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| x Death and Resurrection of Jesus |
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Protestantism |
Within the body of Christian beliefs, the resurrection of Jesus is a core biblical event—upon which much of Christian doctrine, ritual and theology critically depend. According to the New Testament, after Jesus was executed by Roman crucifixion and...
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| Eastern Orthodox Church | |||
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| x Nontheism | Buddhism |
Nontheism is a term that covers a range of both religious and nonreligious attitudes characterized by the absence of — or the rejection of — theism or any belief in a personal god or gods. It is in use in the fields of Christian apologetics and...
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| x Tao |
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Taoism |
Tao (道, pinyin: dào (help·info) ) is a concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy. While the character itself translates as 'way', 'path', or 'route', or sometimes more loosely as 'doctrine' or ...
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| x Soli Deo gloria |
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Protestantism |
Soli Deo gloria is one of the five solas propounded to summarise the Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation; it is a Latin term for Glory to God alone.
The doctrine states essentially that everything that is done is for God's...
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| x Salvation | Protestantism |
In religion, salvation is the concept that God or other Higher Power, as part of Divine Providence, "saves" humanity from spiritual death or eternal damnation by providing for them an eternal life (cf. afterlife). Salvation has been termed the major...
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| x Omniscience | Judaism |
Omniscience (pronounced /ɒmˈnɪsiəns/) (or Omniscient Point-of-View in writing) is the capacity to know everything infinitely, or at least everything that can be known about a character including thoughts, feelings, life and the universe, etc. In...
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| x Dharma | Hinduism |
The term dharma (help·info) (Sanskrit: dhárma, Pāḷi dhamma), is an Indian spiritual and religious term, that means one's righteous duty or any virtuous path in the common sense of the term. In Indian languages it can be equivalent simply to ...
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| x Reincarnation |
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Hinduism |
Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or metaphysical belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only human beings) survives death to be reborn in a new body. This essential part is often...
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| Jainism | |||
| Soka Gakkai International | |||
| Buddhism | |||
| x Qiyamah | Islam |
In Islam, Yawm al-Qiyāmah "the Day of Resurrection" (Arabic: يوم القيامة) or Yawm ad-Din "the Day of Judgement" (Arabic: يوم الدين) is God's final assessment of humanity. al-Qiyāmah is also the name of the 75th surah of the Qur'an.
The sequence of...
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| x Islamic concept of God |
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Islam |
In Islam, Allah is the only real supreme being, all-powerful and all knowing Creator, Sustainer, Ordainer, and Judge of the universe. Islam puts a heavy emphasis on the conceptualization of God as strictly singular (tawhid). God is unique (wahid)...
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| x Tawhid |
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Islam |
Tawhid (Arabic: توحيد tawḥīd "doctrine of Oneness [of God ]"; also transliterated Tawheed and Tauheed) is the concept of monotheism in Islam. It holds God (Arabic: Allah) is one (wāḥid) and unique (ahad).
The Qur'an asserts the existence of a single...
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| x Karma in Hinduism |
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Hinduism |
Karma is a concept in Hinduism which explains causality through a system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a person...
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| x Unconditional election |
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Calvinism |
Unconditional election is the Scriptural teaching that before God created the world, he chose to save some people according to his own purposes and apart from any conditions related to those persons. Unconditional election is drawn from the...
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| x Omnipotence | Judaism |
Omnipotence (from Latin: Omni Potens: "all power") is unlimited power.
Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence to only the deity of whichever faith is being addressed. In the philosophies of most Western monotheistic religions,...
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| x Eastern Orthodox view of sin | Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Eastern Orthodox Church is particular in its view of sin.
The Fathers of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church do not generally take a legalistic or juridical approach in their views of sin as does the Roman Catholic Church. Since God does not...
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| x Original sin |
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Protestantism |
Original sin is, according to a doctrine proposed in Christian theology, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a...
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| x Irresistible grace |
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Calvinism |
Irresistible Grace (or efficacious grace) is a doctrine in Christian theology particularly associated with Calvinism, which teaches that the saving grace of God is effectually applied to those whom He has determined to save (the elect) and, in God's...
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| x Relativism | Taoism |
Relativism is the idea that some elements or aspects of experience or culture are relative to, i.e., dependent on, other elements or aspects.
Common statements that might be considered relativistic include
Some relativists claim that humans can...
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| x Creation | Protestantism |
Creation is a doctrinal position in many religions and philosophical belief systems which maintains that one or more deities is responsible for creating the universe. The theological implications of creation may take a variety of forms, the most...
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| x Solus Christus | Protestantism |
Solus Christus (Latin: "Christ alone"), sometimes referred to in the ablative case as Solo Christo ("by Christ alone"), is one of the five solas that summarise the Protestant Reformers' basic belief that salvation is through Christ alone and that...
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| x Sola gratia |
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Protestantism |
Sola gratia is one of the five solas propounded to summarise the Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation; it is a Latin term meaning grace alone. The emphasis was in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church...
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| x Tradition |
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Shinto |
The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "handing over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:
However, on a more basic theoretical level, tradition(s) can be seen as...
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| x Incarnation |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Incarnation is the belief in Christianity that Jesus Christ is God (cf. God of Israel) in the flesh. The word Incarnate derives from Latin (in=in, carnis=flesh) meaning "in the flesh." The incarnation is a fundamental theological teaching of...
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| x Unitarian monotheism | Judaism |
Unitarian Monotheism is a form of monotheism that teaches that the single god/God is not and cannot be divided into more than one part. Examples of religions that have this teaching are Judaism, Samaritanism, Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith,...
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| x Vedanta |
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Hinduism |
Vedanta (Devanagari: वेदान्त, Vedānta) was originally a word used as a synonym for that part of the Veda known also as the Upanishads. By the 8th century CE, the word also came to be used to describe a group of philosophical traditions concerned...
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| x Qadar | Islam |
Qadr is divine destiny in Islam.
Qadar is the Arabic word for Destiny. Qada' is the Arabic word for Decree. They may or may not be used interchangebly depending on the context. Essentially, Destiny is what Allah has decreed. Allah has knowledge of...
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| x Trinity |
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Protestantism |
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity teaches the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. The doctrine states that God is the Triune God, existing as three persons, or in the Greek hypostases, but one being. Each of...
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| x Maya | Hinduism |
Maya (Sanskrit माया māyā), in Indian religions, has multiple meanings. Maya, is the principal concept which manifests, perpetuates and governs the illusion and dream of duality in the phenomenal Universe. For some mystics this manifestation is real,...
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| x Limited atonement |
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Calvinism |
Limited atonement (or definite atonement or particular redemption) is a doctrine in Christian theology which is particularly associated with Calvinism and is one of the five points of Calvinism. The doctrine states that Jesus Christ's...
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| x Four Noble Truths | Buddhism |
The Four Noble Truths (or The Four Truths of the Noble Ones) (Sanskrit: catvāri āryasatyāni;Wylie: 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi; Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni) is one of the most fundamental Buddhist teachings. In broad terms, these truths relate to...
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| x Perseverance of the saints |
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Calvinism |
Perseverance of the saints is a controversial Protestant Christian teaching that none who are truly saved can be condemned for their sins or finally fall away from the faith. The doctrine appears in two different forms: (1) the traditional Calvinist...
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| x Humanism |
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Taoism |
Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities, particularly rationality, without necessarily...
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| x Wu wei | Taoism |
Wu wei (traditional Chinese: 無爲; simplified Chinese: 无为; pinyin: wúwéi) is an important concept of Taoism (Daoism), that involves knowing when to act and when not to act. Another perspective to this is that "Wu Wei" means natural action - as planets...
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| x Total depravity |
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Calvinism |
Total depravity (also called total inability and total corruption) is a theological doctrine that derives from the Augustinian concept of original sin. It is the teaching that, as a consequence of the Fall of Man, every person born into the world is...
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| x Yuga |
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Hinduism |
Yuga (Devanāgari: युग) in Hindu philosophy is the name of an 'epoch' or 'era' within a cycle of four ages. These are the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga. According to Hindu cosmology, the world...
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| x Sola scriptura |
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Protestantism |
Sola scriptura (Latin ablative, "by scripture alone") is the doctrine that the Bible is the only infallible or inerrant authority for Christian faith, and that it contains all knowledge necessary for salvation and holiness. Consequently, Sola...
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| x Divine simplicity | Judaism |
In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts. The general idea of divine simplicity can be stated in this way: the being of God is identical to the attributes of God. In other words, such characteristics as...
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| x Samsara | Hinduism |
Samsara or saṃsāra (Sanskrit: संसार) is the cycle of reincarnation or rebirth in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and other related religions.
According to these religions, one's karmic "account balance" at the time of death is inherited via the...
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| x Meritocracy | Confucianism |
Meritocracy is a system of a government or other organization wherein appointments are made and responsibilities are given based on demonstrated talent and ability (merit), rather than by wealth (plutocracy), family connections (nepotism), class...
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| x Islamic view of angels | Islam |
Angels (Arabic: ملائكة, Malaekah) in Islam are light-based creatures, created from light by God to serve and worship Him.
Believing in angels is one of the six Articles of Faith in Islam, without which there is no faith. The six articles are belief...
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| x Moksha | Hinduism |
In Indian religions, Moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष mokṣa) or Mukti (Sanskrit: मुक्ति), literally "release" (both from a root muc "to let loose, let go"), is the liberation from samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth or reincarnation and all of the...
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| x Kami |
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Shinto |
Kami (神) is the Japanese word for the spirits within objects in the Shinto faith. The oldest surviving record of their creation (and that of Japan as well) is in the Kojiki of 712. Although the word is sometimes translated as "god" or "deity," some...
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| x Jain Karmis Theory |
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Jainism |
Karma in Jainism (Sanskrit: कर्म, kär'mə, kär'mən, Prakrit: कम्म, kä'mmə) refers not only to the actions and deeds that are part of the cause and effect mechanism that results in a cycle of re-births and re-incarnation, but also to the subtle karmic...
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| x Sola fide |
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Protestantism |
Sola fide (Latin: by faith alone), also historically known as the doctrine of justification by faith, is a controversial doctrine that distinguishes most Protestant denominations from Catholicism, Eastern Christianity, and most Restorationists in...
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| x Three Jewels of the Tao | Taoism |
The Three Treasures or Three Jewels (Chinese: 三寶; pinyin: sānbǎo; Wade-Giles: san-pao) are basic virtues in Taoism. They first appear in Tao Te Ching chapter 67, which Lin Yutang (1948:292) says contains Laozi's "most beautiful teachings."
Every one...
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| x Swadhyay |
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Jainism |
Svādhyāya (Devanagari: स्वाध्याय) is a Sanskrit term in Hinduism having several meanings, including study of the Vedas and other sacred books, self-recitation, repetition of the Vedas aloud, and as a term for the Vedas themselves. Svādhyāya is...
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| x Enlightenment |
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Jainism |
Enlightenment broadly means wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception. However, the English word covers two concepts which can be quite distinct: religious or spiritual enlightenment and secular or intellectual enlightenment. This can...
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| x Karma | Sikhism |
Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म kárma (help·info), kárman- "act, action, performance"; Pali: kamma) is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called saṃsāra)...
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| x Jain Cosmology |
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Jainism |
According to Jainism, this loka or universe is an uncreated entity, existing since infinity having no beginning or an end. Jain texts describe the shape of the universe as similar to a man standing with legs apart and arm resting on his waist. Thus...
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| x Polytheism |
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Taoism |
Polytheism is the belief in and worship of multiple deities, called gods and goddesses. These are usually assembled into a pantheon, along with their own mythologies and rituals. Many religions, both historical and contemporary, have a belief in...
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| x De | Taoism |
De (Chinese: 德; pinyin: dé; Wade-Giles: te) is a key concept in Chinese philosophy, usually translated "inherent character; inner power; integrity" in Taoism, "moral character; virtue; morality" in Confucianism and other contexts, and "quality;...
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| x Anekantavada |
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Jainism |
Anekāntavāda (Devanagari: अनेकान्तवाद) is one of the most important and fundamental doctrines of Jainism. It refers to the principles of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints, the notion that truth and reality are perceived differently from...
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| x The Fall of Man |
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Protestantism |
The Fall of Man, or simply "the Fall," in Christian doctrine refers to the transition of the first humans from a state of innocent obedience to God, to a state of guilty disobedience to God. In the book of Genesis, Adam and Eve live at first with...
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| x Transubstantiation |
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Roman Catholicism |
In Roman Catholic theology, transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio, in Greek μετουσίωσις (metousiosis)) means the change of the substance of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ occurring in the Eucharist while all that is...
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| x Monotheism | Sikhism |
In theology, monotheism (from Greek μόνος "only" and θεός "god") is the belief that only one god exists. The concept of "monotheism" tends to be dominated by the concept of God in the Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and...
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| x Kabbalah |
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Conservative Judaism |
Kabbalah (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה, lit. "receiving") is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that is meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and...
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| x Tikkun olam | Judaism |
Tikkun olam (Hebrew: תיקון עולם) is a Hebrew phrase that means, "repairing the world" or "perfecting the world." In Judaism, the concept of tikkun olam originated in the early rabbinic period. The concept was given new meanings in the kabbalah of...
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| x Islamic Holy Books | Islam |
The Islamic holy books are the records which most of the Muslims believe were dictated by God to various prophets. They are the Suhuf Ibrahim (commonly the Scrolls of Abraham), the Tawrat (Torah), the Zabur (commonly the Psalms), the Injil (commonly...
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| x Prophets of Islam | Islam |
Muslims regard as prophets of Islam (Arabic: نبي) those non-divine humans chosen by Allah (the standard Arabic-language word for "the God") as prophets. Each prophet brought the same basic ideas of Islam, including belief in a single God and the...
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| x Godhead |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Godhead is the focus of worship and devotion within the faith. It consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Depending on era and denomination, the Latter Day Saint movement accommodates a variety of...
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