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When it comes to tattoos many Christians reference Leviticus 19:28, which states: “You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves."
On 18 January 2010, ABC News reported Trijicon was placing references to verses in the Bible in the serial numbers of sights sold to the United States Armed Forces. [1] The "book chapter:verse" cites were appended to the model designation, and the majority of the cited verses are associated with light in darkness, referencing Trijicon's specialization in illuminated optics and night sights.
Orthodox Jews also point to a passage from the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah 180:1, that elucidates the biblical passage above as a prohibition against markings beyond the ancient practice, including tattoos. Maimonides concluded that regardless of intent, the act of tattooing is prohibited (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Idolatry 12:11).
Katherine Stubbes was born Katherine Emmes in either 1570 or 1571, the second-youngest child, and only daughter, of seven. [1] [2] Her father, William Emmes, [3] was a cordwainer and a zealous Puritan; her mother was Dutch and a Puritan as well, so Katherine was raised in a very religious household. [4]
Studies in the Scriptures volumes 1–6. Studies in the Scriptures is a series of publications, intended as a Bible study aid, containing six volumes of great importance to the history of the Bible Student movement, and the early history of Jehovah's Witnesses. A seventh volume was published posthumously and was written by other authors.
Prima scriptura is the Christian doctrine that canonized scripture is "first" or "above all other" sources of divine revelation.Implicitly, this view suggests that, besides canonical scripture, there can be other guides for what a believer should believe and how they should live, such as the Holy Spirit, created order, traditions, charismatic gifts, mystical insight, angelic visitations ...
Man of Sorrows (c. 1485–95), an especially complex version by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Dutch, 25 × 24 cm [4] The image formed part of the subject of the Mass of Saint Gregory ; by 1350 the Roman icon was being claimed as a contemporary representation of the vision. [ 5 ]
The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text, the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation. The Jewish Publication Society of America Version (JPS) of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) was the first Bible translation published by the Jewish Publication Society of America and the first translation of the Tanakh into English by a committee of Jews (though there had been earlier solo ...