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94121 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.36

… the faith of Jesus: the break between church and synagogue had become complete. That Job is made king of all Egypt (XII P 28) may indicate some relationship to …

94122 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.37

… the faith of their fathers, invented verses in the shape in which these Oracles had been preserved, as we learn from Herodotus--i.e. in hexameter lines and in …

94123 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocrypha.49

… Christian faith it was natural for them to look at the new religion through the medium of the old philosophy. Many of them read into the canonical writings …

94124 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.50

… the faithful in the hour of danger and lightnings smite their foes; the terrifying forces of Nature, earthquake, wind and fire, strike dismay into the hearts …

94125 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.53

… Christian faith, and that through them great masses of people were confirmed in their conviction of the spiritual presence and power of Christ the Saviour …

94126 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.55

… the faith. The commandments of the Lord had been received through them ( 2 Peter 3:2 ). In the Ignatian epistles they have a place of acknowledged supremacy by …

94127 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.71

… Christian faith deeply tinged with the spirit of contemporary paganism; the faith in Christ the Saviour-God, which satisfied the widespread yearning for …

94128 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.72

… the faith--the age of martyrs and apostles. Acts of martyrs were eagerly read, and in particular the Apocryphal Acts were drawn upon to satisfy the desire for …

94129 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.10

… ." With faith in the resurrection is associated the demand for strict sexual abstinence. Only they who are pure (i.e. who live in chastity) shall see God. "Ye have …

94130 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.15

… establish faith in Christ not by words merely but by miraculous deeds and powers (allusion to 1 Corinthians 4:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:5 ). On the entreaty of the …

94131 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.19

… whose faith was allied with the grossest superstition.

94132 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.22

… colors faith in God, meekness, love, chastity, etc. As for the picture of his body it was the dead picture of a dead man. Chapters 30 through 36 narrate the healing …

94133 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.24

… His faithful people, and indeed is present with them to be their support in every trial (103). The Acts of John also reveal a strong encratite tendency, although …

94134 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Gospels.40

… the faith, and also as showing the free and practically unlimited nature of the controversy, of which the canon as finally adopted was the result. He rejected …

94135 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apostasy; Apostate.2

… the faith. Paul was falsely accused of teaching the Jews apostasy from Moses ( Acts 21:21 ); he predicted the great apostasy from Christianity, foretold by Jesus …

94136 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apostasy; Apostate.4

… the faith. The persecutions of the early Christian centuries forced many to deny Christian discipleship and to signify their apostasy by offering incense …

94137 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apostasy; Apostate.5

… the faith may be intellectual, as in the case of Ernst Haeckel, who, because of his materialistic philosophy, publicly and formally renounced Christianity …

94138 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apostle.9

… of faith unto the Gentiles" ( Acts 14:27 ), they thereby justified their claim to be the apostles not only of the church, but of the Holy Spirit.

94139 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apostles' Creed; The.4

… Christian faith. This is a special reason for considering the foundations on which these articles of faith rest.

94140 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apostles' Creed; The.13

… of Faith": In any case, the fact is certain that before the middle of the 2nd century the confession at baptism had crystallized into tolerably settled shape …