The marriage had been arranged by her father Alfonso VI of León in 1106 to unite the two chief Christian states against the Almoravides, and to supply them with a capable military leader.

Contrary to the canonical Christian Gospels, and in accordance with the Islamic view of Jesus, this later " Gospel of Barnabas " states that Jesus was not the son of God, but a prophet and messenger.

It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its larger sister party, the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ), operates in the other 15 states of Germany.

It states that it is not a totally objectionable thing, but also that its abolishment can be driven by genuine Christian values, especially stressing the need for mercy.

The first Conciliar document on celibacy of the Western Christian Church ( Canon 33 of the Synod of Elvira, c. AD 305 ) states that the discipline of celibacy is to refrain from the use of marriage, i. e. refrain from having carnal contact with your spouse.

Examples of this are certain commandments that God states explicitly shall abide " for ever " ( for example, ), or certain practices which God prohibits as abominations, but which are not prohibited by most Christian denominations.

It also states that a religious sect can be considered a cult if its beliefs involve a denial of any of the essential Christian teachings such as salvation, the Trinity, Jesus himself as a person, his works and his miracles, his crucifixion, his death, his resurrection, his return, and the Rapture.

However, this overlooks those parts of scripture which provide for the doctrine of the " Two Swords " and for the medieval Roman Catholic concept of the powers of kings to protect the Christian Constitution of states, to defend and extend the boundaries of Christendom by lawful means only, to protect and defend the innocent, the weak, the poor and the vulnerable, and to protect the church and the papacy with the king's own life, if necessary.

As the Community expanded into the Union, the centre-right in the new member states were not necessarily Christian Democrat and the EPP ( European People's Party, the transnational political party founded in 1976 which all group members are now affiliated to ) feared being sidelined.

Caesarea's Christian community presumably had a history reaching back to apostolic times, but it is a common claim that no bishops are attested for the town before about AD 190, even though the Apostolic Constitutions 7. 46 states that Zacchaeus was the first bishop.

Christian scholar Donald Guthrie claims that the Gospel was likely widely known before the end of the 1st century, and was fully recognized by the early part of the second, while Helmut Koester states that aside from Marcion, " there is no certain evidence for its usage ," prior to ca.

" Simek states that the allegorical description of Hel's house in Gylfaginning " clearly stands in the Christian tradition ," and that " on the whole nothing speaks in favour of there being a belief in Hel in pre-Christian times.

Through spring 1912, a series of bilateral agreements between the Christian Balkan states ( Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Serbia ) formed the Balkan League, which in October 1912 declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

Paul contrasted Isaac, symbolizing Christian liberty, with the rejected older son Ishmael, symbolizing slavery ; Hagar is associated with the Sinai covenant, while Sarah is associated with the covenant of grace, into which her son Isaac enters. The Epistle of James chapter 2, verses 21-24 states that the sacrifice of Isaac shows that justification ( in the Johannine sense ) requires both faith and works.

In the middle of the 11th century, with the division of Al Andalus into taifas and the strengthening of the Christian holdings in the Iberian peninsula, Fernando I of León found himself in a position to extract tribute from the fractured Arab states.

Geza Vermes states that compared to the Christian accounts: " the sober picture of Josephus appears all the more believable ".

However, John Painter states that placing the blame for the siege of Jerusalem on the death of James is perhaps an early Christian invention that predates both Origen and Eusebius and that it likely existed in the traditions to which they were both exposed.

Andreas Köstenberger states that the fact that the 10th century Arabic version of the Testimonium ( discovered in the 1970s ) lacks distinct Christian terminology while sharing the essential elements of the passage indicates that the Greek Testimonium has been subject to interpolation.

Paul Maier states that a comparison of Eusebius ' reference with the 10th century Arabic version of the Testimonium due to Agapius of Hierapolis indicates that the Christian interpolation present in the Testimonium must have come early, before Eseubuis.

Van Voorst states that the James passage fits well in the context in the Antiquities and an indication for its authenticity is the lack of the laudatory language that a Christian interpolator would have used to refer to Jesus as " the Lord ", or a similar term.

Bauckham states that the method of killing James by stoning, and the description provided by Josephus via the assembly of the Sanhedrin of judges are consistent with the policies of the Temple authorities towards the early Christian Church at the time.

John Painter states that nothing in the James passage looks suspiciously like a Christian interpolation and that the account can be accepted as historical.

Philip Carrington states that there is no reason to question the authenticity of the Josephus passage on James, and elaborates the background by stating that Ananus continued to remain a power within the Jewish circles at the time even after being deposed, and that it is likely that the charges brought against James by Ananus were not only because of his Christian association but because he objected to the oppressive policies against the poor ; hence explaining the later indignation of the more moderate Jewish leaders.

Louis Feldman, who believes the Josephus passage on John is authentic, states that Christian interpolators would have been very unlikely to have devoted almost twice as much space to John ( 163 words ) as to Jesus ( 89 words ).

Feldman also states that a Christian interpolator would have likely altered Josephus ' passage about John the Baptist to make the circumstances of the death of John become similar to the New Testament, and to indicate that John was a forerunner of Jesus.

The central concern of Erich Auerbach's impressive volume called Mimesis is to describe the shift from a classic theory of imitation ( based upon a recognition of levels of truth ) to a Christian theory of imitation in which the levels are dissolved.

* Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland, a Republic of Ireland and a United Kingdom based Christian denomination

The Apostles ' Creed was based on Christian theological understanding of the Canonical gospels, the letters of the New Testament and to a lesser extent the Old Testament.

It was based on Donatus ' De pedibus and Servius ' De finalibus, and used examples from Christian poets as well as Virgil.

The division of Chronicles and its place in the Christian canons are based upon the division of books in the ancient Greek Septuagint.

The Christian hymn " The Lord is in His Holy Temple ", written in 1900 by William J. Kirkpatrick, is based on verse 2: 20.

Among Christian beliefs, the death and resurrection of Jesus are two core events on which much of Christian doctrine and theology is based.

One explanation for the origin of obligatory celibacy is that it is based on Christ's example and on the writings of Paul, who wrote of the advantages celibacy allowed a man in serving the Lord, Celibacy was popularized by the early Christian theologian Origen and Augustine.

While members of the Christian Science church claim their religion is based in, reconcilable with, and part of Christianity ( being based on the teachings of Jesus ), there are orthodox Christian theologians and others who disagree.

Christian Science does teach the resurrection and ascension of Christ Jesus and its healing ministry is based on Jesus ' example, and his instruction and prophecy in.

It was in part based on Robert Boyle's The Christian Virtuoso ( 1690 ).

It was based on Christian understanding of the Canonical Gospels, the letters of the New Testament and to a lesser extent the Old Testament.

Christian objections to homosexual behavior are often based upon their interpretations of the Bible.

No writings were left by Jesus, and the study of the various Christologies of the Apostolic Age is based on early Christian documents.

The Creed, which is now recited throughout the Christian world, was based largely on the teaching put forth by a man who eventually would become Pope Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, the chief opponent of Arius.

" Their doctrines have numerous resemblances to those of the Bogomils and the earlier Paulicians as well as the Manicheans and the Christian Gnostics of the first few centuries AD, although, as many scholars, most notably Mark Pegg, have pointed out, it would be erroneous to extrapolate direct, historical connections based on theoretical similarities perceived by modern scholars.

* Community Christian College, a two-year college based in Redlands, California, USA

Some Protestant Christian denominations prohibit the drinking of alcohol based upon Biblical passages which condemn drunkenness ( such as Proverbs 23: 21, Isaiah 28: 1, Habakkuk 2: 15 ), but others allow moderate use of alcohol.

Early Christian Dualism is largely based on Platonic Dualism ( See: Neoplatonism and Christianity ).

There is also a personal dualism in Christianity with a soul-body distinction based on the idea of an immaterial Christian Soul.

Two psychologists associated with Christian colleges in the US have argued that it is not conclusive that homosexuality does not meet the DSM's criteria, based on their review of some of the research relating to claims of statistical infrequency, personal distress, maladaptiveness and deviation from social norms.