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How is the Trinity compatible with divine simplicity?
Divine simplicity is the doctrine that God has no parts/composition. It implies that God is equivalent to his attributes and his attributes are equivalent to each other. So God is love and God is Justice and God's love is the same thing as God's…
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According to LDS (Mormon) teaching, what is the relationship between Jesus and Lucifer?
What does the LDS/Mormon church teach about the relationship between Jesus and Lucifer? Are they beings on the same level or of the same origin? What are their natures? What texts are used to teach specifically about the relationship between them?
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How does repentance fit into the doctrine of sola fide ("by faith alone")?
Sola fide (Latin for "by faith alone") is a defining doctrine of Protestantism. Wikipedia defines it as follows:
The doctrine of sola fide asserts God's pardon for guilty sinners is granted to and received through faith alone, excluding all…
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What is the biblical basis for libertarian free will (no predestination)?
I have seen several responses to theodicy questions revolving around the concept of "free will." I am not familiar with any self-contained biblical basis for this belief (that is, no extra-biblical support is required to defend the position).
I am…
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On the topic of marriage in heaven, how does the LDS church reconcile Matthew 22:23-33?
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Based on this document which appears to outline celestial marriage, and LDS temple rites pertaining to the eternal sealing of husbands and wives; children as well, born after the sealing of a husband and wife, are said to be partakers; 'born…
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Is there a Christian equivalent of the Muslim hadith, but for narrations relating to Jesus?
Muslim here; I'm not particularly familiar with Christianity (so bear with me please). In Islam, we have hadith:
A hadith is one of various reports describing the words, actions, or habits of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Question: Is there a…
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Why did Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon into Jacobean English, not in use in 1830?
Victorian era (1830-1900)
1830 was the beginning of the Victorian era. This literary period was short and volatile, in terms of thought and style; daring use of words and letters, pressing the bounds of literary tradition. It is very distinct…
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How do theistic evolutionists explain moral reasoning?
If you are a theistic evolutionist, then I see two possible explanations for the existence of human moral reasoning.
1) That at some point in the evolution of primates (or even a more distant common ancestor), God bestowed the capability for moral…
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What do Catholics mean when they talk about the Real Presence in the Eucharist?
The Catholic Church is one of several denominations that teach the Real Presence, but they don't all have the same understanding of this doctrine. What is the Catholic understanding?
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Are the five propositions condemned by Cum occasione in the Augustinus?
This simple question was the center of the quarrel around Port-Royal and the efficacious grace in the 17th century in France. In fact, the defenders of Cornelius Jansen’s Augustinus argued that they agreed to state that those five propositions were…
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What is the Biblical basis for divine simplicity?
Wikipedia defines divine simplicity this way:
In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is
without parts.
Euthyphro, God's Nature, and the Question of Divine Attributes, which discuss Divine Simplicity and the philosophies…
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How does the Catholic Church understand the priesthood of all believers?
In the process of answering a question on the Sacraments, I discovered that Catholic Church accepts the doctrine of the "priesthood of all believers". This rather surprised me since the Church has separate, ordained priests who, among other things,…
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What are the arguments that Acts was written prior to 70 AD?
What are the reasons, whether theological or secular, for concluding that the book of Acts was written prior to 70 AD?
Please also view the related question What are the arguments that the book of Acts was written after 70 AD?
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According to Reformed Theology do non-trinitarians go to hell?
According to Reformed theology, if one believes that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah and the son of God (but they deny that he is God and the second person of a triune god), is this person sent to an eternal hell where they will have their flesh…
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Does God's omnipresence extend to hell?
One of those attributes of God is his ability to be everywhere at all times. I'm not debating that it is an attribute of his, I'm just wondering how we know that.
I ask, because I've been going through a question of my own recently - If God is…
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