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In the case of an image of a saint, the worship would not be latria but rather dulia, while the Blessed Virgin Mary receives hyperdulia. The worship of whatever type, latria, hyperdulia, or dulia, can be considered to go through the icon, image, or statue: "The honor given to an image reaches to the prototype" (St. John Damascene in Summa ³).
Christianity may use the term bibliolatry to characterize either extreme devotion to the Bible or the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. [11] Supporters of biblical inerrancy point to passages (such as 2 Timothy 3:16–17 [12]), interpreted to say that the Bible, as received, is a complete source of what must be known about God.
"I am the Voice, etc." comes from Isaiah 40:3.Witham expands the meaning as: "I am a servant, and prepare paths, your hearts, for the Lord. I come, he says, to say that He is at the doors who is expected, that you may be prepared to go whithersoever He may bid you.” [1] MacEvilly notes that, "Having already declared what he was not, he now declares in very distinct terms, what he was, thus ...
20. "Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually." - 1 Chronicles 16:11 21. "Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
People at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church praying at the mourners' bench and chancel rails, located in front of the altar (). The mourner's bench or mourners' bench, also known as the mercy seat or anxious bench, in Methodist and other evangelical Christian churches is a bench located in front of the chancel.
And there was evening, and there was morning the first day. " King James Version "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." Webster's Bible Translation "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day."
Augustine: "He does not now bid us pray, but instructs us how we should pray; as above He did not command us to do alms, but showed the manner of doing them." [7] Pseudo-Chrysostom: "Prayer is as it were a spiritual tribute which the soul offers of its own bowels. Wherefore the more glorious it is, the more watchfully ought we to guard that it ...
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]