It contains images of Christ, Mary, the Father, the Holy Spirit, and of a Florentine family. ... Mary pleads to Jesus by saying, "Dearest son, because of the milk that I gave you, have mercy on them." ... From the clouds we see the dove that represents the Holy Spirit shoot out. ... This shows that the artist wanted to portray the Holy Trinity in his artwork. ... The artist was trying to express how insignificant man is compared to these holy figures. ...

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Some of the lack of clarity is shown through a comparison with the Credo of the People of God written by Pope Paul VI, which begins with: "We believe in only one God, Father, Son and Spirit, creator. " The reasons for this change, from naming the Father as creator, to speaking of the one God, Father, Son and Spirit as creator, can be found in a rather big shift in thinking in Western theology. ... This meant they could now apprehend God either directly or through his son. ... The disciples were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They vowed this even as the dramatic arrival of the third party, t...

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Objection 3: How can the Father, Son and Holy Ghost all be one God? ... Since Jesus is the Son of God the he is a different "being", meaning that he is not a God. ... Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 29:19) Reply to objection 3: The Father and the Son are persons in the God being. ... The scriptures emphasize the unity of the members of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) to ensure that all men understand that there is only one Godhead to whom we should look for salvat...

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This parable; however, sheds a new light on the relationship between sinful man and a holy God. ... After this we will look at the rebellious action of the son, the ruthless anticipation of the Father, and the relentless affection of the Father. ... And this father had two sons. ... He realized that he no longer had claims on his father's goods, and morally he no longer has the right to be called a son; but if not a son then maybe a servant. ... Now here we see that the father had been watching for him because it says, "But while he was still far off, his father saw him - So we see that h...

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Both of these religions contradict Christianity because of the Holy Trinity. One of the core beliefs of Christianity is the existence of the Holy Trinity. There is one God who is part of the Holy Trinity, which consists of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ... In Christianity, the final goal is a new, transformed, and redeemed world where Christ lives with his people in holy perfection. ... Everyone who rejects the holy Koran and Allah will be damned to Hell. ...

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These three legs symbolize the Christian Trinity; God the Father, God the Sun, and God the Holy Spirit. One way the three legged stool is symbolic is because the Holy Trinity is connected to god, and the villager's god played an important role in their lives. ... Hutchinson's son was going to participate in the stoning and in killing his own mother. ...

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That is, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ... The Father created the Son and the Holy Spirit; therefore the other two entities were not eternal. ... Arius continued to argue that since the Son was begotten of the Father then at some point Jesus began to exist. ... Macedonianism denied the consubstantiality of the Holy Spirit, with Jesus and the Father. ... Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are different but are still one thing. ...

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That is, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ... The Father created the Son and the Holy Spirit; therefore the other two entities were not eternal. ... Arius continued to argue that since the Son was begotten of the Father then at some point Jesus began to exist. ... Macedonianism denied the consubstantiality of the Holy Spirit, with Jesus and the Father. ... Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are different but are still one thing....

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A balance needs to be found, that allows for the free working of the Holy Spirit, and the spiritual gifts the Spirit gives to the people who glorify God through their worship. The Holy Spirit is, and should be, the one True leader in worship. It is through the Holy Spirit that we should be promoted to worship, and through the Holy Spirit, our praises are carried to God the Father, and Jesus, His Son. Let's acknowledge the Holy Spirit's place in worship. "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is see...

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While Luke 15:3-32 contains the parables about a lost coin, sheep, son, the father's love, and the older brother. ... The final parable involves two sons and their father in which is the point of view of the younger son who wonders off into dissolute living. After spending everything, he plans on returning home and explaining to his father that he's not worthy of being his son and has sinned against him, in which sounds manipulative. ... In the bible the older son is not that great which causes them to resent their father or sibling. ... Looking back, I view the father as God who for...

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About 7:00 every night, we prayed together, my father took me put in hands, and read some traditional prayers. ... Sitting on the chair or kneeing with a comfortable position... in order to comfortably spirit.... and breathe slowly and deeply, close my eyes, start whispering to Jesus: "Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, have mercy on me a sinner." ... However, I try to let my mind and heart connected with the Holy Name of Jesus. ... In prayer, I don't pray in silence all times, but sometimes I read some prayer of the Church tradition such as Our Father, Hail Mary, the Creed, th...

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Blessing means to make it holy. ... Debates about Christ's person crept up even before the first council – the 325AD Nicaea Council.8 A false doctrine was introduced by one Ariushad that Christ – the Son of God was a created person and that his substance was different from God the Father. The Nicaea Council tried to clarify without any ambiguity the relationship existing between God the Father and God the Son. ... The Godhead was consubstantial with God the Father and also with us humans as per his Manhood. ... He is thus both – the Son of God as well as the Son of Man....

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This is a marriage such as could never be imagined on this earth, for it is the wedding of the Son of God to the One whom the Father has chosen to be His Bride. If you can imagine the affections and expectations of a wedding in our human terms, how much more does all heaven anticipate the day when the Father will present the Bride to His Son, the bridegroom? ... Before you and I were born physically, we were betrothed by the Father to the Son." ... When both the young man and the young woman were old enough to become married, the son would tell his father that he was ready to fulfill the ...

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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. ... "If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. ...

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The trinity explains that our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are the same, single being manifested three separate ways. ... God is our father, Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and the Holy Ghost is a spirit that has the form and likeness of a man (D&C 130:22). ... Our Heavenly Father said, "I will send the first" (Abraham 3:27). ... Lastly, we were given the ordinance of Baptism by immersion and following that, the Gift of the Holy Ghost. ... But there is one more thing that baptism brings about: the Gift of the Holy Ghost. ...

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His second principle stated that Christ is the Son of God, making him less than God, therefore making Christ not truly divine in a monotheistic religion. ... The Nicean Creed has three major parts which disprove Arius: "(1) the Son is begotten from the Father, and not, as the Arians say, created or made; (2) the Son is true God, and not, as the Arians say, something subordinate; and (3) the Son is of the same substance as the Father, consubstantial with the Father, and not, as Arians say, of a different substance or ousia" (Bell 61). ... Athanasius stressed the idea that the Father and the S...

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Jesus in the bible is the Son of God and the Son of the Virgin Mary. ... The number three in Christian theology represents what is known as the Holy Trinity, or The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ... In Christian theology, Jesus also calls God as Father on many occasions. Also when Christians or Catholics pray, they refer to God as the Holy Father or Father in Heaven. ...

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Modern space shuttles consist of state of the art technology and have come a long way since they first developed. Certain scientists who were pioneers continued to develop new technology to enhance the performance and the efficiency of the crafts. Similar pioneers existed in the development of wom...

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He was accused of this because of the many miracles that He performed and the fact that he professed to be the Son of God and even "one with God." It was after these events that the world began to believe that He might actually be the Son of God, and that scared them so they decided to punish Him... the one who loved them more than anything else. ... This man died so that we could have a relationship with our Father in Heaven. ... Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, this man Jesus lived a perfect, sinless life, and was to final sacrifice for all who accept Him. ...

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The Existence and Nature of God in my Life God is apparent in every aspect of my life. His existence plays a defining role in every decision I have made and will make in the future. There is nothing greater than God for he is a preeminent being and nothing exists before him. I know that he watch...

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Perhaps the most important example is when Jesus was hanging on the cross, after being crucified by the Jews and saying to God, his father "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." ... A man had come up to Jesus and asked Him to cure his demoniac son. His son was being sent down into convulsions. ... Then he promised that the Holy Spirit would come down upon them. ... Right before his ascension to heaven, Jesus told the apostles that the Holy Spirit would visit them. ...

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Bramwell Booth, the eldest son of the General, succeeded his father. ... We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, who are undivided in essence and co-equal in power, 4. We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the divine and human are united, so he is truly and properly the son of God and brother of Man, 5. ... We believe that repentance toward God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit are necessary to salvation, 8. ...

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The Son of God became the fulfillment of the Mosaic Law. ... The Armenian Church preserved and developed this holy tradition of ordination for centuries. ... The Armenian Church has several requirements for those who are invoked to these holy orders: 1. ... "The divine and heavenly grace that always fulfills the requirements of the holy ministry of the apostolic church calls (name) from the diaconate to the priesthood of the holy church for ministry, by the testimony of his person and of all these people.... Moreover, it asks that the candidate receive Holy Spirit and the gift of superv...

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He speaks of Jesus knowing the scriptures, and that, if the son of God memorized scripture and saw it as important for him, a man void of sin, then surly we sinners should at least study and lament over the Bible. ... He also talks about the Holy Spirit as being a helper, which I strongly agree with. The Holy Spirit is like a prayer link between you and God, and as you become filled with the Holy Spirit, your prayer life shall grow and become stronger. ... As a father speaks to his children, so God longs to speak to us, if we only so dare to let him intervene in our lives. ...

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As civilization has expanded and improved it has gone through many different religions. Some of the most interesting and different have been the Mesopotamian religion, the religion of the Greeks and finally Christianity. These three religions were practiced in different areas and different time peri...

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