Questions tagged [perfection]
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Does "perfect" imply never having changed? Does the Bible say so?
"God is perfect" is often used as a justification for the belief that God never became God, but that rather, He never changed, but simply always was God, and always was perfect.
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What do Protestant Christians believe about sanctification, holiness, and attaining perfect love in this life?
When I first became a Christian my Baptist minister spoke about sanctification, holiness and aspiring toward Christian perfection in our lives. Personally, I doubt any of us will see perfection this ...
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If God is perfect; why was the first covenant faulty?
In Hebrews 8, the author discusses the two covenants God has made. Why the need for two? Surely God knew that the first could not be kept by man. Why didn’t He just start with the covenant of Christ?
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How do Christians that believe in creatio ex nihilo answer the question of why human beings are not created with a perfect character from the outset?
This question is a spin-off of the previous discussion How do proponents of the “free-will defense” against the problem of evil explain that God can be free and immune to moral evil at the same time?.
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How do Latter-day Saints answer the question of why human beings are not created with a perfect character from the outset?
This question is a spin-off of the previous discussion How do proponents of the “free-will defense” against the problem of evil explain that God can be free and immune to moral evil at the same time?.
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Do Christians believe that God chose to create the "best possible world" among multiple/infinite alternatives, by maximizing a "Goodness" function?
Do Christians (or at least a well-known subset of them) believe that God chose to create the "best possible world" among multiple/infinite alternatives, and therefore, that we are living in ...
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If God is perfect, do we live in the best of all possible worlds?
God is supposed to be perfect. If the world is the work of a perfect god, it should be, as Leibniz argued, the best possible world.
But it is not very difficult to imagine a better world than this.
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How can one counter-argue this argument against the existence of God?
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If God is the Creator, He cannot be perfect. For either God created the world desiring it or not desiring it. If he did not wish it, it implies that he does not have total control over his ...
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In Didache 16, is the author teaching a perfectionism at odds with Catholicism and Protestantism?
...Chapter 16. Watchfulness; the Coming of the Lord. Watch for your life's sake. Let not your lamps be quenched, nor your loins unloosed; but be ready, for you know not the hour in which our Lord will ...
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In Hebrew 5:9, what changed about the Son's perfection?
In the book of Hebrews, we read:
8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was ...
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According to the Catholic Church , did Jesus project God the Father as the role model of perfection?
We see Jesus saying at Matthew 5:48 (NRSVCE)
"Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect"
Now, the image of God the Father that the Jewish people had had, before they listened to ...
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How are Supererogative acts even possible in Catholicism?
God, through each person of the Holy Trinity, the Prophets, the Saints, and his people set out what to do in order to enter the kingdom of heaven through the commandments, through the beatitudes, ...
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Perfect relationship between Trinity and other relationships in heaven - Catholic
My question can sound like a question out of blue, but I am going to ask it anyway.
We can come up with many different descriptions of so called "perfect relationship", but for Christians the best ...
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According to Catholicism what does it mean for every relationship in heaven to be perfect and fulfilling?
The Catholic church teaches that every relationship in heaven will be perfect and fulfilling (for example, see this American Catholic reflection written by Friar Jim Van Vurst, O.F.M.).
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Was Jesus perfect his entire life? - Isaiah 7 [closed]
Was Jesus perfect his entire life? This passage seems to suggest otherwise. I've never had a good answer to this question when referring to this passage.
Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, “Ask a sign ...
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