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What were the main doctrinal disagreements between Luther and Calvin?
What were the main doctrinal disagreements between Luther and Calvin? Can anybody give an overview, please?
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What is the Biblical basis for Universal salvation?
Universal salvation, or universal reconciliation is the belief that God will eventually reconcile Himself with every immortal soul. That is, everyone will be saved. This doctrine has a long history. It's always been a minority view, but there have…
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Why was Zachariah punished while Mary was not?
The gospel of Luke states that when the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharia and told him that his wife Elizabeth would conceive John the Baptist, Zacheria doubts the prophecy and so is temporarily struck dumb till the day John would be born.
However…
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Are there multiple levels to Heaven, for different levels of reward?
1 Corinthians 15:39-41 (KJV)
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of…
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Is Xmas a secular name for Christmas?
I heard that Xmas is a secular way of "taking Christ out of Christmas". When and why did this practice originate? Is there any truth to the claim that it has a secular or "un-Christian" origin?
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What does it mean that Jesus fulfilled the law but did not abolish it?
We hear that we are no longer under the law. It even says so in Galatians:
Galatians 3:23-25
Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was…
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For Catholics who object to Vatican II, what are the key issues?
From time to time I see references to Roman Catholics who object to (part? all?) of Vatican II. Most commonly I see ads in my local newspaper for traditional Latin masses, but I understand the objections to be more than vernacular versus Latin…
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In which other churches do Roman Catholics recognize apostolic succession?
The Roman Catholic Church derives much of its claim to legitimacy from the teaching of "apostolic succession". Other churches also believe that their priests derive their authority in an unbroken chain of succession. I believe that the Roman…
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What is God waiting for before He ends the world?
I probably have this question since I'm very young. Here are some few sample answers that I've got:
He's waiting for the right time
Until the whole world bow knees and worship only God
IMHO, the longer God waits, the more people are going to hell.…
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What Bible verses suggest that humans can become angels?
There a number of biblical passages (such as 1 Corinthians 4:9) that are worded as such indicating angels were created separately from and and are different from humans.
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the…
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Which translation of Augustine's Confessions is the easiest to read in English?
Not all translations are created equal, and often the public domain ones freely available online are some of the worst.
Augustine fans out there – whose translation of Confessions is the best in English? I'm looking for readability (out-loud or…
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What is the scriptural basis for clerical celibacy?
In the Catholic Church, priests are required to stay celibate. (As far as I know, protestant priests that convert to Catholicism are allowed an exception -- they can become Catholic priests even if they already have family.)
I cannot understand how…
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How does current Church of England polity compare with Richard Hooker's teaching?
Richard Hooker's Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593) is a foundational document for the theology and ecclesiology of the Church of England. In it, he defends (among other things) the Anglican understanding of the episcopacy, and the power of…
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What languages did Jesus speak?
As a young believer I was quickly turned on to the idea of learning some things about the "original languages" of the Bible. After all, how could you understand John 21:15-17 without understanding the difference between "agape" love and "phileo"…
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How do Young Earth Creationists account for civilisations with histories going back five thousand years or more?
How do Young Earth Creationists account for the fact that some cultures have been continuously measuring the years for almost five millenia?
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