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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. The New International Version translates the passage as: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is: μακάριοι οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί,
Names play a variety of roles in the Bible.They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". [1]
The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.
The Christadelphians are one of only a small number of churches whose identity as a denomination is directly linked to the issue of Christian pacifism. [32] Although the grouping which later took the name "Christadelphian" had largely separated from the Campbellite movement in Scotland and America after 1848, it was conscription in the American Civil War which caused their local church in Ogle ...
A New Concordance of the Bible: Thesaurus of the Language of the Bible [8] lists over almost 300 words connected with the root "SH-L-M" for "peace" and the same for "Solomon" Notable examples: The Priestly Blessing ( Numbers 6:24–26 ) ends with: "May God lift up his face onto you and give you peace " – יִשָּׂא יְהוָה ...
B. R. Ambedkar Uri Avnery. Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964–2011) – Kenyan peace activist, government consultant; David Adams (born 1939) – American author and peace activist, task force chair of the United Nations International Year for the Culture of Peace, coordinator of the Culture of Peace News Network [1]
A Levite reading the Law to the Israelites. The Rambam famously rules that members of the tribe of Levi do not fight in the army. [3]Roots of Christian pacifism can be found in the scriptures of the Old Testament according to Baylor University professor of religion, John A. Wood. [4] Millard C. Lind explains the theology of warfare in ancient Israel as God directing the people of Israel to ...
This is a list of women pacifists and peace activists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in promoting pacifism This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.