authority and the doctrines of the Mass as a sacrifice, the Real Presence, confession, and penance, Purgatory, indulgences, the intercession of the saints, the meritoriousness and necessity of good works for salvation, etc. The principle which became ruling was that of private judgment and free choice which is supreme in popular Protestantism to-day;: the latest and most devastation development is "Modernism," which in effect adopts historical statements of doctrines in faith and morals and chooses the interpretation to be put on them according to the ideas and taste of the individual concerned. In accordance with the spirit of the times, Protestantism is now pragmatist, ethical and naturalistic, and less and less upholds a divine revelation of absolute truth. The primary forms from which Protestantism derives are Lutheranism, Calvinism, Zwinglianism, and Anglicanism.
Who invented judaism religion?
Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was founded over 3500 years ago in the Middle East. Jews believe that God appointed the Jews to be his chosen people in order to set an example of holiness and ethical behaviour to the world.
