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  2. Sign of contradiction - Wikipedia

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    Christ crucified. Jesus Christ, who was spoken against, attacked and killed is a sign of contradiction, according to Catholic tradition. In Catholic theology , a sign of contradiction is someone who, upon manifesting holiness , is subject to extreme opposition.

  3. Mortification of the flesh - Wikipedia

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    Paul also says, 1 Cor. 9:27: I keep under my body and bring it into subjection. Here he clearly shows that he was keeping under his body, not to merit forgiveness of sins by that discipline, but to have his body in subjection and fitted for spiritual things, and for the discharge of duty according to his calling. [30]

  4. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church

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    If anyone declares that the [Word] of God who works miracles is not identical with the Christ who suffered, or alleges that God the Word was with the Christ who was born of woman, or was in him in the way that one might be in another, but that our lord Jesus Christ was not one and the same, the word of God incarnate and made man, and that the ...

  5. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about adherents or non-believers of a given religion or irreligion, or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner.

  6. Rappin' for Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The song has the chorus line "Jesus Christ is my nigga". Pastor Chris English, in an email to The Christian Post , said the use of the word nigga was "clearly over the line, and offensive". [ 6 ] He thought the video, parody or not, perpetuated many negative stereotypes about Christians, and as such, would have never worked in an outreach ...

  7. Foolishness for Christ - Wikipedia

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    Foolishness for Christ (Greek: διά Χριστόν σαλότητα; Church Slavonic: оуродъ, юродъ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christianity. Such ...

  8. Act of Contrition - Wikipedia

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    My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against You whom I should love above all things, I firmly intend, with Your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior Jesus Christ, suffered and died for us. In His name, my God, have mercy ...

  9. Sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance - Wikipedia

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    The first two "sins that cry to heaven" include sins that one brand of politics downplays. First is abortion, which St. John Paul II compared to "the blood of Abel." Second is the "sin of the Sodomites," which the New Testament defines this way: "Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion ...