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Christianity Christian Biblical Trinity
Glossary Terminology
Beatitudes
Jesus began his Sermon of
the Mount with eight sacred blessings for Christians to offset eight prior
curses, which became known as the Beatitudes. There were eight poetic
parallelisms of Christianity. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they
shall possess the land. Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their
fill. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the
clean of heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution
for justice's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Bible
The canonical Bible was
comprised of both the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament
consisted of Hebrew scriptures and books of the Mosaic covenant which included:
the Law - Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; the Historic Books - Joshua,
Judges, Ruth (I & II), Samuel (I & II), Kings (I & II); Chronicles - Ezra,
Nehemiah, Esther; Poetry - Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon;
Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel; and Minor
Prophets - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah,
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
The New Testament was made up of twenty seven different books written by the apostles, Matthew, John, Paul, James, Peter, Jude, and their disciples Mark and Luke. They included the Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Thomas. Portions of copies of the Gospel of Thomas in Greek were first found in Egypt about one hundred years ago and a complete copy in Coptic was found with other Gnostic documents in Nag Hammadi in 1945). The New Testament also included the Acts of the Apostles, and Epistles/Letters, Romans (I & II), Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians (I & II), Thessalonians (I & II), Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrew, James (I & II), Peter (I, II & III), John, the Books of Prophecy - Revelation.
Generally, the Bible was a book comprised of written oral traditions. A collection of officially sanctioned writings and scriptures the Christian Bible contained both the New Testament (which consists only of the writings selected for inclusion by the Council of Nicaea in 325 ACE) and the Old Testament of the Judaic Traditions. During the First Council of Nicaea, an ecumenical conclave of bishops was held in the area now called Turkey. A general consensus was reached during this conclave in regard to overall Christian canons, doctrine, and orthodoxy; as well as, the establishment of the unified Nicene Creed of beliefs.
Since the Jews rejected the teachings of Jesus and the Jewish Sanhedrin had him executed for blasphemy, it is doubtful that the Apostles of Christ would have chosen to include the teachings of the Old Testament as part of their ministry if Mary Magdalene had been acknowledged as the leading authority in regard to his teachings. It was the choice of Peter, the Apostle who had Denied being an Apostle of Jesus Three Times before the Cock Crowed on the morning after the arrest and capture of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemene.
Exemplary Parable and Similitude
Christian Parables were
anecdotal narratives, metaphors, analogies, allegories, and aphorisms that
illustrated the main themes of Jesus Christ's moral and religious preaching
about Christianity by comparing the Christian themes with natural, readily
observable, daily occurrences. The purpose of a parable is to further elucidate
and engrain lessons by making Christians reflect on their true meaning. There
are three types of parables: similitude, parables, and the exemplary story.
A Similitude is a concise parable that narrates a story about a typical everyday event which anyone could recognize as a familiar experience. It persuades because it compares something like God's love for a repentant sinner with a recognizable truth such as the happiness one feels when they find something lost, "Who does not rejoice upon finding a lost coin in the thicket"? single specific instance, real or imagined, drawn from daily living is used as an example to illustrate a moral or religious principle.
A Parable was a simple,
past tense, tale about a one time event that is realistic but fictitious.
Vividly engaging stories they persuade with their freshness, "There once was a
rich man...". An Exemplary was single specific instance, real or imagined, drawn from daily living that was used as an
example to illustrate a moral or religious principle. For example, the "Story of
the Good Samaritan", shows what loving your neighbor as yourself really means.
For example, the "Story of the Good Samaritan", showed what loving
your neighbor as yourself really means...
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