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An idea or creed, often codified, that is shared by adherents of a religion. Religious beliefs often pertain to the sacred or divine, or convey...
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| Death and Resurrection of Jesus |
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Protestantism |
Within the body of Christian beliefs, the resurrection of Jesus is a core event on which much of Christian doctrine and theology depend. According to the New Testament, Jesus was crucified, died, buried within a tomb, and resurrected three days...
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| Nontheism | Religion | 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 general...
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| Tao |
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Religion | Taoism |
Tao (道, Pinyin Dào ) is a metaphysical 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 "principle...
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| Soli Deo gloria | 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 emphasis was allegedly in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman...
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| Salvation | Book Subject | Protestantism |
In theology, salvation can mean three related things:
The theological study of salvation is called Soteriology and also covers the means by which salvation is effected or achieved, and its results or effects.
Salvation is a 13th century English...
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| Omniscience | Judaism |
Omniscience (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 monotheism, this ability is...
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| Dharma | Hinduism |
The Sanskrit term (Devanāgarī: धर्म) (Pali: Dhamma) is an India spiritual or religious term, that means one's righteous duty, or any virtuous path in the common sense of the term. Contextually, it implies one's religion, in Indian languages....
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| Reincarnation |
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Film subject | 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 being) survives death to be reborn in a new body. This essential part is often referred...
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| Jainism | ||||
| Soka Gakkai International | ||||
| Qiyamah | Islam |
Yawm al-Qiyāmah ( (also yawm al-din) literally: "Day of the Resurrection") is Last Judgment, i.e. God's final assessment of mankind, in Islam. The sequence of events according to the Muslim belief are the annihilation of all creatures, resurrection...
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| Islamic concept of God | Islam |
In Islam, God is believed to be 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). He is unique...
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| Tawhid |
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Islam |
Tawhid (Arabic: "doctrine of Oneness [of God ]"; also transliterated Tawheed and Tauheed) is the concept of monotheism in Islam. It holds God (Arabic: Allah) is one and unique (ahad).
The Qur'an asserts the existence of a single and absolute...
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| 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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| Unconditional election |
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Calvinism |
Unconditional election is the Calvinist 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 doctrines...
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| Omnipotence | Judaism |
Omnipotence Omni Potens: "all power") is unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to God.
In the philosophy of most Western monotheistic religion, omnipotence is listed as one of God's characteristics among many,...
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| 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. For them, sin does not exist as an abstract and must...
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| Original sin |
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Protestantism |
Original sin is, according to a doctrine in Catholic theology, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man. While the Old Testament and the New, which frequently speak of the sinfulness of humans, do not contain the terms "original sin"...
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| Irresistible grace |
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Calvinism |
Irresistible Grace (or efficacious grace) is a doctrine in Christian theology particularly associated with Augustinism, Thomism and Calvinism which teaches that the saving grace of God is effectually applied to those whom He has determined to save ...
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| 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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| Creation | Protestantism |
Creation is a doctrinal position in many religion 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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| 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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| Sola gratia |
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Phrase | 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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| Tradition | Quotation Subject | Shinto |
The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "a giving up, delivering up, surrendering", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:
However, on a more basic theoretical level, tradition(s) can be...
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| Incarnation |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Incarnation is the belief in Christianity that Jesus Christ is the 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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| 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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| Vedanta |
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Hinduism |
Vedanta (Devanagari: , ) is a spiritual tradition explained in the Upanishads that is concerned with the self-realisation by which one understands the ultimate nature of reality (Brahman). Vedanta which implies "the end of all knowledge" - by...
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| Qadar | Islam |
Qadr is divine destiny in Islam.
Definition
Qada + Qadar
1 - Both mean the same
Al-Qadar is Allah's knowledge of the future condition of his creation.
Al-Qada' is Allah's creation of everything in accordance with his knowledge and will.
Al...
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| Trinity |
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Protestantism |
The Trinity is a Christian doctrine, stating that God exists as three persons, or in the Greek hypostases, but is one being. The ''persons'' are understood to exist as God the Father, God the Son (incarnate as Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit....
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| Maya | Hinduism |
Maya (Sanskrit ), in Indian religions, has multiple meanings. Maya, is the principal deity who creates, perpetuates and governs the phantasmagoria, illusion and dream of duality in the phenomenal Universe. For some mystics this manifestation is...
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| Limited atonement |
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Calvinism |
Limited atonement (or definite atonement or particular redemption) is a controversial 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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| Four Noble Truths | Buddhism |
The Four Noble Truths (or The Four Truths of the Noble Ones) (;; ) are one of the most fundamental Buddhist teachings. In broad terms, these truths relate to suffering's nature, origin, cessation and the path leading to the cessation. They are among...
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| Perseverance of the saints |
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Calvinism |
Perseverance of the saints is a controversial Christian teaching that none who are truly saved can be condemned for their sin or finally fall away from the faith. The doctrine appears in two different forms: (1) the traditional Calvinist doctrine...
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| Humanism |
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Religion | 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. It is a component of a...
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| Wu wei | Taoism |
Wu wei is an important tenet of Taoism that involves knowing when to act and when not to act. Another perspective to this is that "Wu Wei" means natural action - as planets revolve around the sun, they "do" this revolving, but without "doing" it;...
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| 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 concepts of original sin. It is also advocated by many Protestant confessions of faith and catechisms, including those of...
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| Yuga |
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Hinduism |
A 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, which are equated with the Roman...
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| Sola scriptura |
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Phrase | Protestantism |
Sola scriptura (Latin ablative, "by scripture alone") is the assertion that the Bible as God's written word is self-authenticating, clear (perspicuous) to the rational reader, its own interpreter ("Scripture interprets Scripture"), and sufficient of...
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| 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 as, that the being of God is identical to the attributes of God. In other words, such characteristics as omnipresence,...
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| Samsara | Hinduism |
Samsara or (Sanskrit: संसार; Tibetan: khor wa; Mongolian: orchilong) refers to the cycle of reincarnation or rebirth in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and other related religions.
In modern Sanskrit-derived languages, it is primarily used to...
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| Meritocracy | Confucianism |
Meritocracy is a system of a government or another organization wherein appointment 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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| Islamic view of angels | Islam |
Angels in Islam are light-based creatures, created from light, by God to serve and worship Him. Belief in angels is one of the six Articles of Faith in Islam, without which there is no faith. The six articles are belief in: God, His angels, His...
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| Moksha | Hinduism |
In Indian religions, Moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष , liberation or salvation) or Mukti (Sanskrit: मुक्ति, release) is liberation from samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth or reincarnation and all of the suffering and limitation of worldly existence. In...
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| Kami |
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Shinto |
is the Japanese word for the spirits within objects in the Shinto faith. Although the word is sometimes translated as "god" or "deity," some Shinto scholars argue that such a translation can cause a serious misunderstanding of the term (Ono, 1962)....
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| 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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| Sola fide |
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Phrase | Protestantism |
Sola fide (Latin: by faith alone), also historically known as the doctrine of justification by faith, is a doctrine that distinguishes most Protestant denominations from Catholicism, Eastern Christianity, and most Restorationists in Christianity.
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| Three Jewels of the Tao | Taoism |
The Three Treasures or Three Jewels 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."
Waley describes these Three Treasures as, "The three rules...
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| Swadhyay |
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Jainism |
(Devanagari: ) 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. is extolled in orthodox Brahmanism...
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| Enlightenment |
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Book Subject | 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 (German: Erleuchtung) and secular or intellectual...
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| Karma | Sikhism |
Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म , "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) originating in ancient...
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| 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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| Polytheism | Religion | Taoism |
Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated mythology and ritual.
English polytheism is attested from the 17th century, loaned from French polythéisme (since 1580). In post...
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| De | Taoism |
De 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; virtue" (guna) or "merit; virtuous deeds" ...
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| Anekantavada |
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Jainism |
(Devanagari: ) is one of the most important and basic doctrines of Jainism. It refers to the principles of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints, the notion that truth and reality are perceived differently from diverse points of view, and that no...
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| 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 God...
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| Transubstantiation |
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Catholicism |
On the related belief that Christ is present in the Eucharist in body, blood, soul and divinity, see Real Presence.
Transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio) is the change of the substance of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ...
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