A typical Jew in Jesus' time had only one name, sometimes supplemented with the father's name or the individual's hometown. Thus, in the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as "Jesus of Nazareth" (Mat ...
Jesus (/?d?i?z?s/; Greek: ?ησο?? (Iesous), Classical Syriac: ???? (Isho); 7–2 BC to 30–33 AD), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, whom the te ...
Main article: List of religious populationsAs of 2000, approximately 53% of the world's population identified with one of the three primary Abrahamic religions (33% Christian, 20% Islam, 1% Judaism), ...
Theologians and philosophers have ascribed a number of attributes to God, including omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, perfect goodness, divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence. Go ...
NamesMain article: Names of GodThroughout the Hebrew and Christian Bibles there are many names for God. One of them is Elohim. Another one is El Shaddai, meaning “God Almighty”. A third notable name ...
Main article: Existence of GodCountless arguments have been proposed in attempt to prove the existence of God. Some of the most notable arguments are the Five Ways of Aquinas, the Argument from Desire ...
Nontheism holds that the universe can be explained without any reference to the supernatural, or to a supernatural being. Some non-theists avoid the concept of God, whilst accepting that it is signifi ...
Main article: Conceptions of GodThere is no clear consensus on the nature of God.The Abrahamic conceptions of God include the monotheistic definition of God in Judaism, the trinitarian view of Christi ...
Main article: God (word)The earliest written form of the Germanic word God (always, in this usage, capitalized) comes from the 6th century Christian Codex Argenteus. The English word itself is derived ...
God is often conceived as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe. In deism, God is the creator (but not the sustainer) of the univ ...
Etymology The English word is thought to date from 1200–50, from the Middle English feith, via Anglo-French fed, Old French feid, feit from Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs (trust), akin to fīdere ...
Etymology The word inspiration comes by way of Vulgate Latin and the King James English translations of the Greek word θεοπνευστο? (theopneustos, literally, "God-breathed") found in 2 Timot ...
Thomas Aquinas: "Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of ...
The term "heresy" is used not only with regard to religion but also in the context of a political theory such as Marxism.In other contexts the term does not necessarily have pejorative overtones and m ...
Buddhist literature mentions a wrathful conquest of Buddhist heretics (see Padmasambhava) and the existence of a Buddhist theocracy.Neo-Confucian heresy has been described.The act of using Church of S ...
