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Which Protestant denominations teach that Old Testament saints were raised and taken to heaven with Christ based on Matthew 27:52–53 and Ephesians 4:8
In Matthew 27:52–53, it is stated that “many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised… and appeared to many in Jerusalem,” which seems to suggest a physical (possibly glorified) ...
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Does Romans 7:2–4 resolve the covenant-marriage issue posed by Jeremiah 3 and Deuteronomy 24 from a biblical-theological perspective? [closed]
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I am not asking for all Christian interpretations; I am asking from a biblical-theology perspective.
Romans 7:2 says that a married woman is bound (by the law) to her husband while he lives, ...
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How did the Catholic Church determine that the deuterocanon was Sacred Scripture? The Jews didn't include them in their Sacred Scripture, right?
I'm reading the Apostolic Fathers and found a reference to the book of Tobit from Polycarp. Why do Catholics place the deuterocanon as Sacred Scripture?
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Biblical basis for the belief that Mary is in heaven rather than in Abraham’s bosom?
I understand that in Catholic teaching, the Virgin Mary is believed to be in heaven, often associated with the doctrine of the Assumption.
However, I’m trying to understand the Biblical basis for this ...
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Why is HEMA so weird? [closed]
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I recently got into Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) at a local club, and I was very shocked by the fact that the majority of the club is either gay or ...
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Why does the Christian Church encourage Christians to worship Yahweh every Sunday when Jesus specifically rejected being beholden to Yahweh?
In the Old Testament, Yahweh issued a most stringent diktat that the Israelites were to spend every day of the week working - except for one, which was instead to be specifically dedicated to him, ...
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Are there any Protestant or Bible Alone Believers who sees the intercessory role of Mary at the Wedding at Cana?
At the Wedding at Cana, we found that Jesus was only on the sideline, and not looking after the needs of the people, as Jesus revealed His thought, "My hour has not yet come."
While in the ...
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Did God tempt satan in the Book of Job? [migrated]
[Note: As I said in my answer, I wanted to change the title of my question; I feel like it is accusatory and inflammatory; but it might not be fair to the answerers.]
In studying the book of Job, it ...
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According to the Catholicism, "Sacred Tradition" is equal with holy Scripture. How do Catholics justify this according to the New Testament?
Jesus and the apostles had both the Old Testament, and the Jewish tradition. Nowhere in Scripture does Jesus or any of the apostles appeal to the Jewish traditions. In fact, it appears to be the ...
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Temporal nature of the world? [closed]
Assuming the arrow of time as a premise that the past comes before the present, and the present comes before the future, temporarily.
Could there have been a time where there was nothing before the ...
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How does the Catholic Church handle verses that imply there is no one like God?
Duplicate of LDS but from Catholic perspective
Bible verses:
Isaiah 43:10
Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.
Isaiah 44:6
'I am the first and I am the last, And ...
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Incorporating "biblical foods" into our christian culture, either at home or in our Christian communities?
Incorporating "biblical foods" into our christian culture, either at home or in our Christian communities?
For this question biblical foods should mean foods that come straight from the ...
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When and why did the Catholic Church stop separating genders during Mass?
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According to Catholic.com, men and women were separated during Mass from ancient times, attested as early as the 300s CE:
The practice [of separate seating for men and women] is ancient. ...
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Do any Protestant denominations distinguish between 'debts''trespasses' and 'sins' when asking for forgiveness for the congregation?
The Lord's prayer in Matthew concerns forgiveness of 'debts', the word in the original being a matter of a failure in obligatory service (opheilēmata), Matthew 6:12. The similar passage in Mark ...
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Why is God giving Satan a preferential epistemological treatment? [closed]
In Christian tradition there is a least one character with full conscious knowledge of God’s existence that chooses not to worship God, namely Satan. Evidently, humans seems not be that favored in ...
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