Some were clearly of Christian origin, among them the Great Awakening and other revivals which helped to make Christian liberty, Christian equality, and Christian fraternity the passion of the land.

Some have seen revivalism and the search for Christian perfection as the fountain-head of the American hope.

Some Christian believers have come to downplay the punishment of hell.

Some religious groups, such as the Association of Christian Schools International, opposed the ADA in its original form.

Some believe that this appeal “ thereby shows Christian ’ s of Luke ’ s day both that their predecessors were innocent before the state and that Paul had no political quarrel with Rome ” but rather with the Jews who were accusing him.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

Some sources record that the final blow, with the back of an axe, was delivered as an act of kindness by a Christian convert known as " Thrum.

Some of his controversies on Christian theological subjects, as on Adam ( Yalḳ., Gen. 47 ), on Enoch ( Gen. R. 25 ), and on the resurrection ( Shab.

Some dioceses around the Mediterranean Sea which were Christianised early are rather compact, whereas dioceses in areas of rapid modern growth in Christian commitment — as in some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Far East — are much larger and more populous.

Some Christian readers consider this story to contain an allegory, representing the interaction between the church as ' bride ' and God.

Some of the esoteric Christian institutions include the Rosicrucian Fellowship, the Anthroposophical Society and the Martinism.

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Some Christian denominations and other groups have rejected the authority of those creeds.

Some Christian denominations, and particularly those descending from the Radical Reformation, do not profess a creed.

Some Christian groups focus on simply refraining from gay sex, such as Courage International and North Star.

Some Christian authorities say that the New Testament regards marriage as instituted and ordained by God for the lifelong relationship between one man as husband and one woman as wife.

Some Christians believe that gender equality is appropriate for Christian marriages and that the spouses share equal responsibility within the family.

Some medieval legends elaborated upon the lives of Christian figures such as Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.

Some commentators have categorized a number of modern fantasy works as " Christian myth " or " Christian mythopoeia ".

Some Christian denominations ( such as Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox ), include a number of books that are not in the Hebrew Bible ( the biblical apocrypha or deuterocanonical books or Anagignoskomena, see Development of the Old Testament canon ) in their biblical canon that are not in today's Jewish canon, although they were included in the Septuagint.

Some Christian denominations hold that salvation depends upon transformational faith in Jesus, which expresses itself in good works as a testament ( or witness ) to ones faith for others to see ( primarily Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism ), while others ( including most Protestants ) hold that faith alone is necessary for salvation.

Some Conservative theologians, like Seymour Siegel have stressed that the word, " Conservative ," must be understood in the way it is used in the British political system: that the laws and traditions have to be conserved or preserved, with changes allowed only when there is an overriding reason — almost always, an overriding ethical reason — to do so.

Some theologians, within the Roman Catholic Church and elsewhere, question whether all such consecrations have effect, on the grounds that an ordination is for service within a specific Christian church.

Some theologians, such as Frank Charles Thompson, agree the main theme of Ephesians is in response to the newly converted Jews who often separated themselves from their Gentile brethren.

Some Christian theologians, some fundamentalists, and others pejoratively refer to any philosophy which they see as literal-minded or they believe carries a pretense of being the sole source of objective truth as fundamentalist, regardless of whether it is usually called a religion.

Some of the questions feminist theologians ask are:

Some theologians ' understanding is that Jesus healed all who were present every single time.

Some Western theologians have incorporated the essence-energies distinction into their own thinking.

Some contemporary Catholic theologians, such as John Wijngaards, dispute the Magisterium's interpretation of Natural Law as applied to specific points of sexual ethics, such as in the areas of contraceptives and homosexual unions.

Some modern Christian theologians argue that God's omniscience is inherent rather than total, and that God chooses to limit his omniscience in order to preserve the freewill and dignity of his creatures.

Some theologians have viewed God as all-powerful and human life as being between the hope that God will be merciful and the fear that he will not.

Some, including many Roman Catholic theologians, do not believe in a " time of trouble " period as usually described by tribulationists, but rather that there will be a near utopian period led by the Antichrist.

" Some people argue that this can also be taken as meaning not to kill at all, animals nor humans, or at least " that one shall not kill unnecessarily ," in the same manner that onerous restrictions on slavery in the Bible have been interpreted by modern theologians as to suggest banning the practice.

Some liberation theologians base their social action upon the Bible scriptures describing the mission of Jesus Christ, as bringing a sword ( social unrest ), e. g.,, — and not as bringing peace ( social order ).

Some liberation theologians, however, including Gutierrez, had been barred from attending the Puebla Conference.

Some Christian theologians, beginning with Paul of Tarsus writing in Galatians, have interpreted an allusion to crucifixion in Deuteronomy.

Some theologians argued that only after proof of the " quickening " ( when the mother can feel the fetus's movement in her womb, usually about 20 weeks into gestation ) that there was incontrovertible evidence that ensoulment had already occurred.

Some theologians say that, with divine providence, God regularly works through created nature yet is free to work without, above, or against it as well.

Some Christian theologians have connected the concept of Shekhinah to the Greek term " Parousia ", " presence " " arrival ," which is used in the New Testament in a similar way for " Divine Presence ".

Some theologians explain that the redemptive value of pain makes pain lovable in its effects, even though by itself it is not.

Some Reformed theologians have mistakenly used the term " Arminianism " to include some who hold the Semipelagian doctrine of limited depravity, which allows for an " island of righteousness " in human hearts that is uncorrupted by sin and able to accept God's offer of salvation without a special dispensation of grace.

Some scholars have noted a possible motivation for this notorious advice: the theologians believed they had advised Philip as a pastor would his parishioner, and that a lie was justified to guard the privacy of their confessional counsel.

Some blame the complete esteem with which the sovereign's office was held, justified by prominent French Roman Catholic theologians ( e. g. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ), and that the special powers of French Kings " were accompanied by explicit responsibilities, the foremost of which was combating heresy ".

Some of the Monarchies of Asia Minor and European welcomed expelled Jewish Merchants, scholars and theologians.

Some theologians say that ' various biblical understandings of the atonement need not conflict '.