Religion

Religion

Refers to any set of beliefs of any community or nation, concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of life and the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural or divine agency.

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omnipotence

Religion; General religion

The concept that God has infinite power and is able to do anything that he wishes that is consistent with his own personality.

ordinary time

Religion; General religion

This is a Christian term used mainly by Roman Catholics. It refers to two intervals within each year. One starts on the day following the Baptism of the Lord and ends at Ash ...

Moral Rearmament

Religion; General religion

An organization founded in 1938 by Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman (1878 - 1961). It was preceded by "A First Century Christian Fellowship" at the time of World War I, and "The Oxford ...

Old Testament

Religion; General religion

The name given by Christians to the Hebrew Scriptures. To Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox and some Anglicans, this is the Jewish Bible and the Apocrypha. To most Protestants, it ...

New Thought

Religion; General religion

A group of metaphysical Christian faith groups including Unity, Religious Science, Science of Mind, Divine Science, Christian Science, etc.

New Jerusalem

Religion; General religion

A holy city, described in Revelation 21:1-2, descending to earth 1000 years after the battle of Armageddon.

Noachide Covenant

Religion; General religion

A covenant that God made with Noah and his sons after the great flood. In Acts 15, non-Jewish Christians were released from the full requirements of the Hebrew Scriptures, but ...