Christianity often interprets the phrase as a reference to ( KJV ):

Because Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah and that he claimed to be the Son of Man referred to by Daniel, Christianity interprets as a statement of the Messiah's authority and that the Messiah will have an everlasting kingdom in the Messianic Age.

Transformational Christianity interprets the gospel from a unified perspective of transforming individuals, relationships, and institutions.

Christianity interprets the city as a physical reconstruction, spiritual restoration, or divine recreation of the city of Jerusalem.

Christianity, on the other hand, interprets suffering as being related to sin.

Syriac Christianity interprets the Greek version as Cain experiencing a real physical affliction that when witnessed by others, they would know who he is.

Rome secured a wide zone of cultural influence, which led to a wide diffusion of Syriac Christianity from a center at Nisibis in later decades, and the eventual Christianization of Armenia.

Blount made one special contribution to the deist debate: " by utilizing his wide classical learning, Blount demonstrated how to use pagan writers, and pagan ideas, against Christianity.

However, within the wide range of Christianity, there are dissenting views from opposing groups, some of which are Complementarians and Patriarchalists.

In Christianity, " saint " has a wide variety of meanings, depending on its usage and the denomination.

In Christianity, specific names and roles of clergy vary by denomonation, and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons, priests, bishops, preachers, pastors, and ministers.

Wan Chai offers a wide range of religion like Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Christianity, Sikhism and Islam.

While there is wide agreement within Christianity that " antinomianism " is heresy, what constitutes antinomianism is often in disagreement.

" A wide range of hypotheses and beliefs regarding the nature of the Nativity of Jesus were presented in the first four centuries of Christianity.

Emerging church practitioners are happy to take elements of worship from a wide variety of historic traditions, including traditions of the Catholic Church, the Anglican churches, the Orthodox churches, and Celtic Christianity.

Based on the record of Julian's close ties with certain leading men from Epirus involved in the Empire-wide cultural circuit led by Libanios and Themistios, it appears that Christianity was not widespread in Epirus in the mid-4th century, but after his death it spread far and wide in the region, judging from legislation issued by Valentinian in 371 and 372, trying to offset some of the negative effects its rapid spread, and the fact that there is no written record of the bishops of the cities of Epiros until the 5th century, except for the Bishop of Nicopolis in 343.

They cover a wide range of topics, from apologetic questions that concern common Christianity to questions of ecclesiastical administration, in which only Presbyterians have been supposed to take interest.

Today a wide variety of church services exist, from the long and elaborate services of Eastern Christianity to the very basic Evangelical sermon.

* Germanic Christianity that came to dominate much of North-Western Europe in the second millennium, i. e. the Germans ( in a wide sense ), Anglo-Saxons and the Scandinavians

Additionally, due to pioneer missionary St. Francis Xavier, Christianity spread far and wide in southern India so that by the close of the sixteenth century, Christian communities were well-established all along the Indian coast.

Recognising the global nature of modern Christianity and the wide appreciation of the Edinburgh 2010 legacy across churches and mission bodies, many other events and study processes took place throughout the year.

His articles, poems, essays and stories have appeared in a wide range of publications that include magazines such as Christianity Today, National Catholic Reporter, Emerge, Washington Living, about ... time Magazine, and Upstate New Yorker.

He is best known for his films on the Holocaust, Israel and the Middle East, Judaism and Christianity, but has experience in a wide area of documentary filmmaking.

But while Roman women held no direct political power, those from wealthy or powerful families could and did exert influence through private negotiations .< ref > Kristina Milnor, " Women in Roman Historiography ," in The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians ( Cambridge University Press, 2009 ), p. 278 ; Ann Ellis Hanson, " The Restructuring of Female Physiology at Rome ," in Les écoles médicales à Rome: Actes du 2 < sup > ème </ sup > Colloque international sur les textes médicaux latins antiques, Lausanne, septembre 1986 ( Université de Nantes, 1991 ), p. 256 .</ ref > Exceptional women who left an undeniable mark on history range from the semi-legendary Lucretia and Claudia Quinta, whose stories took on mythic significance ; fierce Republican-era women such as Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, and Fulvia, who commanded an army and issued coins bearing her image ; women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, most prominently Livia, who contributed to the formation of Imperial mores ; and the empress Helena, a driving force in establishing Christianity as the official religion of Rome.

1997's Happy Town featured Sobule's most elaborate pop productions to date and contains songs about an eclectic range of topics including reactionary Christianity (" Soldiers of Christ "), the negative impact of anti-depressant medication on the libido (" Happy Town ") and what is either the only track ever recorded that uses Anne Frank's enforced Nazi-era hibernation as the metaphor for a love song or the only song about Anne Frank that couches her life and death in the terms of a tussle over loyalty between two lovers (" Attic ").

It promotes progressive publication of current opinion on the full range of scholarship represented by diverse Christian traditions through the analysis of issues in Biblical Studies, History of Christianity, Systematic and Pastoral Theology, and Christian Ethics and engagement of cross-cultural perspectives in discussing theological issues.

Besides opposing at all points the peculiar doctrines of Calvinism, Episcopius protested against the tendency of Calvinists to lay so much stress on abstract dogma, and argued that Christianity was practical rather than theoretical — not so much a system of intellectual belief as a moral power and that an orthodox faith did not necessarily imply the knowledge of and assent to a system of doctrine which included the whole range of Christian truth, but only the knowledge and acceptance of so much of Christianity as was necessary to effect a real change on the heart and life.

Other Spanish Jews ( estimates range between 50, 000 and 70, 000 ) chose to avoid expulsion by conversion to Christianity.

Acceptability ratings ( range from + 4 to-4, or exemplary to abhorrent ) include evaluation of moral and theological issues, based on a " traditional view of the Bible and Christianity.

Current Christian worship practices are diverse in modern Christianity, with a range of customs and theological views.

The church also organises a range of small groups, meeting midweek, including a Christianity Explored group aimed at those wanting to find out what Christians believe.

The Ten Commandments, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity.

is a biblical basis for excommunication in Christianity.

Because of the biblical proscription against false prophets, Christianity has always been occupied with the orthodox interpretation of the faith.

In Christianity, the term historicism refers to the confessional Protestant form of prophetical interpretation which holds that the fulfillment of biblical prophecy has taken place throughout history and continues to take place today ; as opposed to other methods which limit the time-frame of prophecy-fulfillment to the past or to the future.

Christianity has seen the three stages phased out and replaced with biblical teachings in a number of areas in Kipsigis areas ( although the traditions of the " menjo " remains unchanged ).

Christianity has traditionally accepted the historical existence of Solomon, though some modern Christian scholars have also questioned at least his authorship of those biblical texts ascribed to him.

The trial revealed a growing chasm in American Christianity and two ways of finding truth, one " biblical " and one " scientific.

The Ahmadiyya movement interpret the Second Coming of Isa prophesied as being that of a person " similar to Isa " ( mathīl-i ʿIsā ) and not his physical return, in the same way as John the Baptist resembled the character of the biblical prophet Elijah in Christianity.

There is opposition against fortune-telling in Christianity and Judaism based on biblical prohibitions against divination.

The historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles, the primary source for the Apostolic Age, is a major issue for biblical scholars and historians of Early Christianity.

This is very early form of Christianity, as the Biblical Canon had only been adopted about 30 years previously at the Council of Laodicea, however see Development of the Christian biblical canon for details.

Afterwards, Innes claimed that he had converted the heathen to Christianity and christened him George Psalmanazar ( in reference to biblical Assyrian king Shalmaneser ).

The biblical names of his four sons-Mikâîl ( Michael ), Isrâîl ( Israel ), Mûsâ ( Moses ), and Yûnus ( Jonah )-suggest previous acquaintance with either Khazar Judaism or Nestorian Christianity.

In some Christian biblical interpretations, Ishmael is used to symbolize the older — now rejected — Judaic tradition ; Isaac symbolizes the new tradition of Christianity.

Further, Chapman encouraged Sunday's theological development, especially by emphasizing the importance of prayer and by helping to " reinforce Billy's commitment to conservative biblical Christianity.

Most biblical scholars admit the issue of the Law can be confusing and the topic of Paul and the Law is still frequently debated among New Testament scholars ( for example, see New Perspective on Paul, Pauline Christianity ); hence the various views.

Traditionally, Christianity adhered to the biblical regulation requiring the purification of women after childbirth ; this practice, was adapted into a special ritual known as the churching of women, for which there exists liturgy in the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, but its use is now rare in Western Christianity.

The title story is an allegory relating the experiences of an African black girl, freshly converted to Christianity, who takes literally the biblical injunction to " Seek and you shall find me.

Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rational analysis, and argument to clarify, examine, understand, explicate, critique, defend or promote Christianity.

* In Christianity, particularly Catholicism, " Evangelion " refers to a Gospel Book, concerning liturgical volumes containing one or more biblical gospel accounts ( see also, Evangelium )

Rudolf Karl Bultmann ( August 20, 1884, Wiefelstede – July 30, 1976, Marburg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and New Testament scholar who was one of the major figures of 20th century biblical studies and a prominent voice in liberal Christianity.

Mainstream Christianity relies on Paul ’ s writings as integral to the biblical theology of the New Testament and regards them as amplifications and explanations consistent with the teachings of Jesus and other New Testament writings.