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A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions.
Exegesis is the interpretation of a Biblical text, to explore its meaning, significance and relevance. Most exegesis questions should be asked at the Biblical Hermeneutics site; exegesis questions on this site need to specify a perspective and explain why an answer from that perspective is needed.
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"Biblical basis" is the way in which a practice or belief is derived from Scripture. Use this tag to ask how Christians use the Bible to derive a specific belief.
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For questions about the life of Jesus, including his birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension. Use [christology] for questions about his nature, his offices, and his relationship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit.
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Questions about the history, composition and canon of the Bible. Don't use this tag for beliefs and practices in the Bible.
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The nature of God includes all aspects and characteristics attributed directly to the person of God, possibly including all the omni- aspects (e.g. omniscience), love, hate, persons (e.g. the Trinity) or other attributes.
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Protestantism is a broad tradition referring to the churches which broke from the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th Century and those that descended from them.
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Use for questions about the history, teachings, doctrine, or practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly called Mormons. The LDS faith recognizes as canonical several books (such as the Book of Mormon) that are not generally accepted among most other Christians and believes in modern-day prophethood and revelation.
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The doctrine of the three-personhood of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who, though existing in three distinct persons and work towards different arenas, are the same God, of the same mind, and the same purpose.
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For questions related to history generally. Use the [church-history] tag for the history of the post-NT church.
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The branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of Christ. For questions about the life of Jesus, use [life-of-jesus].
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Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament, a narrative starting with creation.
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A branch of Protestantism emphasizing the sovereignty of God and his covenants with humanity. Also known as Calvinism.
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Doctrine, practice, saints and other topics around Eastern Orthodox (Greek, Russian etc.) Church.
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Relating to first several centuries of the Christian church; usually considered to end in the 4th century
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The book of the Bible describing Jesus' life, usually attributed to Matthew.
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An account of the public ministry of Jesus according to his disciple/apostle John
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The Old Testament is comprised of the writings of ancient Israel held sacred by both Jews and Christians.
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Use this tag for questions about attitudes and doctrines regarding marriage. For questions relating specifically to same-sex marriage and polygamy, use the appropriate tags.
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A sacrament initiated by Jesus where his followers remember his death on the cross by eating bread and wine
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A ritual or symbol of admission to the body of Christians, generally performed by immersion or sprinkling with water.
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The process whereby God brought the heavens and the earth, and all of their diverse contents, into existence
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For surveys of Christian denominations. For the concept of "denomination," see [denomination], and for comparing denominations, use [comparative-christianity]
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Theologians and church leaders of the post-apostolic period up to the 7th century.
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Use this tag to ask for help to find the source of a quote, or to find a works by Christian scholars and authors on particular topics. Do not use this tag to ask for Bible verses on a topic.
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The theology, or doctrine, of the Holy Spirit. For the majority of Christians, the Holy Spirit is a person of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – and is Almighty God.
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The group known as the Jehovah's Witnesses was founded in the 1870s. They originally called themselves Bible Students, but they changed to their current name in 1931.
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Referring to one of the two historical sources of theology (Scripture, Tradition). Relates to questions that ask about practices that have historically been the norm, and typically looking for an origin explanation
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