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Did the religion of Christianity arise in AD70?
It has been suggested that the religion of Christianity arose as a result of the destruction of the Jewish temple and the Jewish priesthood by the Romans in the year 70. This date marks the inception ...
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Who first coined the term "Christian"?
It is correct that the term "Christian" was first used in Antioch, but not coined by just someone who made up nicknames.
Is it possible that St. Ignatius, the 3rd Bishop of Antioch coined this term?
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Did St. James write the Divine Liturgy of St. James?
This is related to the question titled "What is the earliest written surviving liturgy?", but different in what it is asking. I was reading on Infogalactic the following.
The Liturgy of Saint James ...
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What is the earliest explicit mention of infant baptism?
The Bible describes several adults being baptized (notably Jesus and the Ethiopian eunuch that Phillip baptized). And while it mentions many others being baptized, it doesn't explicitly mention ...
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When did the term "New Testament" first come into usage?
While reading William Bridge's, "The Wounded Conscience Cured," (1642) I came across Bridge's usage of the term "New Testament" :
"And in the New Testament, Romans 13.1..."
-William Bridge, "...
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Who first associated the fourth beast of Daniel 7 with the Roman Empire?
Daniel's vision of the four beasts in Daniel 7 has long intrigued commentators. Regarding the vision of the fourth beast, the text reads:
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a ...
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What is the earliest systematic New Testament commentary?
Were Origen's commentaries the earliest attempt to systematically exegete the New Testament texts, so far as there is any record?
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Which church father first taught the perpetual virginity of Mary?
Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck, in his Reformed Dogmatics, III, §366, briefly deals with Mary's perpetual virginity, and touches on the doctrine's history:
We do not yet find this idea of Mary'...
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When and how was the doctrine of the one divine will established?
Many (perhaps most) Trinitarian theologians says that the Father, Son, and Spirit each possess the one singular divine will. This is a stronger statement than saying they are "united in will", which ...
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What is the origin of the story that the Apostle John taught only "love one another"?
I've heard in a sermon that there is a story about Apostle John's last days, when he was working in Ephesus.
The story tells that usually, at the Lord's Supper, John was invited to give a little ...
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