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Yue Lao (Chinese: 月下老人; pinyin: Yuè Xià Lǎorén; lit. 'old man under the moon') is a god of marriage and love in Chinese mythology. [1] He appears as an old man under the moon. Yue Lao appears at night and "unites with a silken cord all predestined couples, after which nothing can prevent their union."
Most Christians believe that the greatest commandment is "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment"; in addition to the second, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself", these are what Jesus Christ called the two greatest ...
Bible in Ningpo (Ningbo) Romanised (), published by the British and Foreign Bible SocietyRomanized vernacular versions. Isaiah, 1870; New Testament, Ah-lah kyiu-cü yiæ-su kyi-toh-go sing iah shü: Peng-veng fæn Nying-po t'u-wô.
Another Christian Chinese document from Dunhuang, Zūnjīng (尊經), lists several books of the Bible by Chinese titles: the Book of Moses, Zechariah, the Epistles of Saint Paul and Revelation. [3] Despite Nestorian efforts to translate or paraphrase parts of the Bible into Chinese, there has been little evidence to suggest that complete ...
Love of God can mean either love for God or love by God. Love for God (philotheia) is associated with the concepts of worship, and devotions towards God.[1]The Greek term theophilia means the love or favour of God, [2] and theophilos means friend of God, originally in the sense of being loved by God or loved by the gods; [3] [4] but is today sometimes understood in the sense of showing love ...
From 1994 to 2008, each year has seen about 3,000 more mixed race marriages in Shanghai than the previous year. [3] This has caused a major shift in China's attitudes to race and to Chinese children of mixed race heritage, because of globalization. [4] [1] [5] [6]
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That peace only is blessed which is lodged in the heart, and does not consist only in words. And they who love peace, they are the sons of peace. [6] Hilary of Poitiers: The blessedness of the peacemakers is the reward of adoption, they shall be called the sons of God. For God is our common parent, and no other way can we pass into His family ...