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Anabaptists ( Greek ἀνά " again, twice " + βαπτίζω " baptize ," thus " re-baptizers ") are Protestant Christians of the Radical Reformation of 16th-century Europe, although some consider Anabaptism to be a distinct movement from Protestantism.
Unlike many Jews, conservative Christians consider Daniel ’ s visions as prophetic.
Among the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, the message to his followers that one should " Turn the other cheek " and his example in the story Pericope Adulterae, in which Jesus intervenes in the stoning of an adulteress, are generally accepted as his condemnation of physical retaliation ( though most scholars agree that the latter passage was " certainly not part of the original text of St John's Gospel ") More militant Christians consider Romans 13: 3 – 4 to support the death penalty.
Futurist Christians consider the " Abomination of Desolation " prophecy of Daniel mentioned by Jesus in and as referring to an event in the end time future, when a 7 year peace treaty will be signed between Israel and a world ruler called " the man of lawlessness ", or the " Antichrist " affirmed by the writings of the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians.
Many Christians do not consider anti-Judaism to be antisemitism.
Most Christians consider that the Law was necessary as an intermediate stage, but once the crucifixion of Jesus occurred, adherence to civil and ceremonial Law was superseded by the New Covenant since the purpose of these laws was to dictate a proper relationship to God through the tabernacles and the temples in Jerusalem.
The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures used by the early Christians, and Eastern Orthodox consider it the only authoritative text of those Scriptures.
Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon ; he is the first listed ( although not the earliest ) of the neviim akharonim, the latter prophets.
Presbyterian and Reformed Christians consider children of professing Christians to be members of the visible Church ( the covenant community ).
Christians consider that conversion requires internalization of the new belief system.
While many Christians do not consider this to be a problem, it can cause frequent difficulties of co-ordination with civil calendars, for example academic terms.
The parallel between these traditional beliefs and the later resurrection of Jesus was not lost on the early Christians, as Justin Martyr argued: " when we say … Jesus Christ, our teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propose nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you consider sons of Zeus.
Roman Catholics view the first day as a day for assembly for worship ( 2178, ), but consider a day of rigorous rest not obligatory on Christians (, ).
The Rastafari movement and some Coptic Christians consider cannabis to be the Tree of Life.
While there is a large body of theology noting the many Scriptural supports for transubstantiation, in general, Orthodox and Catholics consider it unnecessary to " prove " from texts of Scripture a belief that they see as held by Christians without interruption from the earliest, apostolic times.
There are separate movements and organizations of Christians who hold to classical Unitarian or Christian Universalist theology and do not belong to the Unitarian Universalist Association or consider themselves UUs.
Christians who hold these beliefs tend to consider themselves the true Unitarians or Universalists and heirs of the theological legacy of the original American Unitarian Association or Universalist Church of America, and they do not wish to be confused with UUs and UUism.
Some historians consider the Ottoman regime's invitation to the Jews was a strategy to prevent the ethnic Greek population ( Eastern Orthodox Christians ) from dominating the city.
Many Christians today consider Sunday a holy day and a day of rest and church-attendance.
However, some Evangelical Christians consider this a prerequisite to Armageddon and the Second Coming.
In addition to the various accounts indicating the presence or glory of God recorded in the Hebrew Bible, many Christians also consider the Shekhinah to be manifest in numerous instances in the New Testament.
Once it had become clear that most Jews did not consider Jesus to be the messiah ( see also Rejection of Jesus ) Christians ( among whom were Messianic Jews ) sought a number of new converts from among the gentiles.
Lutheran Christians consider it a principal feast of Christ, and the Lutheran Confessor, Philip Melanchthon, wrote a hymn for the day that is still sung in Lutheran Churches: " Lord God to Thee We Give.

Christians and resurrection
Jesus ' death and resurrection are commemorated by Christians in all worship services, with special emphasis during Holy Week which includes Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
Some liberal Christians do not accept a literal bodily resurrection, seeing the story as richly symbolic and spiritually nourishing myth.
Early Christians found themselves confronted with a set of new concepts and ideas relating to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, as well the notions of salvation and redemption, and had to use a new set of terms, images and ideas to deal with them.
Leeming regards resurrection as a common part of the heroic monomyth, in which the heroes are resurrected, often as sources of " material or spiritual food for their people "; in this connection, Leeming notes that Christians regard Jesus as the " bread of life ".
The church has been a paramount – and for many Christians the most important – pilgrimage destination since at least the 4th century, as the purported site of the resurrection of Jesus.
Anglican, Nontrinitarian and Protestant Christians have no permanent presence in the church – and some regard the alternative Garden Tomb, elsewhere in Jerusalem, as the true place of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection.
God has given Christians " a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ".
The notion that hell was below the earth is stated clearly in early Christian tradition by the belief, still recited by most Christians in the Apostolic and Athanasian creeds, that Christ " descended into hell " between his death and resurrection.
Catholic Christians too speak of heaven as unattainable by even heroic human effort and having been " opened " by the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Christians believe the Messianic prophecies were fulfilled in the mission, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and seeks to spread throughout the world its interpretation that the Messiah ( Jesus ) is the only God, and that Jesus will return to fulfill the rest of Messianic prophecy.
Some Christians believed that the resurrection of the dead on judgement day requires that the body be buried whole facing east so that the body could rise facing God.
Full preterism is sometimes viewed as heretical, based upon the historic creeds of the church ( which would exclude this view ), and also from Biblical passages that condemn a past view of the Resurrection or the denial of a physical resurrection or transformation of the body — doctrines which most Christians believe to be essential to the faith.
Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, the third day after Good Friday, the day of his crucifixion.
Christians view the resurrection of Jesus as part of the plan of salvation and redemption by atonement for man's sin.
Paul explained the importance of the resurrection of Jesus as the cause and basis of the hope of Christians to share a similar experience in 1 Corinthians 15: 20-22.
Paul taught that, just as Christians share in Jesus ' death in baptism, so they will share in his resurrection for Jesus was designated the Son of God by his resurrection.
The earliest written records of the death and resurrection of Jesus are the letters of Paul, which were written around two decades after the death of Jesus, and show that within this time frame Christians believed that it had happened.
" It has been argued that many Christians neglect the resurrection because of their understandable pre-occupation with the Cross.
However, the belief in Jesus ' physical resurrection remains the single doctrine most accepted by Christians of all denominational backgrounds.
While most Christians believe Jesus ' resurrection was in a material body ; which was seen by over 500 people, a very small minority believe it was spiritual.
In Christianity, resurrection most critically concerns the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but also includes the resurrection of Judgment Day known as the Resurrection of the Dead by those Christians who subscribe to the Nicene Creed ( which is the majority or Mainstream Christianity ), as well as the resurrection miracles done by Jesus and the prophets of the Old Testament.

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